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Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 12:43:33 +0000
From: "Zulkifli, Muhammad Husaini" <muhammad.husaini.zulkifli@...el.com>
To: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, "Nguyen, Anthony L"
	<anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
CC: "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>, "kuba@...nel.org"
	<kuba@...nel.org>, "pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	"edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org"
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "Neftin, Sasha" <sasha.neftin@...el.com>,
	"richardcochran@...il.com" <richardcochran@...il.com>, Tan Tee Min
	<tee.min.tan@...ux.intel.com>, "Choong, Chwee Lin"
	<chwee.lin.choong@...el.com>, Naama Meir <naamax.meir@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net 3/6] igc: Fix TX Hang issue when QBV Gate is closed

Dear Leon,

Thanks for reviewing 😊
Replied inline.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
> Sent: Thursday, 6 July, 2023 3:56 PM
> To: Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
> Cc: davem@...emloft.net; kuba@...nel.org; pabeni@...hat.com;
> edumazet@...gle.com; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Zulkifli, Muhammad
> Husaini <muhammad.husaini.zulkifli@...el.com>; Neftin, Sasha
> <sasha.neftin@...el.com>; richardcochran@...il.com; Tan Tee Min
> <tee.min.tan@...ux.intel.com>; Choong, Chwee Lin
> <chwee.lin.choong@...el.com>; Naama Meir
> <naamax.meir@...ux.intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net 3/6] igc: Fix TX Hang issue when QBV Gate is closed
> 
> On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 01:19:02PM -0700, Tony Nguyen wrote:
> > From: Muhammad Husaini Zulkifli <muhammad.husaini.zulkifli@...el.com>
> >
> > If a user schedules a Gate Control List (GCL) to close one of the QBV
> > gates while also transmitting a packet to that closed gate, TX Hang
> > will be happen. HW would not drop any packet when the gate is closed
> > and keep queuing up in HW TX FIFO until the gate is re-opened.
> > This patch implements the solution to drop the packet for the closed
> > gate.
> >
> > This patch will also reset the adapter to perform SW initialization
> > for each 1st Gate Control List (GCL) to avoid hang.
> > This is due to the HW design, where changing to TSN transmit mode
> > requires SW initialization. Intel Discrete I225/6 transmit mode cannot
> > be changed when in dynamic mode according to Software User Manual
> > Section 7.5.2.1. Subsequent Gate Control List (GCL) operations will
> > proceed without a reset, as they already are in TSN Mode.
> >
> > Step to reproduce:
> >
> > DUT:
> > 1) Configure GCL List with certain gate close.
> >
> > BASE=$(date +%s%N)
> > tc qdisc replace dev $IFACE parent root handle 100 taprio \
> >     num_tc 4 \
> >     map 0 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 \
> >     queues 1@0 1@1 1@2 1@3 \
> >     base-time $BASE \
> >     sched-entry S 0x8 500000 \
> >     sched-entry S 0x4 500000 \
> >     flags 0x2
> >
> > 2) Transmit the packet to closed gate. You may use udp_tai application
> > to transmit UDP packet to any of the closed gate.
> >
> > ./udp_tai -i <interface> -P 100000 -p 90 -c 1 -t <0/1> -u 30004
> >
> > Fixes: ec50a9d437f0 ("igc: Add support for taprio offloading")
> > Co-developed-by: Tan Tee Min <tee.min.tan@...ux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Tan Tee Min <tee.min.tan@...ux.intel.com>
> > Tested-by: Chwee Lin Choong <chwee.lin.choong@...el.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Muhammad Husaini Zulkifli
> > <muhammad.husaini.zulkifli@...el.com>
> > Tested-by: Naama Meir <naamax.meir@...ux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc.h      |  6 +++
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c | 58
> > +++++++++++++++++++++--  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c  |
> > 41 ++++++++++------
> >  3 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> <...>
> 
> > @@ -6149,6 +6157,8 @@ static int igc_save_qbv_schedule(struct
> igc_adapter *adapter,
> >  	adapter->cycle_time = qopt->cycle_time;
> >  	adapter->base_time = qopt->base_time;
> >
> > +	igc_ptp_read(adapter, &now);
> > +
> >  	for (n = 0; n < qopt->num_entries; n++) {
> >  		struct tc_taprio_sched_entry *e = &qopt->entries[n];
> >
> > @@ -6183,7 +6193,10 @@ static int igc_save_qbv_schedule(struct
> igc_adapter *adapter,
> >  				ring->start_time = start_time;
> >  			ring->end_time = end_time;
> >
> > -			queue_configured[i] = true;
> > +			if (ring->start_time >= adapter->cycle_time)
> > +				queue_configured[i] = false;
> > +			else
> > +				queue_configured[i] = true;
> >  		}
> >
> >  		start_time += e->interval;
> > @@ -6193,8 +6206,20 @@ static int igc_save_qbv_schedule(struct
> igc_adapter *adapter,
> >  	 * If not, set the start and end time to be end time.
> >  	 */
> >  	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_tx_queues; i++) {
> > +		struct igc_ring *ring = adapter->tx_ring[i];
> > +
> > +		if (!is_base_time_past(qopt->base_time, &now)) {
> > +			ring->admin_gate_closed = false;
> > +		} else {
> > +			ring->oper_gate_closed = false;
> > +			ring->admin_gate_closed = false;
> > +		}
> > +
> >  		if (!queue_configured[i]) {
> > -			struct igc_ring *ring = adapter->tx_ring[i];
> > +			if (!is_base_time_past(qopt->base_time, &now))
> > +				ring->admin_gate_closed = true;
> > +			else
> > +				ring->oper_gate_closed = true;
> >
> >  			ring->start_time = end_time;
> >  			ring->end_time = end_time;
> > @@ -6575,6 +6600,27 @@ static const struct xdp_metadata_ops
> igc_xdp_metadata_ops = {
> >  	.xmo_rx_timestamp		= igc_xdp_rx_timestamp,
> >  };
> >
> > +static enum hrtimer_restart igc_qbv_scheduling_timer(struct hrtimer
> > +*timer) {
> > +	struct igc_adapter *adapter = container_of(timer, struct igc_adapter,
> > +						   hrtimer);
> > +	unsigned int i;
> > +
> > +	adapter->qbv_transition = true;
> > +	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_tx_queues; i++) {
> > +		struct igc_ring *tx_ring = adapter->tx_ring[i];
> > +
> > +		if (tx_ring->admin_gate_closed) {
> 
> Doesn't asynchronic access to shared variable through hrtimer require some
> sort of locking?

Yeah I agreed with you. However, IMHO, it should be saved without the lock. 
These variables, admin_gate_closed and oper_gate_closed, were set during the transition 
and setup/delete of the TC only. The qbv_transition flag has been used to protect the 
operation when it is in qbv transition.

Thanks,
Husaini

> 
> Thanks
> 
> > +			tx_ring->admin_gate_closed = false;
> > +			tx_ring->oper_gate_closed = true;
> > +		} else {
> > +			tx_ring->oper_gate_closed = false;
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +	adapter->qbv_transition = false;
> > +	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
> > +}
> > +

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