Re: [PATCH v3] net: macb: restart tx after tx used bit read

[Nicolas.Ferre]

On 17/12/2018 at 11:02, 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>

Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks. Best regards,
   Nicolas

> ---
> 
> Changes in v3:
> - remove "inline" keyword
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - use "static inline" instead of "inline static" for macb_tx_restart()
> 
>   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);
>   }
>   
> +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.
>   		 */
> 


-- 
Nicolas Ferre