Re: [PATCH net-next v3] net: stmmac: dwmac-qcom-ethqos: Enable TBS on all queues but 0

From: Jeff Johnson
Date: Wed Feb 07 2024 - 18:55:28 EST


On 2/7/2024 2:40 PM, Abhishek Chauhan wrote:
> TSO and TBS cannot co-exist. TBS requires special descriptor to be
> allocated at bootup. Initialising Tx queues at probe to support
> TSO and TBS can help in allocating those resources at bootup.
>
> TX queues with TBS can support etf qdisc hw offload.
>
> This is similar to the patch raised by NXP
> commit 3b12ec8f618e ("net: stmmac: dwmac-imx: set TSO/TBS TX queues default
> settings")
>
> Changes since v2:
> - Fixed the styling of comment in the dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
> - Followed the upstream format to give other glue
> driver references to solve the same problem
> - Appended the subject with net-next
> - Discussion of why this patch is required is discussed in
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/c2497eef-1041-4cd0-8220-42622c8902f4@xxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Changes since v1:
> - Subject is changed as per upstream guidelines
> - Added a reference of a similar change done by NXP in
> body of the commit message

Note that your patch change history should not be part of your commit
text, but instead should be below the "---" line.
>
> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Chauhan <quic_abchauha@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

in other words put it here. the change history will not be part of the
git history

I strongly suggest looking at b4 since it will manage your patch history:
https://b4.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/index.html#for-developers

> drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
> index 31631e3f89d0..2691a250a5a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
> @@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ static int qcom_ethqos_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> struct stmmac_resources stmmac_res;
> struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> struct qcom_ethqos *ethqos;
> - int ret;
> + int ret, i;
>
> ret = stmmac_get_platform_resources(pdev, &stmmac_res);
> if (ret)
> @@ -822,6 +822,10 @@ static int qcom_ethqos_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> plat_dat->serdes_powerdown = qcom_ethqos_serdes_powerdown;
> }
>
> + /* Enable TSO on queue0 and enable TBS on rest of the queues */
> + for (i = 1; i < plat_dat->tx_queues_to_use; i++)
> + plat_dat->tx_queues_cfg[i].tbs_en = 1;
> +
> return devm_stmmac_pltfr_probe(pdev, plat_dat, &stmmac_res);
> }
>