Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] net: mvneta: Convert to be 64 bits compatible

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wednesday, November 23, 2016 5:53:41 PM CET Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:04:12 +0100 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> > On Tuesday, November 22, 2016 5:48:41 PM CET Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> > > +       void *data_tmp;
> > > +
> > > +       /* In Neta HW only 32 bits data is supported, so in order to
> > > +        * obtain whole 64 bits address from RX descriptor, we store
> > > +        * the upper 32 bits when allocating buffer, and put it back
> > > +        * when using buffer cookie for accessing packet in memory.
> > > +        * Frags should be allocated from single 'memory' region,
> > > +        * hence common upper address half should be sufficient.
> > > +        */
> > > +       data_tmp = mvneta_frag_alloc(pp->frag_size);
> > > +       if (data_tmp) {
> > > +               pp->data_high = (u64)upper_32_bits((u64)data_tmp) << 32;
> > > +               mvneta_frag_free(pp->frag_size, data_tmp);
> > > +       }
> > >   
> > 
> > How does this work when the region spans a n*4GB address boundary?
> 
> indeed. We also make use of this driver on 64bit platforms. We use
> different solution to make the driver 64bit safe.
> 
> solA: make use of the reserved field in the mvneta_rx_desc, such
> as reserved2 etc. Yes, the field is marked as "for future use, PnC", but
> now it's not used at all. This is one possible solution however.

Right, this sounds like the most straightforward choice.

> solB: allocate a shadow buf cookie during init, e.g
> 
> rxq->descs_bufcookie = kmalloc(rxq->size * sizeof(void*), GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> then modify mvneta_rx_desc_fill a bit to save the 64bit pointer in
> the shadow buf cookie, e.g
> static void mvneta_rx_desc_fill(struct mvneta_rx_desc *rx_desc,
>                                 u32 phys_addr, u32 cookie,
> 				struct mvneta_rx_queue *rxq)
> 
> {
> 	int i;
> 
> 	rx_desc->buf_cookie = cookie;
> 	rx_desc->buf_phys_addr = phys_addr;
> 	i = rx_desc - rxq->descs;
> 	rxq->descs_bufcookie[i] = cookie;
> }
> 
> then fetch the desc from the shadow buf cookie in all code path, such
> as mvneta_rx() etc.
> 
> Both solutions should not have the problems pointed out by Arnd.

Wait, since you compute an index 'i' here, can't you just store 'i'
directly in the descriptor instead of the pointer?

	Arnd