Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] net: Add driver for LiteX's LiteEth network interface

From: Gabriel L. Somlo
Date: Tue Aug 24 2021 - 15:43:19 EST


Hi Joel,

Couple of comments below:

On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 05:17:26PM +0930, Joel Stanley wrote:
> LiteX is a soft system-on-chip that targets FPGAs. LiteEth is a basic
> network device that is commonly used in LiteX designs.
>
> The driver was first written in 2017 and has been maintained by the
> LiteX community in various trees. Thank you to all who have contributed.
>
> Co-developed-by: Gabriel Somlo <gsomlo@xxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: David Shah <dave@xxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Stafford Horne <shorne@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2:
> - check for bad len in liteeth_rx before getting skb
> - use netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align
> - remove unused duplex/speed and mii_bus variables
> - set carrier off when stopping device
> - increment packet count in the same place as bytes
> - fix error return code when irq could not be found
> - remove request of mdio base address until it is used
> - fix of_property_read line wrapping/alignment
> - only check that reader isn't busy, and then send off next packet
> - drop phy reset, it was incorrect (wrong address)
> - Add an description to the kconfig text
> - stop tx queue when busy and re-start after tx complete irq fires
> - use litex accessors to support big endian socs
> - clean up unused includes
> - use standard fifo-depth properties, which are in bytes
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig | 1 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/litex/Kconfig | 27 ++
> drivers/net/ethernet/litex/Makefile | 5 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/litex/litex_liteeth.c | 327 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 5 files changed, 361 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/litex/Kconfig
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/litex/Makefile
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/litex/litex_liteeth.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig
> index 1cdff1dca790..d796684ec9ca 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig
> @@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ config LANTIQ_XRX200
> Support for the PMAC of the Gigabit switch (GSWIP) inside the
> Lantiq / Intel VRX200 VDSL SoC
>
> +source "drivers/net/ethernet/litex/Kconfig"
> source "drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/Kconfig"
> source "drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/Kconfig"
> source "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/Kconfig"
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile
> index cb3f9084a21b..aaa5078cd7d1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile
> @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_JME) += jme.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_KORINA) += korina.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_LANTIQ_ETOP) += lantiq_etop.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_LANTIQ_XRX200) += lantiq_xrx200.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_LITEX) += litex/
> obj-$(CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_MARVELL) += marvell/
> obj-$(CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_MEDIATEK) += mediatek/
> obj-$(CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_MELLANOX) += mellanox/
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/litex/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/litex/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..265dba414b41
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/litex/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
> +#
> +# LiteX device configuration
> +#
> +
> +config NET_VENDOR_LITEX
> + bool "LiteX devices"
> + default y
> + help
> + If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y.
> +
> + Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
> + kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
> + the questions about LiteX devices. If you say Y, you will be asked
> + for your specific card in the following questions.
> +
> +if NET_VENDOR_LITEX
> +
> +config LITEX_LITEETH
> + tristate "LiteX Ethernet support"

Mostly cosmetic, but should there be a "depends on LITEX" statement in here?
Maybe also "select MII" and "select PHYLIB"?

> + help
> + If you wish to compile a kernel for hardware with a LiteX LiteEth
> + device then you should answer Y to this.
> +
> + LiteX is a soft system-on-chip that targets FPGAs. LiteETH is a basic
> + network device that is commonly used in LiteX designs.
> +
> +endif # NET_VENDOR_LITEX
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/litex/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/litex/Makefile
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..9343b73b8e49
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/litex/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
> +#
> +# Makefile for the LiteX network device drivers.
> +#
> +
> +obj-$(CONFIG_LITEX_LITEETH) += litex_liteeth.o
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/litex/litex_liteeth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/litex/litex_liteeth.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e9c5d817e1f9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/litex/litex_liteeth.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +/*
> + * LiteX Liteeth Ethernet
> + *
> + * Copyright 2017 Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx>
> + *
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
> +#include <linux/interrupt.h>
> +#include <linux/litex.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/of_net.h>
> +#include <linux/platform_device.h>
> +
> +#define LITEETH_WRITER_SLOT 0x00
> +#define LITEETH_WRITER_LENGTH 0x04
> +#define LITEETH_WRITER_ERRORS 0x08
> +#define LITEETH_WRITER_EV_STATUS 0x0C
> +#define LITEETH_WRITER_EV_PENDING 0x10
> +#define LITEETH_WRITER_EV_ENABLE 0x14
> +#define LITEETH_READER_START 0x18
> +#define LITEETH_READER_READY 0x1C
> +#define LITEETH_READER_LEVEL 0x20
> +#define LITEETH_READER_SLOT 0x24
> +#define LITEETH_READER_LENGTH 0x28
> +#define LITEETH_READER_EV_STATUS 0x2C
> +#define LITEETH_READER_EV_PENDING 0x30
> +#define LITEETH_READER_EV_ENABLE 0x34
> +#define LITEETH_PREAMBLE_CRC 0x38
> +#define LITEETH_PREAMBLE_ERRORS 0x3C
> +#define LITEETH_CRC_ERRORS 0x40
> +
> +#define LITEETH_PHY_CRG_RESET 0x00
> +#define LITEETH_MDIO_W 0x04
> +#define LITEETH_MDIO_R 0x0C
> +
> +#define DRV_NAME "liteeth"
> +
> +#define LITEETH_BUFFER_SIZE 0x800
> +#define MAX_PKT_SIZE LITEETH_BUFFER_SIZE
> +
> +struct liteeth {
> + void __iomem *base;
> + struct net_device *netdev;
> + struct device *dev;
> +
> + /* Tx */
> + int tx_slot;
> + int num_tx_slots;
> + void __iomem *tx_base;
> +
> + /* Rx */
> + int rx_slot;
> + int num_rx_slots;
> + void __iomem *rx_base;
> +};
> +
> +static int liteeth_rx(struct net_device *netdev)
> +{
> + struct liteeth *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
> + struct sk_buff *skb;
> + unsigned char *data;
> + u8 rx_slot;
> + int len;
> +
> + rx_slot = litex_read8(priv->base + LITEETH_WRITER_SLOT);
> + len = litex_read32(priv->base + LITEETH_WRITER_LENGTH);
> +
> + if (len == 0 || len > 2048)
> + goto rx_drop;
> +
> + skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(netdev, len);
> + if (!skb) {
> + netdev_err(netdev, "couldn't get memory\n");
> + goto rx_drop;
> + }
> +
> + data = skb_put(skb, len);
> + memcpy_fromio(data, priv->rx_base + rx_slot * LITEETH_BUFFER_SIZE, len);
> + skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, netdev);
> +
> + netdev->stats.rx_packets++;
> + netdev->stats.rx_bytes += len;
> +
> + return netif_rx(skb);
> +
> +rx_drop:
> + netdev->stats.rx_dropped++;
> + netdev->stats.rx_errors++;
> +
> + return NET_RX_DROP;
> +}
> +
> +static irqreturn_t liteeth_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
> +{
> + struct net_device *netdev = dev_id;
> + struct liteeth *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
> + u8 reg;
> +
> + reg = litex_read8(priv->base + LITEETH_READER_EV_PENDING);
> + if (reg) {
> + if (netif_queue_stopped(netdev))
> + netif_wake_queue(netdev);
> + litex_write8(priv->base + LITEETH_READER_EV_PENDING, reg);
> + }
> +
> + reg = litex_read8(priv->base + LITEETH_WRITER_EV_PENDING);
> + if (reg) {
> + liteeth_rx(netdev);
> + litex_write8(priv->base + LITEETH_WRITER_EV_PENDING, reg);
> + }
> +
> + return IRQ_HANDLED;
> +}
> +
> +static int liteeth_open(struct net_device *netdev)
> +{
> + struct liteeth *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
> + int err;
> +
> + /* Clear pending events */
> + litex_write8(priv->base + LITEETH_WRITER_EV_PENDING, 1);
> + litex_write8(priv->base + LITEETH_READER_EV_PENDING, 1);
> +
> + err = request_irq(netdev->irq, liteeth_interrupt, 0, netdev->name, netdev);
> + if (err) {
> + netdev_err(netdev, "failed to request irq %d\n", netdev->irq);
> + return err;
> + }
> +
> + /* Enable IRQs */
> + litex_write8(priv->base + LITEETH_WRITER_EV_ENABLE, 1);
> + litex_write8(priv->base + LITEETH_READER_EV_ENABLE, 1);
> +
> + netif_carrier_on(netdev);
> + netif_start_queue(netdev);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int liteeth_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
> +{
> + struct liteeth *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
> +
> + netif_stop_queue(netdev);
> + netif_carrier_off(netdev);
> +
> + litex_write8(priv->base + LITEETH_WRITER_EV_ENABLE, 0);
> + litex_write8(priv->base + LITEETH_READER_EV_ENABLE, 0);
> +
> + free_irq(netdev->irq, netdev);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int liteeth_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
> +{
> + struct liteeth *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
> + void __iomem *txbuffer;
> +
> + if (!litex_read8(priv->base + LITEETH_READER_READY)) {
> + if (net_ratelimit())
> + netdev_err(netdev, "LITEETH_READER_READY not ready\n");
> +
> + netif_stop_queue(netdev);
> +
> + return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
> + }
> +
> + /* Reject oversize packets */
> + if (unlikely(skb->len > MAX_PKT_SIZE)) {
> + if (net_ratelimit())
> + netdev_err(netdev, "tx packet too big\n");
> +
> + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
> + netdev->stats.tx_dropped++;
> + netdev->stats.tx_errors++;
> +
> + return NETDEV_TX_OK;
> + }
> +
> + txbuffer = priv->tx_base + priv->tx_slot * LITEETH_BUFFER_SIZE;
> + memcpy_toio(txbuffer, skb->data, skb->len);
> + litex_write8(priv->base + LITEETH_READER_SLOT, priv->tx_slot);
> + litex_write16(priv->base + LITEETH_READER_LENGTH, skb->len);
> + litex_write8(priv->base + LITEETH_READER_START, 1);
> +
> + netdev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
> + netdev->stats.tx_packets++;
> +
> + priv->tx_slot = (priv->tx_slot + 1) % priv->num_tx_slots;
> + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
> +
> + return NETDEV_TX_OK;
> +}
> +
> +static const struct net_device_ops liteeth_netdev_ops = {
> + .ndo_open = liteeth_open,
> + .ndo_stop = liteeth_stop,
> + .ndo_start_xmit = liteeth_start_xmit,
> +};
> +
> +int liteeth_setup_slots(struct liteeth *priv)
> +{
> + struct device_node *np = priv->dev->of_node;
> + int err, depth;
> +
> + err = of_property_read_u32(np, "rx-fifo-depth", &depth);
> + if (err) {
> + dev_err(priv->dev, "unable to get rx-fifo-depth\n");
> + return err;
> + }
> + if (depth < LITEETH_BUFFER_SIZE) {

If I set depth to be *equal* to LITEETH_BUFFER_SIZE (2048) in DTS,
no traffic makes it out of my network interface (linux-on-litex-rocket
on an ecpix5 board, see github.com/litex-hub/linux-on-litex-rocket).

May I suggest rejecting if (depth / LITEETH_BUFFER_SIZE < 2) instead?
When that's enforced, the interface actually works fine for me.

> + dev_err(priv->dev, "invalid tx-fifo-depth: %d\n", depth);

This should read "rx-fifo-depth".

> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> + priv->num_rx_slots = depth / LITEETH_BUFFER_SIZE;
> +
> + err = of_property_read_u32(np, "tx-fifo-depth", &depth);
> + if (err) {
> + dev_err(priv->dev, "unable to get tx-fifo-depth\n");
> + return err;
> + }
> + if (depth < LITEETH_BUFFER_SIZE) {

Ditto reject if (depth / LITEETH_BUFFER_SIZE < 2) instead.

> + dev_err(priv->dev, "invalid rx-fifo-depth: %d\n", depth);

This should read "tx-fifo-depth".

> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> + priv->num_tx_slots = depth / LITEETH_BUFFER_SIZE;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int liteeth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> + struct net_device *netdev;
> + void __iomem *buf_base;
> + struct resource *res;
> + struct liteeth *priv;
> + int irq, err;
> +
> + netdev = devm_alloc_etherdev(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*priv));
> + if (!netdev)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &pdev->dev);
> + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, netdev);
> +
> + priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
> + priv->netdev = netdev;
> + priv->dev = &pdev->dev;
> +
> + irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
> + if (irq < 0) {
> + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to get IRQ %d\n", irq);
> + return irq;

At this point, netdev has been dynamically allocated, and should
probably be free'd before liteeth_probe() is allowed to fail,
to avoid any potential leaks...

Something like "err = irq; goto err_free;" maybe?

> + }
> + netdev->irq = irq;
> +
> + res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "mac");
> + priv->base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
> + if (IS_ERR(priv->base))
> + return PTR_ERR(priv->base);

goto err_free instead?

> +
> + res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "buffer");
> + buf_base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
> + if (IS_ERR(buf_base))
> + return PTR_ERR(buf_base);

goto err_free, again?

Same for everywhere we return with an error, from here to the end of the
probe function...

> +
> + err = liteeth_setup_slots(priv);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> +
> + /* Rx slots */
> + priv->rx_base = buf_base;
> + priv->rx_slot = 0;
> +
> + /* Tx slots come after Rx slots */
> + priv->tx_base = buf_base + priv->num_rx_slots * LITEETH_BUFFER_SIZE;
> + priv->tx_slot = 0;
> +
> + err = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node, netdev->dev_addr);
> + if (err)
> + eth_hw_addr_random(netdev);
> +
> + netdev->netdev_ops = &liteeth_netdev_ops;
> +
> + err = register_netdev(netdev);
> + if (err) {
> + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to register netdev %d\n", err);
> + return err;
> + }
> +
> + netdev_info(netdev, "irq %d tx slots %d rx slots %d",
> + netdev->irq, priv->num_tx_slots, priv->num_rx_slots);
> +
> + return 0;

err_free:
free_netdev(netdev);
return err;

Thanks,
--Gabriel

> +}
> +
> +static int liteeth_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> + struct net_device *netdev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> +
> + unregister_netdev(netdev);
> + free_netdev(netdev);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static const struct of_device_id liteeth_of_match[] = {
> + { .compatible = "litex,liteeth" },
> + { }
> +};
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, liteeth_of_match);
> +
> +static struct platform_driver liteeth_driver = {
> + .probe = liteeth_probe,
> + .remove = liteeth_remove,
> + .driver = {
> + .name = DRV_NAME,
> + .of_match_table = liteeth_of_match,
> + },
> +};
> +module_platform_driver(liteeth_driver);
> +
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx>");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> --
> 2.32.0
>