netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: ethernet: ti: davinci_cpdma: fix warning "device driver frees DMA memory with different size"

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Message-ID: <20191207114419.GA2798@khorivan>
Date:   Sat, 7 Dec 2019 13:44:20 +0200
From:   Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>
To:     Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        nsekhar@...com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: ethernet: ti: davinci_cpdma: fix warning "device
 driver frees DMA memory with different size"

On Thu, Dec 05, 2019 at 12:48:46PM +0200, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
>
>
>On 04/12/2019 22:37, David Miller wrote:
>>From: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
>>Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 18:50:29 +0200
>>
>>>@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ static int cpdma_chan_submit_si(struct submit_info *si)
>>>  	struct cpdma_chan		*chan = si->chan;
>>>  	struct cpdma_ctlr		*ctlr = chan->ctlr;
>>>  	int				len = si->len;
>>>-	int				swlen = len;
>>>+	int				swlen;
>>>  	struct cpdma_desc __iomem	*desc;
>>>  	dma_addr_t			buffer;
>>>  	u32				mode;
>>>@@ -1040,6 +1040,7 @@ static int cpdma_chan_submit_si(struct submit_info *si)
>>>  		chan->stats.runt_transmit_buff++;
>>>  	}
>>>+	swlen = len;
>>>  	mode = CPDMA_DESC_OWNER | CPDMA_DESC_SOP | CPDMA_DESC_EOP;
>>>  	cpdma_desc_to_port(chan, mode, si->directed);
>>>-- 
>>>2.17.1
>>>
>>
>>Now there is no reason to keep a separate swlen variable.
>>
>>The integral value is always consumed as the length before the descriptor bits
>>are added to it.
>>
>>Therefore you can just use 'len' everywhere in this function now.
>>
>
>Sry, but seems i can't, at least i can't just drop swlen.
>
>Below in this function:
>	writel_relaxed(0, &desc->hw_next);
>	writel_relaxed(buffer, &desc->hw_buffer);
>	writel_relaxed(len, &desc->hw_len);
>	writel_relaxed(mode | len, &desc->hw_mode);
>^^ here the "len" should be use
>
>	writel_relaxed((uintptr_t)si->token, &desc->sw_token);
>	writel_relaxed(buffer, &desc->sw_buffer);
>	writel_relaxed(swlen, &desc->sw_len);
>^^ and here "len"|CPDMA_DMA_EXT_MAP if (si->data_dma) [1]
>
>	desc_read(desc, sw_len);
>
>so additional if statement has to be added at [1] if "swlen" is dropped
>
>-- 
>Best regards,
>grygorii

Seems like yes,

And the "swlen" can be avoided like this:

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_cpdma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_cpdma.c
@@ -1018,7 +1018,6 @@ static int cpdma_chan_submit_si(struct submit_info *si)
        struct cpdma_chan               *chan = si->chan;
        struct cpdma_ctlr               *ctlr = chan->ctlr;
        int                             len = si->len;
-       int                             swlen = len;
        struct cpdma_desc __iomem       *desc;
        dma_addr_t                      buffer;
        u32                             mode;
@@ -1046,7 +1045,7 @@ static int cpdma_chan_submit_si(struct submit_info *si)
        if (si->data_dma) {
                buffer = si->data_dma;
                dma_sync_single_for_device(ctlr->dev, buffer, len, chan->dir);
-               swlen |= CPDMA_DMA_EXT_MAP;
+               writel_relaxed(len | CPDMA_DMA_EXT_MAP, &desc->sw_len);
        } else {
                buffer = dma_map_single(ctlr->dev, si->data_virt, len, chan->dir);
                ret = dma_mapping_error(ctlr->dev, buffer);
@@ -1054,6 +1053,7 @@ static int cpdma_chan_submit_si(struct submit_info *si)
                        cpdma_desc_free(ctlr->pool, desc, 1);
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
+               writel_relaxed(len, &desc->sw_len);
        }
 
        /* Relaxed IO accessors can be used here as there is read barrier
@@ -1065,7 +1065,6 @@ static int cpdma_chan_submit_si(struct submit_info *si)
        writel_relaxed(mode | len, &desc->hw_mode);
        writel_relaxed((uintptr_t)si->token, &desc->sw_token);
        writel_relaxed(buffer, &desc->sw_buffer);
-       writel_relaxed(swlen, &desc->sw_len);
        desc_read(desc, sw_len);
 
        __cpdma_chan_submit(chan, desc);

But not sure what is better.

-- 
Regards,
Ivan Khoronzhuk