linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next v2 1/9] net: ipa: make endpoint HOLB drop configurable

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Message-Id: <20220522003223.1123705-2-elder@linaro.org>
Date:   Sat, 21 May 2022 19:32:15 -0500
From:   Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com
Cc:     mka@...omium.org, evgreen@...omium.org, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        quic_cpratapa@...cinc.com, quic_avuyyuru@...cinc.com,
        quic_jponduru@...cinc.com, quic_subashab@...cinc.com,
        elder@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 1/9] net: ipa: make endpoint HOLB drop configurable

Add a new Boolean flag for RX endpoints defining whether HOLB drop
is initially enabled or disabled for the endpoint.  All existing AP
endpoints should have HOLB drop disabled.

Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c | 8 ++++++--
 drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.h | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
index 0f489723689c5..3ad97fbf6884e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
@@ -1554,8 +1554,12 @@ static void ipa_endpoint_program(struct ipa_endpoint *endpoint)
 	ipa_endpoint_init_hdr_metadata_mask(endpoint);
 	ipa_endpoint_init_mode(endpoint);
 	ipa_endpoint_init_aggr(endpoint);
-	if (!endpoint->toward_ipa)
-		ipa_endpoint_init_hol_block_disable(endpoint);
+	if (!endpoint->toward_ipa) {
+		if (endpoint->config.rx.holb_drop)
+			ipa_endpoint_init_hol_block_enable(endpoint, 0);
+		else
+			ipa_endpoint_init_hol_block_disable(endpoint);
+	}
 	ipa_endpoint_init_deaggr(endpoint);
 	ipa_endpoint_init_rsrc_grp(endpoint);
 	ipa_endpoint_init_seq(endpoint);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.h b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.h
index 39a12c249f66d..3ab62fb892ec6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct ipa_endpoint_tx {
  * @buffer_size:	requested receive buffer size (bytes)
  * @pad_align:		power-of-2 boundary to which packet payload is aligned
  * @aggr_close_eof:	whether aggregation closes on end-of-frame
+ * @holb_drop:		whether to drop packets to avoid head-of-line blocking
  *
  * With each packet it transfers, the IPA hardware can perform certain
  * transformations of its packet data.  One of these is adding pad bytes
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ struct ipa_endpoint_rx {
 	u32 buffer_size;
 	u32 pad_align;
 	bool aggr_close_eof;
+	bool holb_drop;
 };
 
 /**
-- 
2.32.0