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[v5,1/2] net: moxa: clear TX descriptor length bits

Message ID 1408544322-32023-1-git-send-email-jonas.jensen@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
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Jonas Jensen Aug. 20, 2014, 2:18 p.m. UTC
TX buffer length is not cleared on ndo_start_xmit().
Failing to do so can bug/hang the controller and
cause TX interrupts to stop altogether.

Add TX_DESC1_BUF_SIZE_MASK to bits that are cleared,
before the TX buffer length is set.

Addresses https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69031

Signed-off-by: Jonas Jensen <jonas.jensen@gmail.com>
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Notes:
    No changes since v4.
    
    Applies to next-20140820

 drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Eric Dumazet Aug. 20, 2014, 5:10 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, 2014-08-20 at 16:18 +0200, Jonas Jensen wrote:
> TX buffer length is not cleared on ndo_start_xmit().
> Failing to do so can bug/hang the controller and
> cause TX interrupts to stop altogether.

> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c
> index 5020fd4..aa45607 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c
> @@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ static int moxart_mac_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
>  
>  	txdes1 = readl(desc + TX_REG_OFFSET_DESC1);
>  	txdes1 |= TX_DESC1_LTS | TX_DESC1_FTS;
> -	txdes1 &= ~(TX_DESC1_FIFO_COMPLETE | TX_DESC1_INTR_COMPLETE);
> +	txdes1 &= ~(TX_DESC1_FIFO_COMPLETE | TX_DESC1_INTR_COMPLETE |
> +		    TX_DESC1_BUF_SIZE_MASK);
>  	txdes1 |= (len & TX_DESC1_BUF_SIZE_MASK);
>  	writel(txdes1, desc + TX_REG_OFFSET_DESC1);
>  	writel(TX_DESC0_DMA_OWN, desc + TX_REG_OFFSET_DESC0);

Wouldnt it be faster to not use readl() at all here ?

readl() is only used to get TX_DESC1_END bit.

It seems you could replace the thing by :

txdes1 = TX_DESC1_LTS | TX_DESC1_FTS | (len & TX_DESC1_BUF_SIZE_MASK);
if (tx_head == TX_DESC_NUM_MASK)
	txdes1 |= TX_DESC1_END;
David Miller Aug. 22, 2014, 4:39 a.m. UTC | #2
From: Jonas Jensen <jonas.jensen@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:18:42 +0200

> @@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ static int moxart_mac_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
>  
>  	txdes1 = readl(desc + TX_REG_OFFSET_DESC1);
>  	txdes1 |= TX_DESC1_LTS | TX_DESC1_FTS;
> -	txdes1 &= ~(TX_DESC1_FIFO_COMPLETE | TX_DESC1_INTR_COMPLETE);
> +	txdes1 &= ~(TX_DESC1_FIFO_COMPLETE | TX_DESC1_INTR_COMPLETE |
> +		    TX_DESC1_BUF_SIZE_MASK);
>  	txdes1 |= (len & TX_DESC1_BUF_SIZE_MASK);
>  	writel(txdes1, desc + TX_REG_OFFSET_DESC1);
>  	writel(TX_DESC0_DMA_OWN, desc + TX_REG_OFFSET_DESC0);

Like others I wonder why the existing descriptor value is being read
at all.

It's inefficient and completely unnecessary, you can just compute a new
value from scratch, and that way all of these "uncleared field" issues
just automatically disappear.
Jonas Jensen Aug. 25, 2014, 2:23 p.m. UTC | #3
Thanks for giving feedback.

On 20 August 2014 19:10, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wouldnt it be faster to not use readl() at all here ?

On 22 August 2014 06:39, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> Like others I wonder why the existing descriptor value is being read
> at all.

It makes sense and I have verified, transfers continue to work
clearing the whole thing, see update in v6.


Regards,

   Jonas
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c
index 5020fd4..aa45607 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@  static int moxart_mac_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 
 	txdes1 = readl(desc + TX_REG_OFFSET_DESC1);
 	txdes1 |= TX_DESC1_LTS | TX_DESC1_FTS;
-	txdes1 &= ~(TX_DESC1_FIFO_COMPLETE | TX_DESC1_INTR_COMPLETE);
+	txdes1 &= ~(TX_DESC1_FIFO_COMPLETE | TX_DESC1_INTR_COMPLETE |
+		    TX_DESC1_BUF_SIZE_MASK);
 	txdes1 |= (len & TX_DESC1_BUF_SIZE_MASK);
 	writel(txdes1, desc + TX_REG_OFFSET_DESC1);
 	writel(TX_DESC0_DMA_OWN, desc + TX_REG_OFFSET_DESC0);