Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: macb: Limit maximum GEM TX length in TSO

[Harini Katakam]

Hi Claudiu,

On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 8:27 PM <Claudiu.Beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 31.01.2020 12:27, Harini Katakam wrote:
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> > GEM_MAX_TX_LEN currently resolves to 0x3FF8 for any IP version supporting
> > TSO with full 14bits of length field in payload descriptor. But an IP
> > errata causes false amba_error (bit 6 of ISR) when length in payload
> > descriptors is specified above 16387. The error occurs because the DMA
> > falsely concludes that there is not enough space in SRAM for incoming
> > payload. These errors were observed continuously under stress of large
> > packets using iperf on a version where SRAM was 16K for each queue. This
> > errata will be documented shortly and affects all versions since TSO
> > functionality was added. Hence limit the max length to 0x3FC0 (rounded).
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> > Signed-off-by: Harini Katakam <harini.katakam@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> > -               bp->max_tx_length = GEM_MAX_TX_LEN;
> > +               bp->max_tx_length = min(GEM_MAX_TX_LEN, GEM_MAX_TX_LEN_ERRATA);
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> Isn't this always resolved to GEM_MAX_TX_LEN_ERRATA?

Sorry, yes it does. I accidentally concluded that this was
version specific. Will just default to 0x3fc0 in v2.
Thanks for the review.

Regards,
Harini