linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH net-next v9 08/13] net:ethernet:realtek:rtase: Implement net_device

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Message-ID: <99dfcd7363dc412f877730fab4a9f7dd@realtek.com>
Date:   Fri, 6 Oct 2023 04:02:48 +0000
From:   Justin Lai <justinlai0215@...ltek.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>,
        Larry Chiu <larry.chiu@...ltek.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next v9 08/13] net:ethernet:realtek:rtase: Implement net_device_ops

> > +static int rtase_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu) {
> > +     struct rtase_private *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
> > +     int ret;
> > +
> > +     dev->mtu = new_mtu;
> > +
> > +     if (!netif_running(dev))
> > +             goto out;
> > +
> > +     rtase_down(dev);
> > +
> > +     rtase_set_rxbufsize(tp, dev);
> > +
> > +     ret = rtase_init_ring(dev);
> > +
> > +     if (ret)
> > +             return ret;
> 
> If this fails, what state is the interface in?
> 
> What you often see is that the new ring is first allocated. If that is successful,
> you free the old rung. If the allocation fails, it does not matter, you still have
> the old ring, and you keep using it.
> 

If it fails, the driver will not work properly. We will make modifications based on your suggestions.

> > +
> > +     netif_stop_queue(dev);
> > +     netif_carrier_off(dev);
> > +     rtase_hw_config(dev);
> > +
> > +     /* always link, so start to transmit & receive */
> > +     rtase_hw_start(dev);
> > +     netif_carrier_on(dev);
> > +     netif_wake_queue(dev);
> 
> I don't think you need to down/up the carrier when changing the MTU.

Thank you for your suggestion, we will confirm this part again.

> 
> > +static void rtase_sw_reset(struct net_device *dev) {
> > +     struct rtase_private *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
> > +     int ret;
> > +
> > +     netif_stop_queue(dev);
> > +     netif_carrier_off(dev);
> > +     rtase_hw_reset(dev);
> > +
> > +     /* let's wait a bit while any (async) irq lands on */
> > +     rtase_wait_for_quiescence(dev);
> > +     rtase_tx_clear(tp);
> > +     rtase_rx_clear(tp);
> > +
> > +     ret = rtase_init_ring(dev);
> > +     if (ret)
> > +             netdev_alert(dev, "unable to init ring\n");
> > +
> > +     rtase_hw_config(dev);
> > +     /* always link, so start to transmit & receive */
> > +     rtase_hw_start(dev);
> > +
> > +     netif_carrier_on(dev);
> > +     netif_wake_queue(dev);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void rtase_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int
> > +txqueue) {
> > +     rtase_sw_reset(dev);
> 
> Do you actually see this happening? The timeout is set pretty high, i think 5
> seconds. If it does happen, it probably means you have a hardware/firmware
> bug. So you want to be noisy here, so you get to know about these problems,
> rather than silently work around them.

I would like to ask if we can dump some information that will help us understand the cause of the problem before doing the reset? And should we use netdev_warn to print this information?

> 
> > +static int rtase_setup_tc(struct net_device *dev, enum tc_setup_type type,
> > +                       void *type_data) {
> > +     struct rtase_private *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
> > +     int ret = 0;
> > +
> > +     switch (type) {
> > +     case TC_SETUP_QDISC_MQPRIO:
> > +             break;
> > +     case TC_SETUP_BLOCK:
> > +             break;
> 
> This looks odd. You silently return 0, doing nothing?

Thank you for your reminder, we will remove it.

> 
> > +     case TC_SETUP_QDISC_CBS:
> > +             ret = rtase_setup_tc_cbs(tp, type_data);
> > +             break;
> > +     default:
> > +             return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static netdev_features_t rtase_fix_features(struct net_device *dev,
> > +                                         netdev_features_t
> features)
> > +{
> > +     netdev_features_t features_fix = features;
> > +
> > +     if (dev->mtu > MSS_MAX)
> > +             features_fix &= ~NETIF_F_ALL_TSO;
> > +
> > +     if (dev->mtu > ETH_DATA_LEN) {
> > +             features_fix &= ~NETIF_F_ALL_TSO;
> > +             features_fix &= ~NETIF_F_CSUM_MASK;
> > +     }
> 
> So the hardware does not support TSO and checksumming for jumbo frames?

This hardware supports checksumming for jumbo frames, but does not support TSO. We will modify this part, thank you.

> 
>    Andrew