[PATCH net 2/2] net: xilinx: axienet: Fix BQL accounting for multi-BD TX packets

From: Suraj Gupta

Date: Tue Mar 24 2026 - 10:55:52 EST


When a TX packet spans multiple buffer descriptors (scatter-gather),
the per-BD byte count is accumulated into a local variable that resets
on each NAPI poll. If the BDs for a single packet complete across
different polls, the earlier bytes are lost and never credited to BQL.
This causes BQL to think bytes are permanently in-flight, eventually
stalling the TX queue.

Fix this by replacing the local accumulator with a persistent counter
(tx_compl_bytes) that survives across polls and is reset only after
updating BQL and stats.

Fixes: c900e49d58eb ("net: xilinx: axienet: Implement BQL")
Signed-off-by: Suraj Gupta <suraj.gupta2@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h | 3 +++
.../net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 20 +++++++++----------
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
index 602389843342..a4444c939451 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
@@ -509,6 +509,8 @@ struct skbuf_dma_descriptor {
* complete. Only updated at runtime by TX NAPI poll.
* @tx_bd_tail: Stores the index of the next Tx buffer descriptor in the ring
* to be populated.
+ * @tx_compl_bytes: Accumulates TX completion length until a full packet is
+ * reported to the stack.
* @tx_packets: TX packet count for statistics
* @tx_bytes: TX byte count for statistics
* @tx_stat_sync: Synchronization object for TX stats
@@ -592,6 +594,7 @@ struct axienet_local {
u32 tx_bd_num;
u32 tx_bd_ci;
u32 tx_bd_tail;
+ u32 tx_compl_bytes;
u64_stats_t tx_packets;
u64_stats_t tx_bytes;
struct u64_stats_sync tx_stat_sync;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index b06e4c37ff61..95bf61986cb7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -692,6 +692,8 @@ static void axienet_dma_stop(struct axienet_local *lp)
axienet_lock_mii(lp);
__axienet_device_reset(lp);
axienet_unlock_mii(lp);
+
+ lp->tx_compl_bytes = 0;
}

/**
@@ -770,8 +772,6 @@ static int axienet_device_reset(struct net_device *ndev)
* @first_bd: Index of first descriptor to clean up
* @nr_bds: Max number of descriptors to clean up
* @force: Whether to clean descriptors even if not complete
- * @sizep: Pointer to a u32 filled with the total sum of all bytes
- * in all cleaned-up descriptors. Ignored if NULL.
* @budget: NAPI budget (use 0 when not called from NAPI poll)
*
* Would either be called after a successful transmit operation, or after
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ static int axienet_device_reset(struct net_device *ndev)
* Return: The number of packets handled.
*/
static int axienet_free_tx_chain(struct axienet_local *lp, u32 first_bd,
- int nr_bds, bool force, u32 *sizep, int budget)
+ int nr_bds, bool force, int budget)
{
struct axidma_bd *cur_p;
unsigned int status;
@@ -819,8 +819,8 @@ static int axienet_free_tx_chain(struct axienet_local *lp, u32 first_bd,
cur_p->cntrl = 0;
cur_p->status = 0;

- if (sizep)
- *sizep += status & XAXIDMA_BD_STS_ACTUAL_LEN_MASK;
+ if (!force)
+ lp->tx_compl_bytes += status & XAXIDMA_BD_STS_ACTUAL_LEN_MASK;
}

if (!force) {
@@ -999,18 +999,18 @@ static int axienet_tx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
{
struct axienet_local *lp = container_of(napi, struct axienet_local, napi_tx);
struct net_device *ndev = lp->ndev;
- u32 size = 0;
int packets;

packets = axienet_free_tx_chain(lp, lp->tx_bd_ci, lp->tx_bd_num, false,
- &size, budget);
+ budget);

if (packets) {
- netdev_completed_queue(ndev, packets, size);
+ netdev_completed_queue(ndev, packets, lp->tx_compl_bytes);
u64_stats_update_begin(&lp->tx_stat_sync);
u64_stats_add(&lp->tx_packets, packets);
- u64_stats_add(&lp->tx_bytes, size);
+ u64_stats_add(&lp->tx_bytes, lp->tx_compl_bytes);
u64_stats_update_end(&lp->tx_stat_sync);
+ lp->tx_compl_bytes = 0;

/* Matches barrier in axienet_start_xmit */
smp_mb();
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ axienet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
netdev_err(ndev, "TX DMA mapping error\n");
ndev->stats.tx_dropped++;
axienet_free_tx_chain(lp, orig_tail_ptr, ii + 1,
- true, NULL, 0);
+ true, 0);
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}
--
2.49.1