netdev - [PATCH net-next 4/6] net: ipa: ensure hardware has power in ipa_start

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Date:   Thu, 12 Aug 2021 14:50:33 -0500
From:   Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, evgreen@...omium.org,
        cpratapa@...eaurora.org, subashab@...eaurora.org, elder@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 4/6] net: ipa: ensure hardware has power in ipa_start_xmit()

We need to ensure the hardware is powered when we transmit a packet.
But if it's not, we can't block to wait for it.  So asynchronously
request power in ipa_start_xmit(), and only proceed if the return
value indicates the power state is active.

If the hardware is not active, a runtime resume request will have
been initiated.  In that case, stop the network stack from further
transmit attempts until the resume completes.  Return NETDEV_TX_BUSY,
to retry sending the packet once the queue is restarted.

If the power request returns an error (other than -EINPROGRESS,
which just means a resume requested elsewhere isn't complete), just
drop the packet.

Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c
index 0a3b034614b61..aa1b483d9f7db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ static int ipa_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	struct ipa_endpoint *endpoint;
 	struct ipa *ipa = priv->ipa;
 	u32 skb_len = skb->len;
+	struct device *dev;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!skb_len)
@@ -115,7 +116,31 @@ static int ipa_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	if (endpoint->data->qmap && skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_MAP))
 		goto err_drop_skb;
 
+	/* The hardware must be powered for us to transmit */
+	dev = &ipa->pdev->dev;
+	ret = pm_runtime_get(dev);
+	if (ret < 1) {
+		/* If a resume won't happen, just drop the packet */
+		if (ret < 0 && ret != -EINPROGRESS) {
+			pm_runtime_put_noidle(dev);
+			goto err_drop_skb;
+		}
+
+		/* No power (yet).  Stop the network stack from transmitting
+		 * until we're resumed; ipa_modem_resume() arranges for the
+		 * TX queue to be started again.
+		 */
+		netif_stop_queue(netdev);
+
+		(void)pm_runtime_put(dev);
+
+		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+	}
+
 	ret = ipa_endpoint_skb_tx(endpoint, skb);
+
+	(void)pm_runtime_put(dev);
+
 	if (ret) {
 		if (ret != -E2BIG)
 			return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
@@ -201,7 +226,10 @@ void ipa_modem_suspend(struct net_device *netdev)
  *
  * Re-enable transmit on the modem network device.  This is called
  * in (power management) work queue context, scheduled when resuming
- * the modem.
+ * the modem.  We can't enable the queue directly in ipa_modem_resume()
+ * because transmits restart the instant the queue is awakened; but the
+ * device power state won't be ACTIVE until *after* ipa_modem_resume()
+ * returns.
  */
 static void ipa_modem_wake_queue_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-- 
2.27.0