netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: stmmac: fix number of tx queues in stmmac

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Date:   Mon, 27 Mar 2017 10:28:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     clabbe.montjoie@...il.com
Cc:     Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com, peppe.cavallaro@...com,
        alexandre.torgue@...com, thierry.reding@...il.com,
        sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        niklas.cassel@...s.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: stmmac: fix number of tx queues in
 stmmac_poll

From: Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 19:00:58 +0200

> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 04:26:48PM +0100, Joao Pinto wrote:
>> Hi David,
>> 
>> Às 7:26 AM de 3/25/2017, Corentin Labbe escreveu:
>> > On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 05:16:45PM +0000, Joao Pinto wrote:
>> >> For cores that have more than 1 TX queue configured, the kernel would crash,
>> >> since only one TX queue is permitted by default.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Joao Pinto <jpinto@...opsys.com>
>> >> ---
>> >>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 2 +-
>> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
>> >> index 3827952..1eab084 100644
>> >> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
>> >> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
>> >> @@ -3429,7 +3429,7 @@ static int stmmac_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
>> >>  	struct stmmac_rx_queue *rx_q =
>> >>  		container_of(napi, struct stmmac_rx_queue, napi);
>> >>  	struct stmmac_priv *priv = rx_q->priv_data;
>> >> -	u32 tx_count = priv->dma_cap.number_tx_queues;
>> >> +	u32 tx_count = priv->plat->tx_queues_to_use;
>> >>  	u32 chan = rx_q->queue_index;
>> >>  	u32 work_done = 0;
>> >>  	u32 queue = 0;
>> >> -- 
>> >> 2.9.3
>> >>
>> > 
>> > This patch fix the performance issue on dwmac-sun8i only.
>> > The dwmac-sunxi is still broken.
>> > 
>> 
>> This patch series can be upstreamed please, since they make 2 fixes, one of them
>> solving the problem in dwmac-sun8i.
>> 
>> Thanks.
> 
> As I said in a previous answer, finaly dwmac-sun8i is still broken.
> Adding thoses 2 patch will just made the revert harder.

I agree.