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Date:   Tue, 16 May 2017 12:30:18 +0000
From:   Andy Duan <fugang.duan@....com>
To:     Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>
CC:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "festevam@...il.com" <festevam@...il.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] net: fec: select queue depending on VLAN priority

From: Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 1:39 PM
>To: Andy Duan <fugang.duan@....com>
>Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>; andrew@...n.ch;
>festevam@...il.com; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-
>kernel@...r.kernel.org
>Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fec: select queue depending on VLAN priority
>
>On 2017-05-10 21:49, Andy Duan wrote:
>> From: Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017
>> 12:08 PM
>>>To: Andy Duan <fugang.duan@....com>
>>>Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>; andrew@...n.ch;
>>>festevam@...il.com; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-
>>>kernel@...r.kernel.org
>>>Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fec: select queue depending on VLAN priority
>>>
>>>On 2017-05-09 19:42, Andy Duan wrote:
>>>> From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2017
>>>> 9:39 PM
>>>>>To: stefan@...er.ch
>>>>>Cc: Andy Duan <fugang.duan@....com>; andrew@...n.ch;
>>>>>festevam@...il.com; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-
>>>>>kernel@...r.kernel.org
>>>>>Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fec: select queue depending on VLAN
>>>>>priority
>>>>>
>>>>>From: Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>
>>>>>Date: Mon,  8 May 2017 22:37:08 -0700
>>>>>
>>>>>> Since the addition of the multi queue code with commit
>>>>>> 59d0f7465644
>>>>>> ("net: fec: init multi queue date structure") the queue selection
>>>>>> has been handelt by the default transmit queue selection
>>>>>> implementation which tries to evenly distribute the traffic across
>>>>>> all available queues. This selection presumes that the queues are
>>>>>> using an equal priority, however, the queues 1 and 2 are actually
>>>>>> of higher priority (the classification of the queues is enabled in
>>>fec_enet_enable_ring).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This can lead to net scheduler warnings and continuous TX ring
>>>>>> dumps when exercising the system with iperf.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Use only queue 0 for all common traffic (no VLAN and P802.1p
>>>>>> priority
>>>>>> 0 and 1) and route level 2-7 through queue 1 and 2.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Fugang Duan <fugang.duan@....com>
>>>>>> Fixes: 59d0f7465644 ("net: fec: init multi queue date structure")
>>>>>
>>>>>If the queues are used for prioritization, and it does not have
>>>>>multiple normal priority level queues, multiqueue is not what the
>>>>>driver should have implemented.
>>>> Firstly, HW multiple queues support:
>>>> 	- Traffic-shaping bandwidth distribution supports credit-based and
>>>> round-robin-based policies. Either policy can be combined with
>>>> time-based shaping.
>>>> 	- AVB (Audio Video Bridging, IEEE 802.1Qav) features:
>>>> 		* Credit-based bandwidth distribution policy can be combined
>>>with
>>>> time-based shaping
>>>> 		* AVB endpoint talker and listener support
>>>> 		* Support for arbitration between different priority traffic (for
>>>> example, AVB class A, AVB class B, and non-AVB) Round-robin-based
>>>> policies:
>>>> 	It has the same priority for three queues: In the round-robin QoS
>>>> scheme, each queue is given an equal opportunity to transmit one
>>>> frame. For example, if queue n has a frame to transmit, the queue
>>>> transmits its frame. After queue n has transmitted its frame, or if
>>>> queue n does not have a frame to transmit, queue n+1 is then allowed
>>>> to transmit its frame, and so on.
>>>>
>>>> Credit-based policies:
>>>> 	The AVB credit based shaper acts independently, per class, to
>>>> control the bandwidth distribution between normal traffic and
>>>> time-sensitive traffic with respect to the total link bandwidth available.
>>>> 	Credit based shaper conbined with time-based shaping:
>>>> 		- priority: ClassA queue > ClassB queue > best effort
>>>> 		- ensure the queue bandwidth as user set based on time-
>>>based shaping
>>>> algorithms (transmitter transmit frame from three queue in turn
>>>> based on time-based shaping algorithms)
>>>> 	And in real AVB case,  each streaming can be independent, and are
>>>> fixed on related queue. Then driver level should implement
>>>> .ndo_select_queue() to put the streaming into related queue. That is
>>>> what the patch did.
>>>>
>>>> The current driver config the three queue to credit-based policies
>>>> (AVB), the patch seems no problem for the implementation. Do you
>>>> have any suggestion ?
>>>>
>>>
>>>I tried using the round robin mode by adding this:
>>>
>>>+       /* Set Round-Robin policy */
>>>+       writel(1, fep->hwp + FEC_QOS_SCHEME);
>>>
>>>After a while I got the warning non the less:
>>>
>>>WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at net/sched/sch_generic.c:316
>>>dev_watchdog+0x248/0x24c NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (fec): transmit
>queue
>>>2 timed out Modules linked in:
>>>CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted
>>>4.11.0-rc1-00058-g56d22eced8bc- dirty #377 Hardware name: Freescale
>>>i.MX7 Dual (Device Tree) [<c02266b0>]
>>>(unwind_backtrace) from [<c0222d7c>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
>>>[<c0222d7c>]
>>>(show_stack) from [<c04d4098>] (dump_stack+0x78/0x8c) [<c04d4098>]
>>>(dump_stack) from [<c0236548>] (__warn+0xe8/0x100) [<c0236548>]
>>>(__warn) from [<c0236598>] (warn_slowpath_fmt+0x38/0x48)
>[<c0236598>]
>>>(warn_slowpath_fmt) from [<c0805904>]
>>>(dev_watchdog+0x248/0x24c)
>>>[<c0805904>] (dev_watchdog) from [<c028a0e8>]
>>>(call_timer_fn+0x28/0x98) [<c028a0e8>] (call_timer_fn) from
>>>[<c028a1f8>] (expire_timers+0xa0/0xac) [<c028a1f8>] (expire_timers)
>>>from [<c028a2a0>]
>>>(run_timer_softirq+0x9c/0x194)
>>>[<c028a2a0>] (run_timer_softirq) from [<c023aaf8>]
>>>(__do_softirq+0x114/0x234)
>>>[<c023aaf8>] (__do_softirq) from [<c023aee4>] (irq_exit+0xcc/0x108)
>>>[<c023aee4>] (irq_exit) from [<c0279920>]
>>>(__handle_domain_irq+0x80/0xec)
>>>[<c0279920>] (__handle_domain_irq) from [<c0201544>]
>>>(gic_handle_irq+0x48/0x8c)
>>>[<c0201544>] (gic_handle_irq) from [<c0223838>] (__irq_svc+0x58/0x8c)
>>>Exception stack(0xc1001f28 to 0xc1001f70)
>>>1f20:                   00000001 00000000 00000000 c022fdc0 c1000000
>>>c1003d80
>>>1f40: c1003d34 c0e72ed0 c0bd9b04 c1001f80 00000000 00000000 00000000
>>>c1001f78
>>>1f60: c022048c c0220490 60000013 ffffffff [<c0223838>] (__irq_svc)
>>>from [<c0220490>] (arch_cpu_idle+0x38/0x3c) [<c0220490>]
>>>(arch_cpu_idle) from [<c026ec60>] (do_idle+0x170/0x204) [<c026ec60>]
>>>(do_idle) from [<c026efac>] (cpu_startup_entry+0x18/0x1c) [<c026efac>]
>>>(cpu_startup_entry) from [<c0e00c88>]
>>>(start_kernel+0x394/0x3a0)
>>>---[ end trace a474f341d40e0705 ]---
>>>fec 30be0000.ethernet eth0: TX ring dump
>>>
>>>I disabled the regular ring dump and only printed one line. It seems
>>>to come up every 2 seconds, and checking cat /proc/interrupts showed
>>>that queue 2 stayed at its last value (3562218):
>>>
>>> 58:    3091320     GIC-0 150 Level     30be0000.ethernet
>>> 59:    3562218     GIC-0 151 Level     30be0000.ethernet
>>> 60:   13377922     GIC-0 152 Level     30be0000.ethernet
>>
>> Pls check ENETx_DMAnCFG[16] whether is set, and disable time-based
>> shaping for round robin.
>
>When I do not set ENETx_DMAnCFG[16] (DMA_CLASS_EN), then networking
>stops working (I cannot mount NFS).
>
>Time-based is disabled by default I guess?

No, you should clear ENETx_DMAnCFG[15:0],  and set ENETx_DMAnCFG[16].

Andy

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