netdev - [PATCH net 1/8] idpf: add read memory barrier when checking descriptor done bit

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Message-ID: <20250124213213.1328775-2-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:32:03 -0800
From: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
To: davem@...emloft.net,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>,
	anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com,
	aleksander.lobakin@...el.com,
	przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com,
	joshua.a.hay@...el.com,
	decot@...gle.com,
	willemb@...gle.com,
	rlance@...gle.com,
	Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>,
	Krishneil Singh <krishneil.k.singh@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/8] idpf: add read memory barrier when checking descriptor done bit

From: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>

Add read memory barrier to ensure the order of operations when accessing
control queue descriptors. Specifically, we want to avoid cases where loads
can be reordered:

1. Load #1 is dispatched to read descriptor flags.
2. Load #2 is dispatched to read some other field from the descriptor.
3. Load #2 completes, accessing memory/cache at a point in time when the DD
   flag is zero.
4. NIC DMA overwrites the descriptor, now the DD flag is one.
5. Any fields loaded before step 4 are now inconsistent with the actual
   descriptor state.

Add read memory barrier between steps 1 and 2, so that load #2 is not
executed until load #1 has completed.

Fixes: 8077c727561a ("idpf: add controlq init and reset checks")
Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>
Suggested-by: Lance Richardson <rlance@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
Tested-by: Krishneil Singh <krishneil.k.singh@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq.c
index 4849590a5591..b28991dd1870 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq.c
@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ int idpf_ctlq_clean_sq(struct idpf_ctlq_info *cq, u16 *clean_count,
 		if (!(le16_to_cpu(desc->flags) & IDPF_CTLQ_FLAG_DD))
 			break;
 
+		/* Ensure no other fields are read until DD flag is checked */
+		dma_rmb();
+
 		/* strip off FW internal code */
 		desc_err = le16_to_cpu(desc->ret_val) & 0xff;
 
@@ -563,6 +566,9 @@ int idpf_ctlq_recv(struct idpf_ctlq_info *cq, u16 *num_q_msg,
 		if (!(flags & IDPF_CTLQ_FLAG_DD))
 			break;
 
+		/* Ensure no other fields are read until DD flag is checked */
+		dma_rmb();
+
 		q_msg[i].vmvf_type = (flags &
 				      (IDPF_CTLQ_FLAG_FTYPE_VM |
 				       IDPF_CTLQ_FLAG_FTYPE_PF)) >>
-- 
2.47.1