Re: r8169: transmit queue timeouts and IRQ masking

[Ken Milmore <ken.milmore@gmail.com>]

On 10/05/2024 23:06, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> 
> Nice idea. The following is a simplified version.
> It's based on the thought that between scheduling NAPI and start of NAPI
> polling interrupts don't hurt.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 13 ++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
> index e5ea827a2..7b04dfecc 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
> @@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ enum rtl_flag {
>  	RTL_FLAG_TASK_RESET_PENDING,
>  	RTL_FLAG_TASK_RESET_NO_QUEUE_WAKE,
>  	RTL_FLAG_TASK_TX_TIMEOUT,
> +	RTL_FLAG_IRQ_DISABLED,
>  	RTL_FLAG_MAX
>  };
>  
> @@ -4657,10 +4658,7 @@ static irqreturn_t rtl8169_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_instance)
>  		rtl_schedule_task(tp, RTL_FLAG_TASK_RESET_PENDING);
>  	}
>  
> -	if (napi_schedule_prep(&tp->napi)) {
> -		rtl_irq_disable(tp);
> -		__napi_schedule(&tp->napi);
> -	}
> +	napi_schedule(&tp->napi);
>  out:
>  	rtl_ack_events(tp, status);
>  
> @@ -4714,12 +4712,17 @@ static int rtl8169_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
>  	struct net_device *dev = tp->dev;
>  	int work_done;
>  
> +	if (!test_and_set_bit(RTL_FLAG_IRQ_DISABLED, tp->wk.flags))
> +		rtl_irq_disable(tp);
> +
>  	rtl_tx(dev, tp, budget);
>  
>  	work_done = rtl_rx(dev, tp, budget);
>  
> -	if (work_done < budget && napi_complete_done(napi, work_done))
> +	if (work_done < budget && napi_complete_done(napi, work_done)) {
> +		clear_bit(RTL_FLAG_IRQ_DISABLED, tp->wk.flags);
>  		rtl_irq_enable(tp);
> +	}
>  
>  	return work_done;
>  }

Reading this worries me though:

https://docs.kernel.org/networking/napi.html
"napi_disable() and subsequent calls to the poll method only wait for the ownership of the instance to be released, not for the poll method to exit.
This means that drivers should avoid accessing any data structures after calling napi_complete_done()."

Which seems to imply that the IRQ enable following napi_complete_done() is unguarded, and might race with the disable on an incoming poll.
Is that a possibility?