linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.10 03/63] net/mlx5e: Fix broken CQE compression initialization

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Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2017 18:51:28 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>,
        kernel-team@...com, Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 4.10 03/63] net/mlx5e: Fix broken CQE compression initialization

4.10-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>


[ Upstream commit b0d4660b4cc52e6477ca3a43435351d565dfcedc ]

Some of RQ type parameters are derived from CQE compression state flag,
CQE compression flag was initialized only after RQ type parameters
setup. This leads to load RQ with stride size smaller than what we
want for when CQE compression is on.

This bug introduces no functional damage, it only makes CQE compression
occur less often, since in ConnectX4-LX CQE compression is performed
only on packets smaller than stride size.

Fix this by marking default status of CQE compression in PFLAG prior to
calling mlx5e_set_rq_priv_params(), as it inits some fields based on it.

Tested:
 load driver on systems where rx CQE compress will be on (MH)
 pktgen with  64 < pkt size < 256 and netperf TCP_STREAM (IPv4/IPv6)
 verify `ethtool -S ethxx | grep compress` are advancing more often
 (rapidly)

Fixes: 2fc4bfb7250d ("net/mlx5e: Dynamic RQ type infrastructure")
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
Cc: kernel-team@...com
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -3500,6 +3500,9 @@ static void mlx5e_build_nic_netdev_priv(
 			cqe_compress_heuristic(link_speed, pci_bw);
 	}
 
+	MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(priv, MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_COMPRESS,
+			priv->params.rx_cqe_compress_def);
+
 	mlx5e_set_rq_priv_params(priv);
 	if (priv->params.rq_wq_type == MLX5_WQ_TYPE_LINKED_LIST_STRIDING_RQ)
 		priv->params.lro_en = true;
@@ -3525,7 +3528,6 @@ static void mlx5e_build_nic_netdev_priv(
 	/* Initialize pflags */
 	MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(priv, MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_BASED_MODER,
 			priv->params.rx_cq_period_mode == MLX5_CQ_PERIOD_MODE_START_FROM_CQE);
-	MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(priv, MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_COMPRESS, priv->params.rx_cqe_compress_def);
 
 	mutex_init(&priv->state_lock);