[PATCH net-next 4/6] net: ipa: ensure hardware has power in ipa_start_xmit()

From: Alex Elder
Date: Thu Aug 12 2021 - 15:51:04 EST


We need to ensure the hardware is powered when we transmit a packet.
But if it's not, we can't block to wait for it. So asynchronously
request power in ipa_start_xmit(), and only proceed if the return
value indicates the power state is active.

If the hardware is not active, a runtime resume request will have
been initiated. In that case, stop the network stack from further
transmit attempts until the resume completes. Return NETDEV_TX_BUSY,
to retry sending the packet once the queue is restarted.

If the power request returns an error (other than -EINPROGRESS,
which just means a resume requested elsewhere isn't complete), just
drop the packet.

Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c
index 0a3b034614b61..aa1b483d9f7db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ static int ipa_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
struct ipa_endpoint *endpoint;
struct ipa *ipa = priv->ipa;
u32 skb_len = skb->len;
+ struct device *dev;
int ret;

if (!skb_len)
@@ -115,7 +116,31 @@ static int ipa_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
if (endpoint->data->qmap && skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_MAP))
goto err_drop_skb;

+ /* The hardware must be powered for us to transmit */
+ dev = &ipa->pdev->dev;
+ ret = pm_runtime_get(dev);
+ if (ret < 1) {
+ /* If a resume won't happen, just drop the packet */
+ if (ret < 0 && ret != -EINPROGRESS) {
+ pm_runtime_put_noidle(dev);
+ goto err_drop_skb;
+ }
+
+ /* No power (yet). Stop the network stack from transmitting
+ * until we're resumed; ipa_modem_resume() arranges for the
+ * TX queue to be started again.
+ */
+ netif_stop_queue(netdev);
+
+ (void)pm_runtime_put(dev);
+
+ return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+ }
+
ret = ipa_endpoint_skb_tx(endpoint, skb);
+
+ (void)pm_runtime_put(dev);
+
if (ret) {
if (ret != -E2BIG)
return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
@@ -201,7 +226,10 @@ void ipa_modem_suspend(struct net_device *netdev)
*
* Re-enable transmit on the modem network device. This is called
* in (power management) work queue context, scheduled when resuming
- * the modem.
+ * the modem. We can't enable the queue directly in ipa_modem_resume()
+ * because transmits restart the instant the queue is awakened; but the
+ * device power state won't be ACTIVE until *after* ipa_modem_resume()
+ * returns.
*/
static void ipa_modem_wake_queue_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
--
2.27.0