From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] stmmac: Discard masked flags in interrupt status register Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:15:41 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20170129.181541.423447436903187089.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1485519883-24969-1-git-send-email-abrodkin@synopsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peppe.cavallaro@st.com, fabrice.gasnier@st.com, manabian@gmail.com, preid@electromag.com.au, alexandre.torgue@gmail.com, Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com To: Alexey.Brodkin@synopsys.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1485519883-24969-1-git-send-email-abrodkin@synopsys.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Alexey Brodkin Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:24:43 +0300 > DW GMAC databook says the following about bits in "Register 15 (Interrupt > Mask Register)": > --------------------------->8------------------------- > When set, this bit __disables_the_assertion_of_the_interrupt_signal__ > because of the setting of XXX bit in Register 14 (Interrupt > Status Register). > --------------------------->8------------------------- > > In fact even if we mask one bit in the mask register it doesn't prevent > corresponding bit to appear in the status register, it only disables > interrupt generation for corresponding event. > > But currently we expect a bit different behavior: status bits to be in > sync with their masks, i.e. if mask for bit A is set in the mask > register then bit A won't appear in the interrupt status register. > > This was proven to be incorrect assumption, see discussion here [1]. > That misunderstanding causes unexpected behaviour of the GMAC, for > example we were happy enough to just see bogus messages about link > state changes. > > So from now on we'll be only checking bits that really may trigger an > interrupt. > > [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/11/3/413 > > Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin This looks good, applied, thanks.