Re: [PATCH] ath10k: Add interrupt summary based CE processing

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 2:37 PM Doug Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 10:53 AM Rakesh Pillai <pillair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Currently the NAPI processing loops through all
> > the copy engines and processes a particular copy
> > engine is the copy completion is set for that copy
> > engine. The host driver is not supposed to access
> > any copy engine register after clearing the interrupt
> > status register.
> >
> > This might result in kernel crash like the one below
> > [ 1159.220143] Call trace:
> > [ 1159.220170]  ath10k_snoc_read32+0x20/0x40 [ath10k_snoc]
> > [ 1159.220193]  ath10k_ce_per_engine_service_any+0x78/0x130 [ath10k_core]
> > [ 1159.220203]  ath10k_snoc_napi_poll+0x38/0x8c [ath10k_snoc]
> > [ 1159.220270]  net_rx_action+0x100/0x3b0
> > [ 1159.220312]  __do_softirq+0x164/0x30c
> > [ 1159.220345]  run_ksoftirqd+0x2c/0x64
> > [ 1159.220380]  smpboot_thread_fn+0x1b0/0x288
> > [ 1159.220405]  kthread+0x11c/0x12c
> > [ 1159.220423]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
> >
> > To avoid such a scenario, we generate an interrupt
> > summary by reading the copy completion for all the
> > copy engine before actually processing any of them.
> > This will avoid reading the interrupt status register
> > for any CE after the interrupt status is cleared.
> >
> > Tested-on: WCN3990 hw1.0 SNOC WLAN.HL.3.1-01040-QCAHLSWMTPLZ-1
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rakesh Pillai <pillair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
> >  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.h |  5 +--
> >  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>
> I'm not an expert on this driver, but your change seems sane to me.
>
> Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> With your patch I can no longer find a place to put in a magic delay
> and reproduce the crash, thus:
>
> Tested-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> If it matters, my WiFi firmware reports this:
>
> WLAN.HL.3.2.2-00490-QCAHLSWMTPL-1
>
> ...and it should also be WCN3990.

I should also note that, while I'm not terribly familiar with Kalle's
workflow, I would have expected to see him in the "To:" list.  I've
added him, but it's possible he'll need you to repost the patch with
him in the "To:" list.

-Doug