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Message-ID: <20190626131251.GB801@ninjato>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jun 2019 15:12:51 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yoush@...entembedded.com>,
        Ramesh Shanmugasundaram <ramesh.shanmugasundaram@...renesas.com>
Cc:     Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>,
        Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        linux-can@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Artemi Ivanov <artemi.ivanov@...entembedded.com>,
        Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] can: rcar_canfd: fix possible IRQ storm on high
 load

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 04:08:48PM +0300, Nikita Yushchenko wrote:
> We have observed rcar_canfd driver entering IRQ storm under high load,
> with following scenario:
> - rcar_canfd_global_interrupt() in entered due to Rx available,
> - napi_schedule_prep() is called, and sets NAPIF_STATE_SCHED in state
> - Rx fifo interrupts are masked,
> - rcar_canfd_global_interrupt() is entered again, this time due to
>   error interrupt (e.g. due to overflow),
> - since scheduled napi poller has not yet executed, condition for calling
>   napi_schedule_prep() from rcar_canfd_global_interrupt() remains true,
>   thus napi_schedule_prep() gets called and sets NAPIF_STATE_MISSED flag
>   in state,
> - later, napi poller function rcar_canfd_rx_poll() gets executed, and
>   calls napi_complete_done(),
> - due to NAPIF_STATE_MISSED flag in state, this call does not clear
>   NAPIF_STATE_SCHED flag from state,
> - on return from napi_complete_done(), rcar_canfd_rx_poll() unmasks Rx
>   interrutps,
> - Rx interrupt happens, rcar_canfd_global_interrupt() gets called
>   and calls napi_schedule_prep(),
> - since NAPIF_STATE_SCHED is set in state at this time, this call
>   returns false,
> - due to that false return, rcar_canfd_global_interrupt() returns
>   without masking Rx interrupt
> - and this results into IRQ storm: unmasked Rx interrupt happens again
>   and again is misprocessed in the same way.
> 
> This patch fixes that scenario by unmasking Rx interrupts only when
> napi_complete_done() returns true, which means it has cleared
> NAPIF_STATE_SCHED in state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yoush@...entembedded.com>

CCing the driver author...

> ---
>  drivers/net/can/rcar/rcar_canfd.c | 9 +++++----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/rcar/rcar_canfd.c b/drivers/net/can/rcar/rcar_canfd.c
> index 05410008aa6b..de34a4b82d4a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/can/rcar/rcar_canfd.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/can/rcar/rcar_canfd.c
> @@ -1508,10 +1508,11 @@ static int rcar_canfd_rx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int quota)
>  
>  	/* All packets processed */
>  	if (num_pkts < quota) {
> -		napi_complete_done(napi, num_pkts);
> -		/* Enable Rx FIFO interrupts */
> -		rcar_canfd_set_bit(priv->base, RCANFD_RFCC(ridx),
> -				   RCANFD_RFCC_RFIE);
> +		if (napi_complete_done(napi, num_pkts)) {
> +			/* Enable Rx FIFO interrupts */
> +			rcar_canfd_set_bit(priv->base, RCANFD_RFCC(ridx),
> +					   RCANFD_RFCC_RFIE);
> +		}
>  	}
>  	return num_pkts;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.11.0
> 

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