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 v2 12/14] net: macb: re-read ISR inside IRQ handler locked section
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:52:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260410-macb-context-v2-12-af39f71d40b6@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260410-macb-context-v2-0-af39f71d40b6@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.
If we tried grabbing bp->lock while already acquired, we might have
slept and the status might have been updated. Our most likely
competitor in this race (condition) is a swap operation, used in
change_mtu and set_ringparam. It is the only MACB codepath that resets
interrupts and HW inside a bp->lock critical section. Other codepaths
that clear HW IRQ status do so outside the bp->lock critical section.
Signed-off-by: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index ba7463a857dd..81beb67b206a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -2190,6 +2190,13 @@ static irqreturn_t macb_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
spin_lock(&bp->lock);
+ /* `status` stack variable might be stalled => re-read it */
+ 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))) {
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-10 19:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-10 19:51 [PATCH net-next v2 00/14] net: macb: implement context swapping Théo Lebrun
2026-04-10 19:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 01/14] net: macb: unify device pointer naming convention Théo Lebrun
2026-04-10 19:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 02/14] net: macb: unify `struct macb *` " Théo Lebrun
2026-04-10 19:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 03/14] net: macb: unify queue index variable naming convention and types Théo Lebrun
2026-04-10 19:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 04/14] net: macb: enforce reverse christmas tree (RCT) convention Théo Lebrun
2026-04-10 19:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 05/14] net: macb: allocate tieoff descriptor once across device lifetime Théo Lebrun
2026-04-10 19:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 06/14] net: macb: introduce macb_context struct for buffer management Théo Lebrun
2026-04-10 19:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 07/14] net: macb: avoid macb_init_rx_buffer_size() modifying state Théo Lebrun
2026-04-10 19:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 08/14] net: macb: make `struct macb` subset reachable from macb_context struct Théo Lebrun
2026-04-10 19:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 09/14] net: macb: change caps helpers signatures Théo Lebrun
2026-04-10 19:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 10/14] net: macb: change function signatures to take contexts Théo Lebrun
2026-04-10 19:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 11/14] net: macb: introduce macb_context_alloc() helper Théo Lebrun
2026-04-10 19:52 ` Théo Lebrun [this message]
2026-04-10 19:52 ` [PATCH net-next v2 13/14] net: macb: use context swapping in .set_ringparam() Théo Lebrun
2026-04-10 19:52 ` [PATCH net-next v2 14/14] net: macb: use context swapping in .ndo_change_mtu() Théo Lebrun
2026-04-10 19:58 ` [PATCH net-next v2 00/14] net: macb: implement context swapping Théo Lebrun
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