linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] net: nps_enet: bug fix

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Message-ID: <1461656126-22226-4-git-send-email-noamca@mellanox.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:35:26 +0300
From:	Noam Camus <noamca@...lanox.com>
To:	<davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<noamca@...lanox.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<abrodkin@...opsys.com>, <eladkan@...lanox.com>,
	<talz@...lanox.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] net: nps_enet: bug fix - handle lost tx interrupts

From: Elad Kanfi <eladkan@...lanox.com>

The tx interrupt is of edge type, and in case such interrupt is triggered
while it is masked it will not be handled even after tx interrupts are
re-enabled in the end of NAPI poll.
This will cause tx network to stop in the following scenario:
 * Rx is being handled, hence interrupts are masked.
 * Tx interrupt is triggered after checking if there is some tx to handle
   and before re-enabling the interrupts.
In this situation only rx transaction will release tx requests.

In order to handle the tx that was missed( if there was one ),
a NAPI reschdule was added after enabling the interrupts.

Signed-off-by: Elad Kanfi <eladkan@...lanox.com>

Acked-by: Noam Camus <noamca@...lanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c
index 8cf3cde..5eaede1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c
@@ -199,6 +199,18 @@ static int nps_enet_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 
 		nps_enet_reg_set(priv, NPS_ENET_REG_BUF_INT_ENABLE,
 				 buf_int_enable_value);
+
+		/* in case we will get a tx interrupt while interrupts
+		 * are masked, we will lose it since the tx is edge interrupt.
+		 * specifically, while executing the code section above,
+		 * between nps_enet_tx_handler and the interrupts enable, all
+		 * tx requests will be stuck until we will get an rx interrupt.
+		 * the two code lines below will solve this situation by
+		 * re-adding ourselves to the poll list.
+		 */
+
+		if (nps_enet_is_tx_pending(priv))
+			napi_reschedule(napi);
 	}
 
 	return work_done;
-- 
1.7.1