From: "Théo Lebrun" <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>
To: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>,
Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>,
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: "Paolo Valerio" <pvalerio@redhat.com>,
"Conor Dooley" <conor@kernel.org>,
"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>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Théo Lebrun" <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 05/11] net: macb: allocate tieoff descriptor once across device lifetime
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:39:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260401-macb-context-v1-5-9590c5ab7272@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260401-macb-context-v1-0-9590c5ab7272@bootlin.com>
The tieoff descriptor is a RX DMA descriptor ring of size one. It gets
configured onto queues for Wake-on-LAN during system-wide suspend when
hardware does not support disabling individual queues
(MACB_CAPS_QUEUE_DISABLE).
MACB/GEM driver allocates it alongside the main RX ring
inside macb_alloc_consistent() at open. Free is done by
macb_free_consistent() at close.
Change to allocate once at probe and free on probe failure or device
removal. This makes the tieoff descriptor lifetime much longer,
avoiding repeating coherent buffer allocation on each open/close cycle.
Main benefit: we dissociate its lifetime from the main ring's lifetime.
That way there is less work to be doing on resources (re)alloc. This
currently happens on close/open, but will soon also happen on context
swap operations (set_ringparam, change_mtu, set_channels, etc).
Signed-off-by: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index 081f220f6756..d5023fdc0756 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -2679,12 +2679,6 @@ static void macb_free_consistent(struct macb *bp)
unsigned int q;
size_t size;
- if (bp->rx_ring_tieoff) {
- dma_free_coherent(dev, macb_dma_desc_get_size(bp),
- bp->rx_ring_tieoff, bp->rx_ring_tieoff_dma);
- bp->rx_ring_tieoff = NULL;
- }
-
bp->macbgem_ops.mog_free_rx_buffers(bp);
size = bp->num_queues * macb_tx_ring_size_per_queue(bp);
@@ -2782,16 +2776,6 @@ static int macb_alloc_consistent(struct macb *bp)
if (bp->macbgem_ops.mog_alloc_rx_buffers(bp))
goto out_err;
- /* Required for tie off descriptor for PM cases */
- if (!(bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_QUEUE_DISABLE)) {
- bp->rx_ring_tieoff = dma_alloc_coherent(&bp->pdev->dev,
- macb_dma_desc_get_size(bp),
- &bp->rx_ring_tieoff_dma,
- GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!bp->rx_ring_tieoff)
- goto out_err;
- }
-
return 0;
out_err:
@@ -2799,19 +2783,6 @@ static int macb_alloc_consistent(struct macb *bp)
return -ENOMEM;
}
-static void macb_init_tieoff(struct macb *bp)
-{
- struct macb_dma_desc *desc = bp->rx_ring_tieoff;
-
- if (bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_QUEUE_DISABLE)
- return;
- /* Setup a wrapping descriptor with no free slots
- * (WRAP and USED) to tie off/disable unused RX queues.
- */
- macb_set_addr(bp, desc, MACB_BIT(RX_WRAP) | MACB_BIT(RX_USED));
- desc->ctrl = 0;
-}
-
static void gem_init_rx_ring(struct macb_queue *queue)
{
queue->rx_tail = 0;
@@ -2839,8 +2810,6 @@ static void gem_init_rings(struct macb *bp)
gem_init_rx_ring(queue);
}
-
- macb_init_tieoff(bp);
}
static void macb_init_rings(struct macb *bp)
@@ -2858,8 +2827,6 @@ static void macb_init_rings(struct macb *bp)
bp->queues[0].tx_head = 0;
bp->queues[0].tx_tail = 0;
desc->ctrl |= MACB_BIT(TX_WRAP);
-
- macb_init_tieoff(bp);
}
static void macb_reset_hw(struct macb *bp)
@@ -5530,6 +5497,33 @@ static int eyeq5_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
return ret;
}
+static int macb_alloc_tieoff(struct macb *bp)
+{
+ /* Tieoff is a workaround in case HW cannot disable queues, for PM. */
+ if (bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_QUEUE_DISABLE)
+ return 0;
+
+ bp->rx_ring_tieoff = dma_alloc_coherent(&bp->pdev->dev,
+ macb_dma_desc_get_size(bp),
+ &bp->rx_ring_tieoff_dma,
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!bp->rx_ring_tieoff)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void macb_free_tieoff(struct macb *bp)
+{
+ if (!bp->rx_ring_tieoff)
+ return;
+
+ dma_free_coherent(&bp->pdev->dev, macb_dma_desc_get_size(bp),
+ bp->rx_ring_tieoff,
+ bp->rx_ring_tieoff_dma);
+ bp->rx_ring_tieoff = NULL;
+}
+
static const struct macb_usrio_config at91_default_usrio = {
.mii = MACB_BIT(MII),
.rmii = MACB_BIT(RMII),
@@ -5946,10 +5940,14 @@ static int macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+ err = macb_alloc_tieoff(bp);
+ if (err)
+ goto err_out_unregister_mdio;
+
err = register_netdev(netdev);
if (err) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot register net device, aborting.\n");
- goto err_out_unregister_mdio;
+ goto err_out_free_tieoff;
}
INIT_WORK(&bp->hresp_err_bh_work, macb_hresp_error_task);
@@ -5963,6 +5961,9 @@ static int macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return 0;
+err_out_free_tieoff:
+ macb_free_tieoff(bp);
+
err_out_unregister_mdio:
mdiobus_unregister(bp->mii_bus);
mdiobus_free(bp->mii_bus);
@@ -5992,6 +5993,7 @@ static void macb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (netdev) {
bp = netdev_priv(netdev);
unregister_netdev(netdev);
+ macb_free_tieoff(bp);
phy_exit(bp->phy);
mdiobus_unregister(bp->mii_bus);
mdiobus_free(bp->mii_bus);
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-01 16:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-01 16:39 [PATCH net-next 00/11] net: macb: implement context swapping Théo Lebrun
2026-04-01 16:39 ` [PATCH net-next 01/11] net: macb: unify device pointer naming convention Théo Lebrun
2026-04-01 16:39 ` [PATCH net-next 02/11] net: macb: unify `struct macb *` " Théo Lebrun
2026-04-01 16:39 ` [PATCH net-next 03/11] net: macb: unify queue index variable naming convention and types Théo Lebrun
2026-04-01 16:39 ` [PATCH net-next 04/11] net: macb: enforce reverse christmas tree (RCT) convention Théo Lebrun
2026-04-01 16:39 ` Théo Lebrun [this message]
2026-04-02 11:14 ` [PATCH net-next 05/11] net: macb: allocate tieoff descriptor once across device lifetime Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-02 13:57 ` Théo Lebrun
2026-04-01 16:39 ` [PATCH net-next 06/11] net: macb: introduce macb_context struct for buffer management Théo Lebrun
2026-04-02 11:22 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-02 14:11 ` Théo Lebrun
2026-04-01 16:39 ` [PATCH net-next 07/11] net: macb: avoid macb_init_rx_buffer_size() modifying state Théo Lebrun
2026-04-01 16:39 ` [PATCH net-next 08/11] net: macb: make `struct macb` subset reachable from macb_context struct Théo Lebrun
2026-04-01 16:39 ` [PATCH net-next 09/11] net: macb: introduce macb_context_alloc() helper Théo Lebrun
2026-04-01 16:39 ` [PATCH net-next 10/11] net: macb: use context swapping in .set_ringparam() Théo Lebrun
2026-04-01 20:17 ` Maxime Chevallier
2026-04-02 16:34 ` Théo Lebrun
2026-04-02 11:29 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-02 16:31 ` Théo Lebrun
2026-04-03 9:03 ` Théo Lebrun
2026-04-01 16:39 ` [PATCH net-next 11/11] net: macb: use context swapping in .ndo_change_mtu() Théo Lebrun
2026-04-02 11:30 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-02 11:35 ` [PATCH net-next 00/11] net: macb: implement context swapping Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-02 13:46 ` Théo Lebrun
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