RE: [PATCH 1/4] net: stmmac: update rx tail pointer register to fix rx dma hang issue.

[biao huang]

On Mon, 2019-04-29 at 08:51 +0000, Jose Abreu wrote:
> From: Biao Huang <biao.huang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 07:15:53
> 
> > Currently we will not update the receive descriptor tail pointer in
> > stmmac_rx_refill. Rx dma will think no available descriptors and stop
> > once received packets exceed DMA_RX_SIZE, so that the rx only test will fail.
> > 
> > Update the receive tail pointer in stmmac_rx_refill to add more descriptors
> > to the rx channel, so packets can be received continually
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Biao Huang <biao.huang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c |    3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> > index 97c5e1a..818ad88 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> > @@ -3336,6 +3336,9 @@ static inline void stmmac_rx_refill(struct stmmac_priv *priv, u32 queue)
> >  		entry = STMMAC_GET_ENTRY(entry, DMA_RX_SIZE);
> >  	}
> >  	rx_q->dirty_rx = entry;
> > +	stmmac_set_rx_tail_ptr(priv, priv->ioaddr,
> > +			       rx_q->dma_rx_phy + (entry * sizeof(struct dma_desc)),
> 
> I think you can just use the "rx_q->rx_tail_addr" here. It'll always 
> trigger a poll demand for the channel.
Yes, will use rx_q->rx_tail_addr here.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jose Miguel Abreu