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On EN7581 + MT7996 that change regresses probe: the mailbox completes successfully, but WLAN_FUNC_GET_WAIT_NPU_VERSION still reads as 0.0 and mt76 never binds NPU offload. Healthy boards report 0.1111. airoha_npu_send_msg() is also used from PPE foe_commit under spin_lock_bh(), so per-message dma_alloc_coherent(GFP_ATOMIC) is a poor fit. Allocate one device-managed coherent bounce buffer per NPU core at probe and reuse it under the existing per-core mailbox lock. That also keeps the buffer valid if the NPU completes a write after a mailbox timeout. Introduce __airoha_npu_send_msg() with an optional reply pointer so GET callers can copy the trailing response payload once. Keep airoha_npu_send_msg() as a thin wrapper for SET paths. Verified on Quantum Fiber / Gemtek W1700K (EN7581 + MT7996). Fixes: 6f884eb87a79 ("net: airoha: Fix DMA direction for NPU mailbox buffer") Link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mediatek/patch/20260805070851.2885888-1-pawlik.dan@gmail.com/ Link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mediatek/patch/20260806072601.1815487-1-pawlik.dan@gmail.com/ Assisted-by: Cursor:composer-2 Signed-off-by: Daniel Pawlik --- v4: - drop rsp_off; copy trailing reply_len bytes into reply pointer - split __airoha_npu_send_msg() + thin airoha_npu_send_msg() wrapper so SET callers stay unchanged - fix reverse-christmas-tree local variable ordering - constify data argument; clarify reply copy comment v3: - move coherent mailbox buffer into struct airoha_npu_core (buf/addr) - allocate one buffer per core at probe - add optional reply buffer to avoid the extra copy in airoha_npu_wlan_msg_get() - document AIROHA_NPU_MBOX_SIZE vs ppe_mbox_data / WLAN payloads v2: - allocate one coherent mailbox buffer at probe and reuse it under the per-core lock instead of per-message dma_alloc_coherent(GFP_ATOMIC) drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c | 70 +++++++++++++++++------ include/linux/soc/airoha/airoha_offload.h | 3 + 2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c index b679bed952de..74da3c4d06e4 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c @@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ #define NPU_EN7581_FIRMWARE_RV32_MAX_SIZE 0x200000 #define NPU_EN7581_FIRMWARE_DATA_MAX_SIZE 0x10000 #define NPU_DUMP_SIZE 512 +/* + * Mailbox DMA payload size. Covers sizeof(struct ppe_mbox_data) (28) and + * WLAN TLV messages (header + payload); largest in-tree WLAN payload today + * is 16 bytes (INODE_TXRX_REG_ADDR). Keep headroom for future commands. + */ +#define AIROHA_NPU_MBOX_SIZE 256 #define REG_NPU_LOCAL_SRAM 0x0 @@ -160,23 +166,32 @@ struct wlan_mbox_data { DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(u8, d); }; -static int airoha_npu_send_msg(struct airoha_npu *npu, int func_id, - void *p, int size) +static int __airoha_npu_send_msg(struct airoha_npu *npu, int func_id, + const void *data, int len, void *reply, + int reply_len) { - u16 core = 0; /* FIXME */ - u32 val, offset = core << 4; - dma_addr_t dma_addr; + struct airoha_npu_core *c = &npu->cores[0]; /* FIXME: core */ + u32 val, offset = 0; int ret; - dma_addr = dma_map_single(npu->dev, p, size, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL); - ret = dma_mapping_error(npu->dev, dma_addr); - if (ret) - return ret; + if (len > AIROHA_NPU_MBOX_SIZE || + (reply && (reply_len < 0 || reply_len > len))) + return -EINVAL; - spin_lock_bh(&npu->cores[core].lock); + /* + * Mailbox payloads are bidirectional (CPU request, NPU response). + * On EN7581+MT7996, streaming DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL against the + * caller kzalloc() buffer can leave WLAN_FUNC_GET_WAIT_NPU_VERSION + * reading as 0.0 despite MBOX success. Reuse a probe-time coherent + * bounce buffer under the per-core lock (also used from PPE + * foe_commit under atomic context). + */ + spin_lock_bh(&c->lock); + + memcpy(c->buf, data, len); - regmap_write(npu->regmap, REG_CR_MBQ0_CTRL(0) + offset, dma_addr); - regmap_write(npu->regmap, REG_CR_MBQ0_CTRL(1) + offset, size); + regmap_write(npu->regmap, REG_CR_MBQ0_CTRL(0) + offset, c->addr); + regmap_write(npu->regmap, REG_CR_MBQ0_CTRL(1) + offset, len); regmap_read(npu->regmap, REG_CR_MBQ0_CTRL(2) + offset, &val); regmap_write(npu->regmap, REG_CR_MBQ0_CTRL(2) + offset, val + 1); val = FIELD_PREP(MBOX_MSG_FUNC_ID, func_id) | MBOX_MSG_WAIT_RSP; @@ -189,13 +204,21 @@ static int airoha_npu_send_msg(struct airoha_npu *npu, int func_id, if (!ret && FIELD_GET(MBOX_MSG_STATUS, val) != NPU_MBOX_SUCCESS) ret = -EINVAL; - spin_unlock_bh(&npu->cores[core].lock); + /* Copy the trailing reply_len bytes of the response. */ + if (!ret && reply) + memcpy(reply, c->buf + len - reply_len, reply_len); - dma_unmap_single(npu->dev, dma_addr, size, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL); + spin_unlock_bh(&c->lock); return ret; } +static inline int airoha_npu_send_msg(struct airoha_npu *npu, int func_id, + const void *data, int len) +{ + return __airoha_npu_send_msg(npu, func_id, data, len, NULL, 0); +} + static int airoha_npu_load_firmware(struct device *dev, void __iomem *addr, const char *fw_name, int fw_max_size) { @@ -442,8 +465,9 @@ static int airoha_npu_ppe_stats_setup(struct airoha_npu *npu, ppe_data->func_id = PPE_FUNC_SET_WAIT_FLOW_STATS_SETUP; ppe_data->stats_info.foe_stats_addr = foe_stats_addr; - err = airoha_npu_send_msg(npu, NPU_FUNC_PPE, ppe_data, - sizeof(*ppe_data)); + err = __airoha_npu_send_msg(npu, NPU_FUNC_PPE, ppe_data, + sizeof(*ppe_data), ppe_data, + sizeof(*ppe_data)); if (err) goto out; @@ -497,9 +521,8 @@ static int airoha_npu_wlan_msg_get(struct airoha_npu *npu, int ifindex, wlan_data->func_type = NPU_OP_GET; wlan_data->func_id = func_id; - err = airoha_npu_send_msg(npu, NPU_FUNC_WIFI, wlan_data, len); - if (!err) - memcpy(data, wlan_data->d, data_len); + err = __airoha_npu_send_msg(npu, NPU_FUNC_WIFI, wlan_data, len, + data, data_len); kfree(wlan_data); return err; @@ -770,6 +793,15 @@ static int airoha_npu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (err) return err; + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(npu->cores); i++) { + struct airoha_npu_core *core = &npu->cores[i]; + + core->buf = dmam_alloc_coherent(dev, AIROHA_NPU_MBOX_SIZE, + &core->addr, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!core->buf) + return -ENOMEM; + } + err = airoha_npu_run_firmware(dev, base, &res); if (err) return dev_err_probe(dev, err, "failed to run npu firmware\n"); diff --git a/include/linux/soc/airoha/airoha_offload.h b/include/linux/soc/airoha/airoha_offload.h index 7589fccfeef6..16a988ad7467 100644 --- a/include/linux/soc/airoha/airoha_offload.h +++ b/include/linux/soc/airoha/airoha_offload.h @@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ struct airoha_npu { /* protect concurrent npu memory accesses */ spinlock_t lock; struct work_struct wdt_work; + /* Coherent bounce buffer for mailbox cmd/rsp */ + void *buf; + dma_addr_t addr; } cores[NPU_NUM_CORES]; int irqs[NPU_NUM_IRQ]; -- 2.55.0