Re: [PATCH iwl-net v3 5/6] ice: remove ICE_CFG_BUSY locking from AF_XDP code

From: Larysa Zaremba
Date: Thu Aug 22 2024 - 09:08:17 EST


On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 01:43:50PM +0200, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 12:05:42PM +0200, Larysa Zaremba wrote:
> > Locking used in ice_qp_ena() and ice_qp_dis() does pretty much nothing,
> > because ICE_CFG_BUSY is a state flag that is supposed to be set in a PF
> > state, not VSI one. Therefore it does not protect the queue pair from
> > e.g. reset.
> >
> > Despite being useless, it still can deadlock the unfortunate functions that
> > have fell into the same ICE_CFG_BUSY-VSI trap. This happens if ice_qp_ena
> > returns an error.
>
> I believe the last sentence is not valid after our recent fixes around xsk
> and tx timeouts.
>

Yes, this is no longer valid, I need to remove this.

> >
> > Remove ICE_CFG_BUSY locking from ice_qp_dis() and ice_qp_ena().
> >
> > Fixes: 2d4238f55697 ("ice: Add support for AF_XDP")
> > Reviewed-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Chandan Kumar Rout <chandanx.rout@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c | 9 ---------
> > 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c
> > index 8693509efbe7..5dee829bfc47 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c
> > @@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ static int ice_qp_dis(struct ice_vsi *vsi, u16 q_idx)
> > struct ice_q_vector *q_vector;
> > struct ice_tx_ring *tx_ring;
> > struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring;
> > - int timeout = 50;
> > int fail = 0;
> > int err;
> >
> > @@ -176,13 +175,6 @@ static int ice_qp_dis(struct ice_vsi *vsi, u16 q_idx)
> > rx_ring = vsi->rx_rings[q_idx];
> > q_vector = rx_ring->q_vector;
> >
> > - while (test_and_set_bit(ICE_CFG_BUSY, vsi->state)) {
> > - timeout--;
> > - if (!timeout)
> > - return -EBUSY;
> > - usleep_range(1000, 2000);
> > - }
> > -
> > synchronize_net();
> > netif_carrier_off(vsi->netdev);
> > netif_tx_stop_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(vsi->netdev, q_idx));
> > @@ -261,7 +253,6 @@ static int ice_qp_ena(struct ice_vsi *vsi, u16 q_idx)
> > netif_tx_start_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(vsi->netdev, q_idx));
> > netif_carrier_on(vsi->netdev);
> > }
> > - clear_bit(ICE_CFG_BUSY, vsi->state);
> >
> > return fail;
> > }
> > --
> > 2.43.0
> >