From: "Théo Lebrun" <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>
To: "Théo Lebrun" <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>,
"Conor Dooley" <conor.dooley@microchip.com>,
"Andrew Lunn" <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@google.com>,
"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
"Richard Cochran" <richardcochran@gmail.com>,
"Russell King" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Nicolas Ferre" <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>,
"Claudiu Beznea" <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>,
"Paolo Valerio" <pvalerio@redhat.com>,
"Nicolai Buchwitz" <nb@tipi-net.de>,
"Vladimir Kondratiev" <vladimir.kondratiev@mobileye.com>,
"Gregory CLEMENT" <gregory.clement@bootlin.com>,
"Benoît Monin" <benoit.monin@bootlin.com>,
"Tawfik Bayouk" <tawfik.bayouk@mobileye.com>,
"Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
"Maxime Chevallier" <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v7 15/17] net: macb: read ISR inside bp->lock critical section
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:08:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260803-macb-context-v7-15-4d7d4af04849@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260803-macb-context-v7-0-4d7d4af04849@bootlin.com>
The IRQ handler reads ISR register into the `status` stack variable.
If empty, it early returns. Else, it grabs bp->lock and iterates on
the status bits.
We risk a race on spinlock acquire; status might have changed.
Move the readl(ISR) inside the bp->lock critical section.
In practice, we protect ourselves from interpreting the same ISR status
twice. To understand issues, read macb_interrupt() body and imagine
each codepath being performed twice:
- Two napi_schedule_irqoff() are idempotent *if fast enough*.
- Two schedule_work(tx_error_task) are idempotent *if fast enough*.
- Double increment of rx_overruns.
- Two queue_work(hresp_err_bh_work) are idempotent *if fast enough*.
- Two pm_wakeup_event() is safe.
One risk remains with spurious interrupts that would, in addition to
taking excessive CPU time, also create lock contention. How bad is it?
Probably not too bad.
Reviewed-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
Signed-off-by: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index 7e77c24da8a6..0778ce9b3223 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -2193,13 +2193,14 @@ static irqreturn_t macb_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
bool hresp_err = false;
u32 status;
- status = queue_readl(queue, ISR);
-
- if (unlikely(!status))
- return IRQ_NONE;
-
spin_lock(&bp->lock);
+ status = queue_readl(queue, ISR);
+ if (unlikely(!status)) {
+ spin_unlock(&bp->lock);
+ return IRQ_NONE;
+ }
+
while (status) {
/* close possible race with dev_close */
if (unlikely(!netif_running(netdev))) {
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-03 20:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-03 20:08 [PATCH net-next v7 00/17] net: macb: implement context swapping Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 01/17] net: macb: drop "consistent" from alloc/free function names Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 02/17] net: macb: unify device pointer naming convention Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 03/17] net: macb: unify variable naming convention in at91ether functions Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 04/17] net: macb: unify queue index variable naming convention and types Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 05/17] net: macb: enforce reverse christmas tree (RCT) convention Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 06/17] net: macb: allocate tieoff descriptor once across device lifetime Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 07/17] net: macb: refuse set_ringparam on EMAC Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 08/17] net: macb: introduce macb_context struct for buffer management Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 09/17] net: macb: avoid macb_init_rx_buffer_size() modifying state Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 10/17] net: macb: make `struct macb` subset reachable from macb_context struct Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 11/17] net: macb: change caps helpers signatures Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 12/17] net: macb: change function signatures to take contexts Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 13/17] net: macb: introduce macb_context_alloc() helper Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 14/17] net: macb: move printk() calls out of bp->lock critical section Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` Théo Lebrun [this message]
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 16/17] net: macb: use context swapping in .set_ringparam() Théo Lebrun
2026-08-03 20:08 ` [PATCH net-next v7 17/17] net: macb: use context swapping in .ndo_change_mtu() Théo Lebrun
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