Re: [PATCH] net: macb: restart tx after tx used bit read

[Claudiu.Beznea]

Hi David,

Please ignore this one for the moment, I'll have to run few more tests on it.

Thank you,
Claudiu Beznea

On 06.12.2018 19:44, Claudiu Beznea - M18063 wrote:
> From: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> On some platforms (currently detected only on SAMA5D4) TX might stuck
> even the pachets are still present in DMA memories and TX start was
> issued for them. This happens due to race condition between MACB driver
> updating next TX buffer descriptor to be used and IP reading the same
> descriptor. In such a case, the "TX USED BIT READ" interrupt is asserted.
> GEM/MACB user guide specifies that if a "TX USED BIT READ" interrupt
> is asserted TX must be restarted. Restart TX if used bit is read and
> packets are present in software TX queue. Packets are removed from software
> TX queue if TX was successful for them (see macb_tx_interrupt()).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> index 1d86b4d5645a..f920230386ee 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> @@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
>  #define MACB_TX_ERR_FLAGS	(MACB_BIT(ISR_TUND)			\
>  					| MACB_BIT(ISR_RLE)		\
>  					| MACB_BIT(TXERR))
> -#define MACB_TX_INT_FLAGS	(MACB_TX_ERR_FLAGS | MACB_BIT(TCOMP))
> +#define MACB_TX_INT_FLAGS	(MACB_TX_ERR_FLAGS | MACB_BIT(TCOMP)	\
> +					| MACB_BIT(TXUBR))
>  
>  /* Max length of transmit frame must be a multiple of 8 bytes */
>  #define MACB_TX_LEN_ALIGN	8
> @@ -1312,6 +1313,21 @@ static void macb_hresp_error_task(unsigned long data)
>  	netif_tx_start_all_queues(dev);
>  }
>  
> +inline static void macb_tx_restart(struct macb_queue *queue)
> +{
> +	unsigned int head = queue->tx_head;
> +	unsigned int tail = queue->tx_tail;
> +	struct macb *bp = queue->bp;
> +
> +	if (bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_ISR_CLEAR_ON_WRITE)
> +		queue_writel(queue, ISR, MACB_BIT(TXUBR));
> +
> +	if (head == tail)
> +		return;
> +
> +	macb_writel(bp, NCR, macb_readl(bp, NCR) | MACB_BIT(TSTART));
> +}
> +
>  static irqreturn_t macb_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
>  {
>  	struct macb_queue *queue = dev_id;
> @@ -1369,6 +1385,9 @@ static irqreturn_t macb_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
>  		if (status & MACB_BIT(TCOMP))
>  			macb_tx_interrupt(queue);
>  
> +		if (status & MACB_BIT(TXUBR))
> +			macb_tx_restart(queue);
> +
>  		/* Link change detection isn't possible with RMII, so we'll
>  		 * add that if/when we get our hands on a full-blown MII PHY.
>  		 */
>