Re: [PATCH 6.6.y] RDMA/bnxt_re: Avoid CPU lockups due fifo occupancy check loop

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

[ Sasha's backport helper bot ]

Hi,

The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: 8be3e5b0c96beeefe9d5486b96575d104d3e7d17

WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit:
Backport author: alvalan9@foxmail.com
Commit author: Selvin Xavier<selvin.xavier@broadcom.com>


Status in newer kernel trees:
6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1)
6.6.y | Not found

Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit:
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1:  8be3e5b0c96be ! 1:  ee8c4af490b25 RDMA/bnxt_re: Avoid CPU lockups due fifo occupancy check loop
    @@ Metadata
      ## Commit message ##
         RDMA/bnxt_re: Avoid CPU lockups due fifo occupancy check loop
     
    +    [ Upstream commit 8be3e5b0c96beeefe9d5486b96575d104d3e7d17 ]
    +
         Driver waits indefinitely for the fifo occupancy to go below a threshold
         as soon as the pacing interrupt is received. This can cause soft lockup on
         one of the processors, if the rate of DB is very high.
    @@ Commit message
         Reviewed-by: Chandramohan Akula <chandramohan.akula@broadcom.com>
         Signed-off-by: Selvin Xavier <selvin.xavier@broadcom.com>
         Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
    +    [ Add the declaration of variable pacing_data to make it work on 6.6.y ]
    +    Signed-off-by: Alva Lan <alvalan9@foxmail.com>
     
      ## drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c ##
    -@@ drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c: static bool is_dbr_fifo_full(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
    +@@ drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c: static void bnxt_re_set_default_pacing_data(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
      static void __wait_for_fifo_occupancy_below_th(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
      {
    - 	struct bnxt_qplib_db_pacing_data *pacing_data = rdev->qplib_res.pacing_data;
    + 	u32 read_val, fifo_occup;
    ++	struct bnxt_qplib_db_pacing_data *pacing_data = rdev->qplib_res.pacing_data;
     +	u32 retry_fifo_check = 1000;
    - 	u32 fifo_occup;
      
      	/* loop shouldn't run infintely as the occupancy usually goes
    + 	 * below pacing algo threshold as soon as pacing kicks in.
     @@ drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c: static void __wait_for_fifo_occupancy_below_th(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
      
    - 		if (fifo_occup < pacing_data->pacing_th)
    + 		if (fifo_occup < rdev->qplib_res.pacing_data->pacing_th)
      			break;
     +		if (!retry_fifo_check--) {
     +			dev_info_once(rdev_to_dev(rdev),
---

Results of testing on various branches:

| Branch                    | Patch Apply | Build Test |
|---------------------------|-------------|------------|
| stable/linux-6.6.y        |  Success    |  Success   |