netdev - RE: [PATCH] net: stmmac: fix FPE events losing

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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:00:42 +0000
From: Jianheng Zhang <Jianheng.Zhang@...opsys.com>
To: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Serge Semin
	<fancer.lancer@...il.com>
CC: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Tan Tee Min <tee.min.tan@...el.com>,
        Ong Boon Leong <boon.leong.ong@...el.com>,
        Voon Weifeng <weifeng.voon@...el.com>,
        Mohammad Athari Bin Ismail <mohammad.athari.ismail@...el.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com" <linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com>,
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        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] net: stmmac: fix FPE events losing


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 10:26 PM
> To: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>
> Cc: Jianheng Zhang <jianheng@...opsys.com>; Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>; Jose
> Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>; David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>; Eric Dumazet
> <edumazet@...gle.com>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>; Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>;
> Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>; Tan Tee Min <tee.min.tan@...el.com>; Ong Boon
> Leong <boon.leong.ong@...el.com>; Voon Weifeng <weifeng.voon@...el.com>; Mohammad Athari Bin
> Ismail <mohammad.athari.ismail@...el.com>; netdev@...r.kernel.org;
> linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com; linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org;
> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: fix FPE events losing
> 
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 02:59:57PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 11:07:34AM +0000, Jianheng Zhang wrote:
> > > The 32-bit access of register MAC_FPE_CTRL_STS may clear the FPE status
> > > bits unexpectedly. Use 8-bit access for MAC_FPE_CTRL_STS control bits to
> > > avoid unexpected access of MAC_FPE_CTRL_STS status bits that can reduce
> > > the FPE handshake retries.
> > >
> > > The bit[19:17] of register MAC_FPE_CTRL_STS are status register bits.
> > > Those bits are clear on read (or write of 1 when RCWE bit in
> > > MAC_CSR_SW_Ctrl register is set). Using 32-bit access for
> > > MAC_FPE_CTRL_STS control bits makes side effects that clear the status
> > > bits. Then the stmmac interrupt handler missing FPE event status and
> > > leads to FPE handshake failure and retries.
> > >
> > > The bit[7:0] of register MAC_FPE_CTRL_STS are control bits or reserved
> > > that have no access side effects, so can use 8-bit access for
> > > MAC_FPE_CTRL_STS control bits.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 5a5586112b92 ("net: stmmac: support FPE link partner hand-shaking procedure")
> > > Signed-off-by: jianheng <jianheng@...opsys.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.c | 12 ++++++------
> > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.c
> > > index e95d35f..7333995 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.c
> > > @@ -716,11 +716,11 @@ void dwmac5_fpe_configure(void __iomem *ioaddr, u32 num_txq, u32
> num_rxq,
> > >  	u32 value;
> > >
> > >  	if (!enable) {
> >
> > > -		value = readl(ioaddr + MAC_FPE_CTRL_STS);
> > > +		value = readb(ioaddr + MAC_FPE_CTRL_STS);
> >
> > Note this may break the platforms which don't support non-32 MMIOs for
> > some devices. None of the currently supported glue-drivers explicitly
> > state they have such peculiarity, but at the same time the STMMAC-core
> > driver at the present state uses the dword IO ops only. For instance
> > the PCIe subsystem has the special accessors for such cases:
> > pci_generic_config_read32()
> > pci_generic_config_write32()
> > which at the very least are utilized on the Tegra and Loongson
> > platforms to access the host CSR spaces. These platforms are also
> > equipped with the DW MACs. The problem might be irrelevant for all the
> > currently supported DW MAC controllers implementations though, but
> > still it worth to draw an attention to the problem possibility and in
> > order to prevent it before ahead it would be better to just avoid
> > using the byte-/word- IOs if it's possible.
> 
> Yes, this exists for configuration accesses, and is damn annoying
> because the read-modify-write of these can end up clearing PCI
> status register bits that are W1C.
> 
> I've never heard of that problem with MMIO though.
> 
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Thanks for all your mention about the potential risks of using readb and suggestions, I'll consider a new solution and update the patch.

Best Regards,
Jianheng