netdev - RE: [PATCH] rtw88: Disable PCIe ASPM while doing NAPI poll on 8821CE

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Date:   Tue, 14 Dec 2021 03:19:01 +0000
From:   Pkshih <pkshih@...ltek.com>
To:     Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>,
        "tony0620emma@...il.com" <tony0620emma@...il.com>
CC:     "jian-hong@...lessm.com" <jian-hong@...lessm.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>,
        "Bernie Huang" <phhuang@...ltek.com>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] rtw88: Disable PCIe ASPM while doing NAPI poll on 8821CE


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 10:49 AM
> To: tony0620emma@...il.com; Pkshih <pkshih@...ltek.com>
> Cc: jian-hong@...lessm.com; Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>; Kalle Valo
> <kvalo@...eaurora.org>; David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>; Brian
> Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>; Bernie Huang <phhuang@...ltek.com>; linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org;
> netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH] rtw88: Disable PCIe ASPM while doing NAPI poll on 8821CE
> 
> Many Intel based platforms face system random freeze after commit
> 9e2fd29864c5 ("rtw88: add napi support").
> 
> The commit itself shouldn't be the culprit. My guess is that the 8821CE
> only leaves ASPM L1 for a short period when IRQ is raised. Since IRQ is
> masked during NAPI polling, the PCIe link stays at L1 and makes RX DMA
> extremely slow. Eventually the RX ring becomes messed up:
> [ 1133.194697] rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: pci bus timeout, check dma status
> 
> Since the 8821CE hardware may fail to leave ASPM L1, manually do it in
> the driver to resolve the issue.
> 
> Fixes: 9e2fd29864c5 ("rtw88: add napi support")
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215131
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927808
> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c | 74 ++++++++----------------
>  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.h |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c
> index 3b367c9085eba..f09eb5e2437a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c
> @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
>  /* Copyright(c) 2018-2019  Realtek Corporation
>   */
> 
> -#include <linux/dmi.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/pci.h>
>  #include "main.h"
> @@ -16,10 +15,13 @@
> 
>  static bool rtw_disable_msi;
>  static bool rtw_pci_disable_aspm;
> +static int rtw_rx_aspm;

With your parameter description, rtw_rx_aspm = -1 by default.

>  module_param_named(disable_msi, rtw_disable_msi, bool, 0644);
>  module_param_named(disable_aspm, rtw_pci_disable_aspm, bool, 0644);
> +module_param_named(rx_aspm, rtw_rx_aspm, int, 0444);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_msi, "Set Y to disable MSI interrupt support");
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_aspm, "Set Y to disable PCI ASPM support");
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_aspm, "Use PCIe ASPM for RX (0=disable, 1=enable, -1=default)");


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