* [PATCH net V2 2/2] net: xilinx: axienet: Fix BQL accounting for multi-BD TX packets
2026-03-26 18:55 [PATCH net V2 0/2] Correct BD length masks and " Suraj Gupta
@ 2026-03-26 18:55 ` Suraj Gupta
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From: Suraj Gupta @ 2026-03-26 18:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, michal.simek,
sean.anderson, radhey.shyam.pandey, horms
Cc: netdev, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, harini.katakam
When a TX packet spans multiple buffer descriptors (scatter-gather),
the per-BD byte count is accumulated into a local variable that resets
on each NAPI poll. If the BDs for a single packet complete across
different polls, the earlier bytes are lost and never credited to BQL.
This causes BQL to think bytes are permanently in-flight, eventually
stalling the TX queue.
Fix this by replacing the local accumulator with a persistent counter
(tx_compl_bytes) that survives across polls and is reset only after
updating BQL and stats.
Fixes: c900e49d58eb ("net: xilinx: axienet: Implement BQL")
Signed-off-by: Suraj Gupta <suraj.gupta2@amd.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h | 3 +++
.../net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 20 +++++++++----------
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
index 602389843342..a4444c939451 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
@@ -509,6 +509,8 @@ struct skbuf_dma_descriptor {
* complete. Only updated at runtime by TX NAPI poll.
* @tx_bd_tail: Stores the index of the next Tx buffer descriptor in the ring
* to be populated.
+ * @tx_compl_bytes: Accumulates TX completion length until a full packet is
+ * reported to the stack.
* @tx_packets: TX packet count for statistics
* @tx_bytes: TX byte count for statistics
* @tx_stat_sync: Synchronization object for TX stats
@@ -592,6 +594,7 @@ struct axienet_local {
u32 tx_bd_num;
u32 tx_bd_ci;
u32 tx_bd_tail;
+ u32 tx_compl_bytes;
u64_stats_t tx_packets;
u64_stats_t tx_bytes;
struct u64_stats_sync tx_stat_sync;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index b06e4c37ff61..95bf61986cb7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -692,6 +692,8 @@ static void axienet_dma_stop(struct axienet_local *lp)
axienet_lock_mii(lp);
__axienet_device_reset(lp);
axienet_unlock_mii(lp);
+
+ lp->tx_compl_bytes = 0;
}
/**
@@ -770,8 +772,6 @@ static int axienet_device_reset(struct net_device *ndev)
* @first_bd: Index of first descriptor to clean up
* @nr_bds: Max number of descriptors to clean up
* @force: Whether to clean descriptors even if not complete
- * @sizep: Pointer to a u32 filled with the total sum of all bytes
- * in all cleaned-up descriptors. Ignored if NULL.
* @budget: NAPI budget (use 0 when not called from NAPI poll)
*
* Would either be called after a successful transmit operation, or after
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ static int axienet_device_reset(struct net_device *ndev)
* Return: The number of packets handled.
*/
static int axienet_free_tx_chain(struct axienet_local *lp, u32 first_bd,
- int nr_bds, bool force, u32 *sizep, int budget)
+ int nr_bds, bool force, int budget)
{
struct axidma_bd *cur_p;
unsigned int status;
@@ -819,8 +819,8 @@ static int axienet_free_tx_chain(struct axienet_local *lp, u32 first_bd,
cur_p->cntrl = 0;
cur_p->status = 0;
- if (sizep)
- *sizep += status & XAXIDMA_BD_STS_ACTUAL_LEN_MASK;
+ if (!force)
+ lp->tx_compl_bytes += status & XAXIDMA_BD_STS_ACTUAL_LEN_MASK;
}
if (!force) {
@@ -999,18 +999,18 @@ static int axienet_tx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
{
struct axienet_local *lp = container_of(napi, struct axienet_local, napi_tx);
struct net_device *ndev = lp->ndev;
- u32 size = 0;
int packets;
packets = axienet_free_tx_chain(lp, lp->tx_bd_ci, lp->tx_bd_num, false,
- &size, budget);
+ budget);
if (packets) {
- netdev_completed_queue(ndev, packets, size);
+ netdev_completed_queue(ndev, packets, lp->tx_compl_bytes);
u64_stats_update_begin(&lp->tx_stat_sync);
u64_stats_add(&lp->tx_packets, packets);
- u64_stats_add(&lp->tx_bytes, size);
+ u64_stats_add(&lp->tx_bytes, lp->tx_compl_bytes);
u64_stats_update_end(&lp->tx_stat_sync);
+ lp->tx_compl_bytes = 0;
/* Matches barrier in axienet_start_xmit */
smp_mb();
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ axienet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
netdev_err(ndev, "TX DMA mapping error\n");
ndev->stats.tx_dropped++;
axienet_free_tx_chain(lp, orig_tail_ptr, ii + 1,
- true, NULL, 0);
+ true, 0);
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}
--
2.49.1
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* [PATCH net V2 0/2] Correct BD length masks and BQL accounting for multi-BD TX packets
@ 2026-03-27 7:32 Suraj Gupta
2026-03-27 7:32 ` [PATCH net V2 1/2] net: xilinx: axienet: Correct BD length masks to match AXIDMA IP spec Suraj Gupta
2026-03-27 7:32 ` [PATCH net V2 2/2] net: xilinx: axienet: Fix BQL accounting for multi-BD TX packets Suraj Gupta
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Suraj Gupta @ 2026-03-27 7:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Radhey Shyam Pandey, Andrew Lunn, David S . Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni
Cc: Michal Simek, Sean Anderson, Daniel Borkmann, Ariane Keller,
netdev, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel
This patch series fixes two issues in the Xilinx AXI Ethernet driver:
1. Corrects the BD length masks to match the AXIDMA IP spec.
2. Fixes BQL accounting for multi-BD TX packets.
---
Changes in V2:
- Define BD length masks with GENMASK(25, 0) per PG021.
- Credit BQL using skb->len on packet completion instead of summing
per-BD actual lengths from descriptor status.
---
Suraj Gupta (2):
net: xilinx: axienet: Correct BD length masks to match AXIDMA IP spec
net: xilinx: axienet: Fix BQL accounting for multi-BD TX packets
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h | 4 ++--
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 9 ++++-----
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--
2.49.1
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* [PATCH net V2 1/2] net: xilinx: axienet: Correct BD length masks to match AXIDMA IP spec
2026-03-27 7:32 [PATCH net V2 0/2] Correct BD length masks and BQL accounting for multi-BD TX packets Suraj Gupta
@ 2026-03-27 7:32 ` Suraj Gupta
2026-03-27 7:32 ` [PATCH net V2 2/2] net: xilinx: axienet: Fix BQL accounting for multi-BD TX packets Suraj Gupta
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Suraj Gupta @ 2026-03-27 7:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Radhey Shyam Pandey, Andrew Lunn, David S . Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni
Cc: Michal Simek, Sean Anderson, Daniel Borkmann, Ariane Keller,
netdev, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel
The XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_LENGTH_MASK and XAXIDMA_BD_STS_ACTUAL_LEN_MASK
macros were defined as 0x007FFFFF (23 bits), but the AXI DMA IP
product guide (PG021) specifies the buffer length field as bits 25:0
(26 bits). Update both masks to match the IP documentation.
In practice this had no functional impact, since Ethernet frames are
far smaller than 2^23 bytes and the extra bits were always zero, but
the masks should still reflect the hardware specification.
Fixes: 8a3b7a252dca ("drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx: added Xilinx AXI Ethernet driver")
Signed-off-by: Suraj Gupta <suraj.gupta2@amd.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
index 5ff742103beb..fcd3aaef27fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
#define XAXIDMA_BD_HAS_DRE_MASK 0xF00 /* Whether has DRE mask */
#define XAXIDMA_BD_WORDLEN_MASK 0xFF /* Whether has DRE mask */
-#define XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_LENGTH_MASK 0x007FFFFF /* Requested len */
+#define XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_LENGTH_MASK GENMASK(25, 0) /* Requested len */
#define XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_TXSOF_MASK 0x08000000 /* First tx packet */
#define XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_TXEOF_MASK 0x04000000 /* Last tx packet */
#define XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_ALL_MASK 0x0C000000 /* All control bits */
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
#define XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_TXEOF_MASK 0x04000000 /* Last tx packet */
#define XAXIDMA_BD_CTRL_ALL_MASK 0x0C000000 /* All control bits */
-#define XAXIDMA_BD_STS_ACTUAL_LEN_MASK 0x007FFFFF /* Actual len */
+#define XAXIDMA_BD_STS_ACTUAL_LEN_MASK GENMASK(25, 0) /* Actual len */
#define XAXIDMA_BD_STS_COMPLETE_MASK 0x80000000 /* Completed */
#define XAXIDMA_BD_STS_DEC_ERR_MASK 0x40000000 /* Decode error */
#define XAXIDMA_BD_STS_SLV_ERR_MASK 0x20000000 /* Slave error */
--
2.49.1
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* [PATCH net V2 2/2] net: xilinx: axienet: Fix BQL accounting for multi-BD TX packets
2026-03-27 7:32 [PATCH net V2 0/2] Correct BD length masks and BQL accounting for multi-BD TX packets Suraj Gupta
2026-03-27 7:32 ` [PATCH net V2 1/2] net: xilinx: axienet: Correct BD length masks to match AXIDMA IP spec Suraj Gupta
@ 2026-03-27 7:32 ` Suraj Gupta
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From: Suraj Gupta @ 2026-03-27 7:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Radhey Shyam Pandey, Andrew Lunn, David S . Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni
Cc: Michal Simek, Sean Anderson, Daniel Borkmann, Ariane Keller,
netdev, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel
When a TX packet spans multiple buffer descriptors (scatter-gather),
axienet_free_tx_chain sums the per-BD actual length from descriptor
status into a caller-provided accumulator. That sum is reset on each
NAPI poll. If the BDs for a single packet complete across different
polls, the earlier bytes are lost and never credited to BQL. This
causes BQL to think bytes are permanently in-flight, eventually
stalling the TX queue.
The SKB pointer is stored only on the last BD of a packet. When that
BD completes, use skb->len for the byte count instead of summing
per-BD status lengths. This matches netdev_sent_queue(), which debits
skb->len, and naturally survives across polls because no partial
packet contributes to the accumulator.
Fixes: c900e49d58eb ("net: xilinx: axienet: Implement BQL")
Signed-off-by: Suraj Gupta <suraj.gupta2@amd.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index b06e4c37ff61..263c4b67fd5a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -770,8 +770,8 @@ static int axienet_device_reset(struct net_device *ndev)
* @first_bd: Index of first descriptor to clean up
* @nr_bds: Max number of descriptors to clean up
* @force: Whether to clean descriptors even if not complete
- * @sizep: Pointer to a u32 filled with the total sum of all bytes
- * in all cleaned-up descriptors. Ignored if NULL.
+ * @sizep: Pointer to a u32 accumulating the total byte count of
+ * completed packets (using skb->len). Ignored if NULL.
* @budget: NAPI budget (use 0 when not called from NAPI poll)
*
* Would either be called after a successful transmit operation, or after
@@ -805,6 +805,8 @@ static int axienet_free_tx_chain(struct axienet_local *lp, u32 first_bd,
DMA_TO_DEVICE);
if (cur_p->skb && (status & XAXIDMA_BD_STS_COMPLETE_MASK)) {
+ if (sizep)
+ *sizep += cur_p->skb->len;
napi_consume_skb(cur_p->skb, budget);
packets++;
}
@@ -818,9 +820,6 @@ static int axienet_free_tx_chain(struct axienet_local *lp, u32 first_bd,
wmb();
cur_p->cntrl = 0;
cur_p->status = 0;
-
- if (sizep)
- *sizep += status & XAXIDMA_BD_STS_ACTUAL_LEN_MASK;
}
if (!force) {
--
2.49.1
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