linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] 3.19-rc1 net: less interrupt masking in NAPI

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Message-ID: <1420923485.5947.85.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Sat, 10 Jan 2015 12:58:05 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@....com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>,
	"Bridgman, John" <John.Bridgman@....com>,
	"Elifaz, Dana" <Dana.Elifaz@....com>
Subject: Re: [BUG] 3.19-rc1 net: less interrupt masking in NAPI

On Sat, 2015-01-10 at 22:39 +0200, Oded Gabbay wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Commit d75b1ade567ffab085e8adbbdacf0092d10cd09c breaks my "Qualcomm Atheros
> AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)" Ethernet controller, which is handled by
> the alx network driver.
> 
> ogabbay@...dg-ubuntu:~$ lspci -s 01:00.0 -k
> 01:00.0 Ethernet controller:
> 	Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
> 	Subsystem: Qualcomm Atheros Device 1071
> 	Kernel driver in use: alx
> 
> I have this controller on a mobile platform of AMD APU Kaveri, which I use
> to test amdkfd, and from 3.19-rc1 the network stopped working when trying to
> transfer files through scp or nfs.
> 
> I bisected the kernel (from 3.18.0 to 3.19-rc1) and reached this commit.
> 
> Here is the log of the bisect:
> 
> git bisect start
> # bad: [97bf6af1f928216fd6c5a66e8a57bfa95a659672] Linux 3.19-rc1
> git bisect bad 97bf6af1f928216fd6c5a66e8a57bfa95a659672
> 
> # good: [b2776bf7149bddd1f4161f14f79520f17fc1d71d] Linux 3.18
> git bisect good b2776bf7149bddd1f4161f14f79520f17fc1d71d
> 
> # bad: [70e71ca0af244f48a5dcf56dc435243792e3a495] Merge
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next
> git bisect bad 70e71ca0af244f48a5dcf56dc435243792e3a495
> 
> # good: [e28870f9b3e92cd3570925089c6bb789c2603bc4] Merge tag
> 'backlight-for-linus-3.19' of
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/backlight
> git bisect good e28870f9b3e92cd3570925089c6bb789c2603bc4
> 
> # bad: [450fa21942fe2c37f0c9f52d1a33bbc081eee288] sh_eth: Remove redundant
> alignment adjustment
> git bisect bad 450fa21942fe2c37f0c9f52d1a33bbc081eee288
> 
> # bad: [5c8d19da950861d0482abc0ac3481acca34b008f] e100e: use
> netdev_rss_key_fill() helper
> git bisect bad 5c8d19da950861d0482abc0ac3481acca34b008f
> 
> # good: [bf515fb11ab539c76d04f0e3c5216ed41f41d81f] Merge tag
> 'mac80211-next-for-john-2014-11-04' of
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211-next
> git bisect good bf515fb11ab539c76d04f0e3c5216ed41f41d81f
> 
> # bad: [2c99cd914d4fed9160d98849c9dd38034616768e] Merge branch 'amd-xgbe-next'
> git bisect bad 2c99cd914d4fed9160d98849c9dd38034616768e
> 
> # good: [3d762a0f0ab9cb4a6b5993db3ce56c92f9f90ab2] net: dsa: Add support for
> reading switch registers with ethtool
> git bisect good 3d762a0f0ab9cb4a6b5993db3ce56c92f9f90ab2
> 
> # bad: [8ce0c8254f15229aa99fc6c04141f28c446e5f8c] Merge branch 'master' of
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkirsher/net-next
> git bisect bad 8ce0c8254f15229aa99fc6c04141f28c446e5f8c
> 
> # good: [f0c65567b3c1b23f79e8a49139580a3872a68d1f] Merge branch
> 'sunvnet-multi-tx-queue'
> git bisect good f0c65567b3c1b23f79e8a49139580a3872a68d1f
> 
> # bad: [547f2735c20023d7b50a791b1b17cacb652e9237] Merge branch 'mlx4-next'
> git bisect bad 547f2735c20023d7b50a791b1b17cacb652e9237
> 
> # good: [4cdb1e2e3d3495423db558d3bb7ed11d66aabce7] net: shrink struct
> softnet_data
> git bisect good 4cdb1e2e3d3495423db558d3bb7ed11d66aabce7
> 
> # bad: [0a98455666ec87378148a1dde97f1ce5baf75a64] net/mlx4_core: Protect
> port type setting by mutex
> git bisect bad 0a98455666ec87378148a1dde97f1ce5baf75a64
> 
> # bad: [6e8066999800d90d52af5c84ac49ebf683d14cdc] net/mlx4_core: Prevent VF
> from changing port configuration
> git bisect bad 6e8066999800d90d52af5c84ac49ebf683d14cdc
> 
> # bad: [d75b1ade567ffab085e8adbbdacf0092d10cd09c] net: less interrupt
> masking in NAPI
> git bisect bad d75b1ade567ffab085e8adbbdacf0092d10cd09c
> 
> # first bad commit: [d75b1ade567ffab085e8adbbdacf0092d10cd09c]
> net: less interrupt masking in NAPI
> 
> Could you please solve this issue as it renders my board quite useless.
> 

Thanks for the report and bisection !

Could you try following fix ?

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c
index e398eda07298..209c40765e0d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static int alx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 		   alx_clean_rx_irq(alx, budget);
 
 	if (!complete)
-		return 1;
+		return budget;
 
 	napi_complete(&alx->napi);
 




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