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Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 12:46:03 +0100
From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: [PATCH 07/52] sfc: Remove mistaken hardware workaround
We believed that some valid SNAP frames were being marked as invalid.
In fact this is not the case and no workaround is needed.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
---
drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c | 65 ++--------------------------------------
drivers/net/sfc/workarounds.h | 2 -
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c b/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
index b73f1ea..f575322 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
@@ -848,31 +848,11 @@ static inline void falcon_handle_tx_event(struct efx_channel *channel,
}
}
-/* Check received packet's destination MAC address. */
-static int check_dest_mac(struct efx_rx_queue *rx_queue,
- const efx_qword_t *event)
-{
- struct efx_rx_buffer *rx_buf;
- struct efx_nic *efx = rx_queue->efx;
- int rx_ev_desc_ptr;
- struct ethhdr *eh;
-
- if (efx->promiscuous)
- return 1;
-
- rx_ev_desc_ptr = EFX_QWORD_FIELD(*event, RX_EV_DESC_PTR);
- rx_buf = efx_rx_buffer(rx_queue, rx_ev_desc_ptr);
- eh = (struct ethhdr *)rx_buf->data;
- if (memcmp(eh->h_dest, efx->net_dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN))
- return 0;
- return 1;
-}
-
/* Detect errors included in the rx_evt_pkt_ok bit. */
static void falcon_handle_rx_not_ok(struct efx_rx_queue *rx_queue,
const efx_qword_t *event,
unsigned *rx_ev_pkt_ok,
- int *discard, int byte_count)
+ int *discard)
{
struct efx_nic *efx = rx_queue->efx;
unsigned rx_ev_buf_owner_id_err, rx_ev_ip_hdr_chksum_err;
@@ -880,7 +860,6 @@ static void falcon_handle_rx_not_ok(struct efx_rx_queue *rx_queue,
unsigned rx_ev_frm_trunc, rx_ev_drib_nib, rx_ev_tobe_disc;
unsigned rx_ev_pkt_type, rx_ev_other_err, rx_ev_pause_frm;
unsigned rx_ev_ip_frag_err, rx_ev_hdr_type, rx_ev_mcast_pkt;
- int snap, non_ip;
rx_ev_hdr_type = EFX_QWORD_FIELD(*event, RX_EV_HDR_TYPE);
rx_ev_mcast_pkt = EFX_QWORD_FIELD(*event, RX_EV_MCAST_PKT);
@@ -904,41 +883,6 @@ static void falcon_handle_rx_not_ok(struct efx_rx_queue *rx_queue,
rx_ev_buf_owner_id_err | rx_ev_eth_crc_err |
rx_ev_frm_trunc | rx_ev_ip_hdr_chksum_err);
- snap = (rx_ev_pkt_type == RX_EV_PKT_TYPE_LLC_DECODE) ||
- (rx_ev_pkt_type == RX_EV_PKT_TYPE_VLAN_LLC_DECODE);
- non_ip = (rx_ev_hdr_type == RX_EV_HDR_TYPE_NON_IP_DECODE);
-
- /* SFC bug 5475/8970: The Falcon XMAC incorrectly calculates the
- * length field of an LLC frame, which sets TOBE_DISC. We could set
- * PASS_LEN_ERR, but we want the MAC to filter out short frames (to
- * protect the RX block).
- *
- * bug5475 - LLC/SNAP: Falcon identifies SNAP packets.
- * bug8970 - LLC/noSNAP: Falcon does not provide an LLC flag.
- * LLC can't encapsulate IP, so by definition
- * these packets are NON_IP.
- *
- * Unicast mismatch will also cause TOBE_DISC, so the driver needs
- * to check this.
- */
- if (EFX_WORKAROUND_5475(efx) && rx_ev_tobe_disc && (snap || non_ip)) {
- /* If all the other flags are zero then we can state the
- * entire packet is ok, which will flag to the kernel not
- * to recalculate checksums.
- */
- if (!(non_ip | rx_ev_other_err | rx_ev_pause_frm))
- *rx_ev_pkt_ok = 1;
-
- rx_ev_tobe_disc = 0;
-
- /* TOBE_DISC is set for unicast mismatch. But given that
- * we can't trust TOBE_DISC here, we must validate the dest
- * MAC address ourselves.
- */
- if (!rx_ev_mcast_pkt && !check_dest_mac(rx_queue, event))
- rx_ev_tobe_disc = 1;
- }
-
/* Count errors that are not in MAC stats. */
if (rx_ev_frm_trunc)
++rx_queue->channel->n_rx_frm_trunc;
@@ -962,7 +906,7 @@ static void falcon_handle_rx_not_ok(struct efx_rx_queue *rx_queue,
#ifdef EFX_ENABLE_DEBUG
if (rx_ev_other_err) {
EFX_INFO_RL(efx, " RX queue %d unexpected RX event "
- EFX_QWORD_FMT "%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s\n",
+ EFX_QWORD_FMT "%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s\n",
rx_queue->queue, EFX_QWORD_VAL(*event),
rx_ev_buf_owner_id_err ? " [OWNER_ID_ERR]" : "",
rx_ev_ip_hdr_chksum_err ?
@@ -973,8 +917,7 @@ static void falcon_handle_rx_not_ok(struct efx_rx_queue *rx_queue,
rx_ev_frm_trunc ? " [FRM_TRUNC]" : "",
rx_ev_drib_nib ? " [DRIB_NIB]" : "",
rx_ev_tobe_disc ? " [TOBE_DISC]" : "",
- rx_ev_pause_frm ? " [PAUSE]" : "",
- snap ? " [SNAP/LLC]" : "");
+ rx_ev_pause_frm ? " [PAUSE]" : "");
}
#endif
@@ -1041,7 +984,7 @@ static inline int falcon_handle_rx_event(struct efx_channel *channel,
checksummed = RX_EV_HDR_TYPE_HAS_CHECKSUMS(rx_ev_hdr_type);
} else {
falcon_handle_rx_not_ok(rx_queue, event, &rx_ev_pkt_ok,
- &discard, rx_ev_byte_cnt);
+ &discard);
checksummed = 0;
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/workarounds.h b/drivers/net/sfc/workarounds.h
index 35ab19c..a824f59 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/workarounds.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/workarounds.h
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
/* XAUI resets if link not detected */
#define EFX_WORKAROUND_5147 EFX_WORKAROUND_ALWAYS
-/* SNAP frames have TOBE_DISC set */
-#define EFX_WORKAROUND_5475 EFX_WORKAROUND_ALWAYS
/* RX PCIe double split performance issue */
#define EFX_WORKAROUND_7575 EFX_WORKAROUND_ALWAYS
/* TX pkt parser problem with <= 16 byte TXes */
--
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.
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