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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 17:45:54 +0530
From: Sarosh Hasan <quic_sarohasa@...cinc.com>
To: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: Stop using a single dma_map() for
multiple descriptors
On 9/24/2024 10:06 PM, Andrew Halaney wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 04:36:59PM GMT, Sarosh Hasan wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 9/10/2024 7:34 PM, Andrew Halaney wrote:
>>> Hey Suraj,
>>>
>>> Your email client didn't seem to quote my response in your latest reply,
>>> so its difficult to figure out what you're writing vs me below. It also
>>> seems to have messed with the line breaks so I'm manually redoing those.
>>>
>>> Please see if you can figure out how to make that happen for further
>>> replies!
>>>
>>> More comments below...
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 12:47:08PM GMT, Suraj Jaiswal wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@...hat.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 3:47 AM
>>>> To: Suraj Jaiswal (QUIC) <quic_jsuraj@...cinc.com>
>>>> Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>; bhupesh.sharma@...aro.org; Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>; Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>; Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>; David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>; Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>; Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>; Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>; Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>; Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>; Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org; devicetree@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com; Prasad Sodagudi <psodagud@...cinc.com>; Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>; kernel <kernel@...cinc.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: Stop using a single dma_map() for multiple descriptors
>>>>
>>>> WARNING: This email originated from outside of Qualcomm. Please be wary of any links or attachments, and do not enable macros.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 02, 2024 at 03:24:36PM GMT, Suraj Jaiswal wrote:
>>>>> Currently same page address is shared
>>>>> between multiple buffer addresses and causing smmu fault for other
>>>>> descriptor if address hold by one descriptor got cleaned.
>>>>> Allocate separate buffer address for each descriptor for TSO path so
>>>>> that if one descriptor cleared it should not clean other descriptor
>>>>> address.
>>>
>>> snip...
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> static void stmmac_flush_tx_descriptors(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int
>>>>> queue) @@ -4351,25 +4380,17 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_tso_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>>>>> pay_len = 0;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> - stmmac_tso_allocator(priv, des, tmp_pay_len, (nfrags == 0), queue);
>>>>> + if (stmmac_tso_allocator(priv, (skb->data + proto_hdr_len),
>>>>> + tmp_pay_len, nfrags == 0, queue, false))
>>>>> + goto dma_map_err;
>>>>
>>>> Changing the second argument here is subtly changing the dma_cap.addr64 <= 32
>>>> case right before this. Is that intentional?
>>>>
>>>> i.e., prior, pretend des = 0 (side note but des is a very confusing variable
>>>> name for "dma address" when there's also mentions of desc meaning "descriptor"
>>>> in the DMA ring). In the <= 32 case, we'd call stmmac_tso_allocator(priv, 0)
>>>> and in the else case we'd call stmmac_tso_allocator(priv, 0 + proto_hdr_len).
>>>>
>>>> With this change in both cases its called with the (not-yet-dma-mapped)
>>>> skb->data + proto_hdr_len always (i.e. like the else case).
>>>>
>>>> Honestly, the <= 32 case reads weird to me without this patch. It seems some
>>>> of the buffer is filled but des is not properly incremented?
>>>>
>>>> I don't know how this hardware is supposed to be programmed (no databook
>>>> access) but that seems fishy (and like a separate bug, which would be nice to
>>>> squash if so in its own patch). Would you be able to explain the logic there
>>>> to me if it does make sense to you?
>>>>
>>>
>>>> <Suraj> des can not be 0 . des 0 means dma_map_single() failed and it will return.
>>>> If we see if des calculation (first->des1 = cpu_to_le32(des + proto_hdr_len);)
>>>> and else case des calculator ( des += proto_hdr_len;) it is adding proto_hdr_len
>>>> to the memory that we after mapping skb->data using dma_map_single.
>>>> Same way we added proto_hdr_len in second argument .
>>>
>>>
>>> 0 was just an example, and a confusing one, sorry. Let me paste the original
>>> fishy code that I think you've modified the behavior for. Here's the
>>> original:
>>>
>>> if (priv->dma_cap.addr64 <= 32) {
>>> first->des0 = cpu_to_le32(des);
>>>
>>> /* Fill start of payload in buff2 of first descriptor */
>>> if (pay_len)
>>> first->des1 = cpu_to_le32(des + proto_hdr_len);
>>>
>>> /* If needed take extra descriptors to fill the remaining payload */
>>> tmp_pay_len = pay_len - TSO_MAX_BUFF_SIZE;
>>> } else {
>>> stmmac_set_desc_addr(priv, first, des);
>>> tmp_pay_len = pay_len;
>>> des += proto_hdr_len;
>>> pay_len = 0;
>>> }
>>>
>>> stmmac_tso_allocator(priv, des, tmp_pay_len, (nfrags == 0), queue);
>>>
>>> Imagine the <= 32 case. Let's say des is address 0 (just for simplicity
>>> sake, let's assume that's valid). That means:
>>>
>>> first->des0 = des;
>>> first->des1 = des + proto_hdr_len;
>>> stmmac_tso_allocator(priv, des, tmp_pay_len, (nfrags == 0), queue)
>>>
>>> if des is 0, proto_hdr_len is 64, then that means
>>>
>>> first->des0 = 0
>>> first->des1 = 64
>>> stmmac_tso_allocator(priv, 0, tmp_pay_len, (nfrags == 0), queue)
>>>
>>> That seems fishy to me. We setup up the first descriptor with the
>>> beginning of des, and then the code goes and sets up more descriptors
>>> (stmmac_tso_allocator()) starting with the same des again?
>> tso_alloc is checking if more descriptor needed for packet . it is adding offset to get next
>> descriptor (curr_addr = des + (total_len - tmp_len)) and storing in des of next descriptor.
>
> Yes, so in stmmac_tso_allocator() we currently have:
>
> static void stmmac_tso_allocator(struct stmmac_priv *priv, dma_addr_t des,
> int total_len, bool last_segment, u32 queue)
> {
> struct stmmac_tx_queue *tx_q = &priv->dma_conf.tx_queue[queue];
> struct dma_desc *desc;
> u32 buff_size;
> int tmp_len;
>
> tmp_len = total_len;
>
> while (tmp_len > 0) {
> dma_addr_t curr_addr;
>
> tx_q->cur_tx = STMMAC_GET_ENTRY(tx_q->cur_tx,
> priv->dma_conf.dma_tx_size);
> ...
> curr_addr = des + (total_len - tmp_len);
> if (priv->dma_cap.addr64 <= 32)
> desc->des0 = cpu_to_le32(curr_addr);
>
> so on the first loop you've got:
> tmp_len = total_len
> ...
> curr_addr = des + total_len - temp_len
> i.e.
> curr_addr = des
> meaning with the "first" handling I've highlighted we've got
> first->des0 = des
> "next"->des0 = des
>
> where "next" is the cur_tx descriptor in the first loop of
> stmmac_tso_allocator() (essentially the second descriptor).
> That seems broken to me, and was that way prior to this patch.
>
able to verify for DMA mask < 32 and > 32 . We will update final patch by taking cares of others commnet
> You've modified the behavior in this patch unintentionally. I think it
> needs modifying, but it should be done so explicitly in its own patch
> prior to this one. I also think the current modification in this patch
> isn't a fix. See prior reply below where I highlighted the programming as I
> understand it with this patch applied, which would result in something
> like.
>
> first->des0 = des
> first->des1 = des + proto_hdr_len
> "next"->des0 = des + proto_hdr_len
>
> Which again seems wrong, two descriptors pointing to the same address
> isn't making sense to me.
>
> Sorry to sound like a broken record, but I want to make sure we're on
> the same page! Sounds like you're looking into it based on the below
> comment, but some of these comments here made me think I didn't explain
> the situation well enough.
>
>>>
>>> Should we be adding the payload length (TSO_MAX_BUFF_SIZE I suppose
>>> based on the tmp_pay_len = pay_len - TSO_MAX_BUFFSIZE above)? It seems
>>> that <= 32 results in duplicate data in both the "first" descriptor
>>> programmed above, and in the "second" descriptor programmed in
>>> stmmac_tso_allocator().
>> curr_addr = des + (total_len - tmp_len) is used in while loop in tso_alloc to get address of all required descriptor .
>> descriptor address will be updated finally in tso_alloc by below call .
>>
>> if (priv->dma_cap.addr64 <= 32)
>> desc->des0 = cpu_to_le32(curr_addr);
>> else
>> stmmac_set_desc_addr(priv, desc, curr_addr);
>>
>> Also, since tmp_pay_len is decremented, but des
>>> isn't, it seems that stmmac_tso_allocator() would not put all of the
>>> buffer in the descriptors and would leave the last TSO_MAX_BUFF_SIZE
>>> bytes out?
>>>
>>> I highlight all of this because with your change here we get the
>>> following now in the <= 32 case:
>>>
>>> first->des0 = des
>>> first->des1 = des + proto_hdr_len
>>> stmmac_tso_allocator(priv, des + proto_hdr_len, ...)
>>>
>>> which is a subtle change in the call to stmmac_tso_allocator, meaning
>>> a subtle change in the descriptor programming.
>>>
>>> Both seem wrong for the <= 32 case, but I'm "reading between the lines"
>>> with how these descriptors are programmed (I don't have the docs to back
>>> this up, I'm inferring from the code). It seems to me that in the <= 32
>>> case we should have:
>>>
>>> first->des0 = des
>>> first->des1 = des + proto_hdr_len
>>> stmmac_tso_allocator(priv, des + TSO_MAX_BUF_SIZE, ...)
>>
>> let me check <=32 case only on setup and get back.
>>>
>>> or similar depending on if that really makes sense with how des0/des1 is
>>> used (the handling is different in stmmac_tso_allocator() for <= 32,
>>> only des0 is used so I'm having a tough time figuring out how much of
>>> the des is actually programmed in des0 + des1 above without knowing the
>>> hardware better).
>>>
>>> Does that make sense? The prior code seems fishy to me, your change
>>> seems to unintentionally change that fhsy part, but it still seems fishy
>>> to me. I don't think you should be changing that code's behavior in that
>>> patch, if you think it's right then we should continue with the current
>>> behavior prior to your patch, and if you think its wrong we should
>>> probably fix that *prior* to this patch in your series.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>
>
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