netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/5] net: mvneta: fix rx_offset

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Date:   Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:05:45 +0200
From:   Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>
To:     Jisheng Zhang <Jisheng.Zhang@...aptics.com>
Cc:     <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] net: mvneta: fix rx_offset_correction set and usage

Hi Jisheng,
 
 On mer., août 29 2018, Jisheng Zhang <Jisheng.Zhang@...aptics.com> wrote:

> The rx_offset_correction is RX packet offset correction for platforms,
> it's not related with SW BM, instead, it's only related with the
> platform's NET_SKB_PAD.
>

But if I undrestood well, the value of rx_offset_correction has an
influence only when we use HW BM.

However since d93277b9839b ("Revert "arm64: Increase the max granular
size""), NET_SKB_PAD is 64 for arm64, so in the end rx_offset_correction
is always 0 for recent kernels.

Gregory


> Fix the issue by reverting to the original behavior.
>
> Fixes: 562e2f467e71 ("net: mvneta: Improve the buffer allocation method for SWBM")
> Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <Jisheng.Zhang@...aptics.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 24 ++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> index bc80a678abc3..0ce94f6587a5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> @@ -2899,21 +2899,18 @@ static void mvneta_rxq_hw_init(struct mvneta_port *pp,
>  	mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_RXQ_BASE_ADDR_REG(rxq->id), rxq->descs_phys);
>  	mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_RXQ_SIZE_REG(rxq->id), rxq->size);
>  
> +	/* Set Offset */
> +	mvneta_rxq_offset_set(pp, rxq, NET_SKB_PAD - pp->rx_offset_correction);
> +
>  	/* Set coalescing pkts and time */
>  	mvneta_rx_pkts_coal_set(pp, rxq, rxq->pkts_coal);
>  	mvneta_rx_time_coal_set(pp, rxq, rxq->time_coal);
>  
>  	if (!pp->bm_priv) {
> -		/* Set Offset */
> -		mvneta_rxq_offset_set(pp, rxq, 0);
>  		mvneta_rxq_buf_size_set(pp, rxq, pp->frag_size);
>  		mvneta_rxq_bm_disable(pp, rxq);
>  		mvneta_rxq_fill(pp, rxq, rxq->size);
>  	} else {
> -		/* Set Offset */
> -		mvneta_rxq_offset_set(pp, rxq,
> -				      NET_SKB_PAD - pp->rx_offset_correction);
> -
>  		mvneta_rxq_bm_enable(pp, rxq);
>  		/* Fill RXQ with buffers from RX pool */
>  		mvneta_rxq_long_pool_set(pp, rxq);
> @@ -4547,7 +4544,13 @@ static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev);
>  
>  	pp->id = global_port_id++;
> -	pp->rx_offset_correction = 0; /* not relevant for SW BM */
> +
> +	/* Set RX packet offset correction for platforms, whose
> +	 * NET_SKB_PAD, exceeds 64B. It should be 64B for 64-bit
> +	 * platforms and 0B for 32-bit ones.
> +	 */
> +	pp->rx_offset_correction =
> +		max(0, NET_SKB_PAD - MVNETA_RX_PKT_OFFSET_CORRECTION);
>  
>  	/* Obtain access to BM resources if enabled and already initialized */
>  	bm_node = of_parse_phandle(dn, "buffer-manager", 0);
> @@ -4562,13 +4565,6 @@ static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  				pp->bm_priv = NULL;
>  			}
>  		}
> -		/* Set RX packet offset correction for platforms, whose
> -		 * NET_SKB_PAD, exceeds 64B. It should be 64B for 64-bit
> -		 * platforms and 0B for 32-bit ones.
> -		 */
> -		pp->rx_offset_correction = max(0,
> -					       NET_SKB_PAD -
> -					       MVNETA_RX_PKT_OFFSET_CORRECTION);
>  	}
>  	of_node_put(bm_node);
>  
> -- 
> 2.18.0
>

-- 
Gregory Clement, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://bootlin.com