Re: [net-next] net: dsa: felix: disable always guard band bit for TAS config

Michael Walle
2021-05-04T17:05:32Z

Hi,

> ALWAYS_GUARD_BAND_SCH_Q bit in TAS config register is descripted as
> this:
> 0: Guard band is implemented for nonschedule queues to schedule
> queues transition.
> 1: Guard band is implemented for any queue to schedule queue
> transition.
>
> The driver set guard band be implemented for any queue to schedule queue
> transition before, which will make each GCL time slot reserve a guard
> band time that can pass the max SDU frame. Because guard band time could
> not be set in tc-taprio now, it will use about 12000ns to pass 1500B max
> SDU. This limits each GCL time interval to be more than 12000ns.
>
> This patch change the guard band to be only implemented for nonschedule
> queues to schedule queues transition, so that there is no need to reserve
> guard band on each GCL. Users can manually add guard band time for each
> schedule queues in their configuration if they want.

As explained in another mail in this thread, all queues are marked as
scheduled. So this is actually a no-op, correct? It doesn't matter if
it set or not set for now. Dunno why we even care for this bit then.

> Signed-off-by: Xiaoliang Yang <xiaoliang.yang_1@nxp.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix_vsc9959.c | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix_vsc9959.c b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix_vsc9959.c
> index 789fe08cae50..2473bebe48e6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix_vsc9959.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix_vsc9959.c
> @@ -1227,8 +1227,12 @@ static int vsc9959_qos_port_tas_set(struct ocelot *ocelot, int port,
> if (taprio->num_entries > VSC9959_TAS_GCL_ENTRY_MAX)
> return -ERANGE;
>
> - ocelot_rmw(ocelot, QSYS_TAS_PARAM_CFG_CTRL_PORT_NUM(port) |
> - QSYS_TAS_PARAM_CFG_CTRL_ALWAYS_GUARD_BAND_SCH_Q,
> + /* Set port num and disable ALWAYS_GUARD_BAND_SCH_Q, which means set
> + * guard band to be implemented for nonschedule queues to schedule
> + * queues transition.
> + */
> + ocelot_rmw(ocelot,
> + QSYS_TAS_PARAM_CFG_CTRL_PORT_NUM(port),
> QSYS_TAS_PARAM_CFG_CTRL_PORT_NUM_M |
> QSYS_TAS_PARAM_CFG_CTRL_ALWAYS_GUARD_BAND_SCH_Q,
> QSYS_TAS_PARAM_CFG_CTRL);

Anyway, I don't think this the correct place for this:
(1) it isn't per port, but a global bit, but here its done per port.
(2) rmw, I presume is read-modify-write. and there is one bit CONFIG_CHAGE
which is set by software and cleared by hardware. What happens if it
will be cleared right after we read it. Then it will be set again, no?

So if we really care about this bit, shouldn't this be moved to switch
initialization then?

-michael