[PATCH net 3/6] net/mlx5e: Fix misidentification of ASO CQE during poll loop

From: Tariq Toukan

Date: Thu Feb 12 2026 - 05:36:58 EST


From: Gal Pressman <gal@xxxxxxxxxx>

The ASO completion poll loop uses usleep_range() which can sleep much
longer than requested due to scheduler latency. Under load, we witnessed
a 20ms+ delay until the process was rescheduled, causing the jiffies
based timeout to expire while the thread is sleeping.

The original do-while loop structure (poll, sleep, check timeout) would
exit without a final poll when waking after timeout, missing a CQE that
arrived during sleep.

Restructure the loop by moving the poll into the while condition,
ensuring we always poll after sleeping, catching CQEs that arrived
during that time.

Fixes: 739cfa34518e ("net/mlx5: Make ASO poll CQ usable in atomic context")
Fixes: 7e3fce82d945 ("net/mlx5e: Overcome slow response for first macsec ASO WQE")
Signed-off-by: Gal Pressman <gal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jianbo Liu <jianbol@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc/meter.c | 8 +++-----
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c | 8 +++-----
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc/meter.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc/meter.c
index 7819fb297280..2ab618e11aad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc/meter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc/meter.c
@@ -188,11 +188,9 @@ mlx5e_tc_meter_modify(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,

/* With newer FW, the wait for the first ASO WQE is more than 2us, put the wait 10ms. */
expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(10);
- do {
- err = mlx5_aso_poll_cq(aso, true);
- if (err)
- usleep_range(2, 10);
- } while (err && time_is_after_jiffies(expires));
+ while ((err = mlx5_aso_poll_cq(aso, true)) &&
+ time_is_after_jiffies(expires))
+ usleep_range(2, 10);
mutex_unlock(&flow_meters->aso_lock);

return err;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
index 528b04d4de41..2b3556fbfc42 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
@@ -1412,11 +1412,9 @@ static int macsec_aso_query(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, struct mlx5e_macsec *mac

mlx5_aso_post_wqe(maso, false, &aso_wqe->ctrl);
expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(10);
- do {
- err = mlx5_aso_poll_cq(maso, false);
- if (err)
- usleep_range(2, 10);
- } while (err && time_is_after_jiffies(expires));
+ while ((err = mlx5_aso_poll_cq(maso, false)) &&
+ time_is_after_jiffies(expires))
+ usleep_range(2, 10);

if (err)
goto err_out;
--
2.44.0