linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH iwl-net v2 1/3] igc: Fix qbv_config_change

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Message-ID: <87ikxcu7wu.fsf@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 16:46:57 -0700
From: Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>
To: Faizal Rahim <faizal.abdul.rahim@...ux.intel.com>, "David S . Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski
 <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Jesse Brandeburg
 <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>, Tony
 Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
 Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>, Paul Menzel
 <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>, Sasha Neftin <sasha.neftin@...el.com>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org, Faizal Rahim
 <faizal.abdul.rahim@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-net v2 1/3] igc: Fix qbv_config_change_errors logics

Faizal Rahim <faizal.abdul.rahim@...ux.intel.com> writes:

> When user issues these cmds:
> 1. Either a) or b)
>    a) mqprio with hardware offload disabled
>    b) taprio with txtime-assist feature enabled
> 2. etf
> 3. tc qdisc delete
> 4. taprio with base time in the past
>
> At step 4, qbv_config_change_errors wrongly increased by 1.
>
> Excerpt from IEEE 802.1Q-2018 8.6.9.3.1:
> "If AdminBaseTime specifies a time in the past, and the current schedule
> is running, then: Increment ConfigChangeError counter"
>
> qbv_config_change_errors should only increase if base time is in the past
> and no taprio is active. In user perspective, taprio was not active when
> first triggered at step 4. However, i225/6 reuses qbv for etf, so qbv is
> enabled with a dummy schedule at step 2 where it enters
> igc_tsn_enable_offload() and qbv_count got incremented to 1. At step 4, it
> enters igc_tsn_enable_offload() again, qbv_count is incremented to 2.
> Because taprio is running, tc_setup_type is TC_SETUP_QDISC_ETF and
> qbv_count > 1, qbv_config_change_errors value got incremented.
>
> This issue happens due to reliance on qbv_count field where a non-zero
> value indicates that taprio is running. But qbv_count increases
> regardless if taprio is triggered by user or by other tsn feature. It does
> not align with qbv_config_change_errors expectation where it is only
> concerned with taprio triggered by user.
>
> Fixing this by relocating the qbv_config_change_errors logic to
> igc_save_qbv_schedule(), eliminating reliance on qbv_count and its
> inaccuracies from i225/6's multiple uses of qbv feature for other TSN
> features.
>
> The new function created: igc_tsn_is_taprio_activated_by_user() uses
> taprio_offload_enable field to indicate that the current running taprio
> was triggered by user, instead of triggered by non-qbv feature like etf.
>
> Fixes: ae4fe4698300 ("igc: Add qbv_config_change_errors counter")
> Signed-off-by: Faizal Rahim <faizal.abdul.rahim@...ux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
> ---

Looks good:

Acked-by: Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>


Cheers,
-- 
Vinicius