netdev - Re: [PATCH iwl-net v2 2/3] igc: Fix reset adapter logics when tx mode change

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Message-ID: <87le27ssu4.fsf@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:10:11 -0700
From: Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>
To: "Abdul Rahim, Faizal" <faizal.abdul.rahim@...ux.intel.com>, "David S .
 Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub
 Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Jesse
 Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>, Tony Nguyen
 <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Richard
 Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>, Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>,
 Sasha Neftin <sasha.neftin@...el.com>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-net v2 2/3] igc: Fix reset adapter logics when tx
 mode change

"Abdul Rahim, Faizal" <faizal.abdul.rahim@...ux.intel.com> writes:

> Hi Vinicius,
>
> On 11/7/2024 6:44 am, Vinicius Costa Gomes wrote:
>> Faizal Rahim <faizal.abdul.rahim@...ux.intel.com> writes:
>> 
>>> Following the "igc: Fix TX Hang issue when QBV Gate is close" changes,
>>> remaining issues with the reset adapter logic in igc_tsn_offload_apply()
>>> have been observed:
>>>
>>> 1. The reset adapter logics for i225 and i226 differ, although they should
>>>     be the same according to the guidelines in I225/6 HW Design Section
>>>     7.5.2.1 on software initialization during tx mode changes.
>>> 2. The i225 resets adapter every time, even though tx mode doesn't change.
>>>     This occurs solely based on the condition  igc_is_device_id_i225() when
>>>     calling schedule_work().
>>> 3. i226 doesn't reset adapter for tsn->legacy tx mode changes. It only
>>>     resets adapter for legacy->tsn tx mode transitions.
>>> 4. qbv_count introduced in the patch is actually not needed; in this
>>>     context, a non-zero value of qbv_count is used to indicate if tx mode
>>>     was unconditionally set to tsn in igc_tsn_enable_offload(). This could
>>>     be replaced by checking the existing register
>>>     IGC_TQAVCTRL_TRANSMIT_MODE_TSN bit.
>>>
>>> This patch resolves all issues and enters schedule_work() to reset the
>>> adapter only when changing tx mode. It also removes reliance on qbv_count.
>>>
>>> qbv_count field will be removed in a future patch.
>>>
>>> Test ran:
>>>
>>> 1. Verify reset adapter behaviour in i225/6:
>>>     a) Enrol a new GCL
>>>        Reset adapter observed (tx mode change legacy->tsn)
>>>     b) Enrol a new GCL without deleting qdisc
>>>        No reset adapter observed (tx mode remain tsn->tsn)
>>>     c) Delete qdisc
>>>        Reset adapter observed (tx mode change tsn->legacy)
>>>
>>> 2. Tested scenario from "igc: Fix TX Hang issue when QBV Gate is closed"
>>>     to confirm it remains resolved.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 175c241288c0 ("igc: Fix TX Hang issue when QBV Gate is closed")
>>> Signed-off-by: Faizal Rahim <faizal.abdul.rahim@...ux.intel.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
>>> ---
>> 
>> There were a quite a few bugs, some of them my fault, on this part of
>> the code, changing between the modes in the hardware.
>> 
>> So I would like some confirmation that ETF offloading/LaunchTime was
>> also tested with this change. Just to be sure.
>> 
>> But code-wise, looks good:
>> 
>> Acked-by: Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>
>
> Tested etf with offload, looks like working correctly.
>
> 1. mqprio
> tc qdisc add dev enp1s0 handle 100: parent root mqprio num_tc 3 \
> map 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 \
> queues 1@0 1@1 2@2 \
> hw 0
>
> No reset adapter observed.
>
> 2. etf with offload
> tc qdisc replace dev enp1s0 parent 100:1 etf \
> clockid CLOCK_TAI delta 300000 offload
>
> Reset adapter observed (tx mode legacy -> tsn).
>
> 3. delete qdisc
> tc qdisc delete dev enp1s0 parent root handle 100
>
> Reset adapter observed (tx mode tsn -> legacy).
>

That no unexpected resets are happening, is good.

But what I had in mind was some functional tests that ETF is working. I
guess that's the only way of knowing that it's still working. Sorry that
I wasn't clear about that.


Cheers,
-- 
Vinicius