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* [PATCH net v2 0/2] sfc: fix PTP synchronization races
@ 2026-10-15 11:41 Alex Austin
  2026-10-15 11:41 ` [PATCH net v2 1/2] sfc: ptp: serialize host and MC synchronization transactions Alex Austin
  2026-10-15 11:41 ` [PATCH net v2 2/2] sfc: ptp: avoid racing PPS timestamp updates Alex Austin
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alex Austin @ 2026-10-15 11:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Edward Cree, Andrew Lunn, David S . Miller, Eric Dumazet,
	Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni
  Cc: Richard Cochran, Alejandro Lucero, Pieter Jansen van Vuuren,
	netdev, linux-kernel, Alex Austin

This series fixes PTP synchronization races found by code inspection.

efx_ptp_pps_worker() and the SIOCSHWTSTAMP path through
efx_ptp_change_mode() both call efx_ptp_synchronize(). Concurrent calls
can interfere with the shared DMA handshake and the shared timeset
results, because the MCDI interface is released inside
efx_mcdi_rpc_finish() and acquired after the handshake flag is cleared.
Patch 1 serializes a function's synchronization transactions and clock
operations under a new mutex. Patch 2 returns the PPS timestamp in
caller-owned storage to prevent concurrent synchronization from
overwriting it while the PPS worker reads it.

Tested on two hosts with X2522-25G NICs cabled back to back at 25G.
Both PCI functions share one clock.

Clock operations on the function that registers the clock were run
against repeated efx_ptp_change_mode() -> efx_ptp_synchronize() on the
other function:

  hwstamp_ctl -i ens41f0np0 -r 1 -t 1
  hwstamp_ctl -i ens41f1np1 -r 1 -t 1

  for i in $(seq 150); do
          phc_ctl /dev/ptp1 freq 1000
          phc_ctl /dev/ptp1 adj 0.0001
          phc_ctl /dev/ptp1 get
  done &
  for i in $(seq 40); do
          hwstamp_ctl -i ens41f1np1 -r 0 -t 0
          hwstamp_ctl -i ens41f1np1 -r 1 -t 1
  done &
  wait

  ethtool -S ens41f1np1 | grep ptp_

                                without    with
  ptp_good_syncs                     400     400
  ptp_bad_syncs                        0       0
  ptp_sync_timeouts                    0       0
  ptp_no_time_syncs                    0       0
  ptp_invalid_sync_windows             0       0
  ptp_undersize_sync_windows           0       8
  ptp_oversize_sync_windows            0       0

The undersize counter rejects readings as implausibly fast rather than
inaccurate. FW reports a 40ns minimum sync window; without the series
the fastest readings sit exactly on that limit, and with it they sit a
few nanoseconds below. The shift tracks the barrier in the mutex
acquisition rather than the serialization it provides: an smp_mb()
alone where the mutex is taken reproduces the counter on an otherwise
unmodified driver, while a plain memory access there does not. No
synchronization failed: each takes eight readings and needs one to
succeed.

End-to-end PTP sync quality is unchanged (tested with ptp4l and
phc2sys).

Changes since v1:
 - document in efx_ptp_synchronize() why a secondary function needs no
   cross-function locking.
 - take phc_lock in efx_ptp_start() around the current_adjfreq reset
 - do not take phc_lock in efx_phc_gettime(): it reads no shared state
   and MCDI already serializes the command, so _efx_phc_gettime() is
   gone and efx_phc_settime() calls efx_phc_gettime() under the lock
 - keep the comment above efx_phc_settime() (Edward Cree)
 - add the test results above
 - return the PPS timestamp through the caller's own pps_event_time
   rather than adding a struct.

Alex Austin (2):
  sfc: ptp: serialize host and MC synchronization transactions
  sfc: ptp: avoid racing PPS timestamp updates

 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c | 109 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH net v2 1/2] sfc: ptp: serialize host and MC synchronization transactions
  2026-10-15 11:41 [PATCH net v2 0/2] sfc: fix PTP synchronization races Alex Austin
@ 2026-10-15 11:41 ` Alex Austin
  2026-10-15 11:41 ` [PATCH net v2 2/2] sfc: ptp: avoid racing PPS timestamp updates Alex Austin
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alex Austin @ 2026-10-15 11:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Edward Cree, Andrew Lunn, David S . Miller, Eric Dumazet,
	Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni
  Cc: Richard Cochran, Alejandro Lucero, Pieter Jansen van Vuuren,
	netdev, linux-kernel, Alex Austin

efx_ptp_synchronize() clears the MC-ready DMA flag before
efx_mcdi_rpc_start() acquires the MCDI interface, and processes results
into ptp->timeset[] after efx_mcdi_rpc_finish() has released it. The PPS
worker and the hwtstamp enable path can therefore clobber each other's
handshake flag and timesets.

Hold a PHC mutex across the whole transaction and over the clock
operations, so efx_phc_settime() reads and adjusts atomically and
current_adjfreq cannot be torn by the reset in efx_ptp_start(). Also
bail out when efx_mcdi_rpc_start() fails rather than finishing an RPC
that was never acquired.

Fixes: 7c236c43b838 ("sfc: Add support for IEEE-1588 PTP")
Signed-off-by: Alex Austin <alex.austin@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Pieter Jansen van Vuuren <pieter.jansen-van-vuuren@amd.com>
Acked-by: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
index 6ca9a75..c2f8b94 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/pps_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h>
 #include "net_driver.h"
@@ -272,6 +273,8 @@ struct efx_ptp_rxfilter {
  * frequency adjustment into a fixed point fractional nanosecond format.
  * @current_adjfreq: Current ppb adjustment.
  * @phc_clock: Pointer to registered phc device (if primary function)
+ * @phc_lock: Serializes PHC commands and synchronization, and protects
+ *	      @current_adjfreq
  * @phc_clock_info: Registration structure for phc device
  * @pps_work: pps work task for handling pps events
  * @pps_workwq: pps work queue
@@ -331,6 +334,7 @@ struct efx_ptp_data {
 	unsigned int adjfreq_ppb_shift;
 	s64 current_adjfreq;
 	struct ptp_clock *phc_clock;
+	struct mutex phc_lock;
 	struct ptp_clock_info phc_clock_info;
 	struct work_struct pps_work;
 	struct workqueue_struct *pps_workwq;
@@ -1008,7 +1012,14 @@ efx_ptp_process_times(struct efx_nic *efx, MCDI_DECLARE_STRUCT_PTR(synch_buf),
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Synchronize times between the host and the MC */
+/* Synchronize times between the host and the MC.
+ *
+ * The MC serializes PTP requests, so MC_CMD_PTP_OP_ADJUST cannot be applied
+ * while MC_CMD_PTP_OP_SYNCHRONIZE is collecting timesets. This holds across
+ * functions of a controller, which share the clock but adjust it only through
+ * the function that registered it, so a secondary function can capture here
+ * without serializing against the primary.
+ */
 static int efx_ptp_synchronize(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned int num_readings)
 {
 	struct efx_ptp_data *ptp = efx->ptp_data;
@@ -1027,11 +1038,14 @@ static int efx_ptp_synchronize(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned int num_readings)
 	MCDI_SET_QWORD(synch_buf, PTP_IN_SYNCHRONIZE_START_ADDR,
 		       ptp->start.dma_addr);
 
+	mutex_lock(&ptp->phc_lock);
+
 	/* Clear flag that signals MC ready */
 	WRITE_ONCE(*start, 0);
 	rc = efx_mcdi_rpc_start(efx, MC_CMD_PTP, synch_buf,
 				MC_CMD_PTP_IN_SYNCHRONIZE_LEN);
-	EFX_WARN_ON_ONCE_PARANOID(rc);
+	if (rc)
+		goto out;
 
 	/* Wait for start from MCDI (or timeout) */
 	timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(MAX_SYNCHRONISE_WAIT_MS);
@@ -1062,11 +1076,13 @@ static int efx_ptp_synchronize(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned int num_readings)
 			++ptp->no_time_syncs;
 	}
 
+out:
 	/* Increment the bad syncs counter if the synchronize fails, whatever
 	 * the reason.
 	 */
 	if (rc != 0)
 		++ptp->bad_syncs;
+	mutex_unlock(&ptp->phc_lock);
 
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -1446,7 +1462,9 @@ static int efx_ptp_start(struct efx_nic *efx)
 		goto fail;
 
 	ptp->evt_frag_idx = 0;
+	mutex_lock(&ptp->phc_lock);
 	ptp->current_adjfreq = 0;
+	mutex_unlock(&ptp->phc_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1570,6 +1588,7 @@ int efx_ptp_probe(struct efx_nic *efx, struct efx_channel *channel)
 	if (!efx->ptp_data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	mutex_init(&ptp->phc_lock);
 	ptp->efx = efx;
 	ptp->channel = channel;
 
@@ -1641,6 +1660,7 @@ fail2:
 	efx_nic_free_buffer(efx, &ptp->start);
 
 fail1:
+	mutex_destroy(&ptp->phc_lock);
 	kfree(efx->ptp_data);
 	efx->ptp_data = NULL;
 
@@ -1695,6 +1715,7 @@ void efx_ptp_remove(struct efx_nic *efx)
 	destroy_workqueue(efx->ptp_data->workwq);
 
 	efx_nic_free_buffer(efx, &efx->ptp_data->start);
+	mutex_destroy(&efx->ptp_data->phc_lock);
 	kfree(efx->ptp_data);
 	efx->ptp_data = NULL;
 }
@@ -2106,23 +2127,23 @@ static int efx_phc_adjfine(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp, long scaled_ppm)
 	MCDI_SET_QWORD(inadj, PTP_IN_ADJUST_FREQ, adjustment_ns);
 	MCDI_SET_DWORD(inadj, PTP_IN_ADJUST_SECONDS, 0);
 	MCDI_SET_DWORD(inadj, PTP_IN_ADJUST_NANOSECONDS, 0);
+	mutex_lock(&ptp_data->phc_lock);
 	rc = efx_mcdi_rpc(efx, MC_CMD_PTP, inadj, sizeof(inadj),
 			  NULL, 0, NULL);
-	if (rc != 0)
-		return rc;
-
-	ptp_data->current_adjfreq = adjustment_ns;
-	return 0;
+	if (!rc)
+		ptp_data->current_adjfreq = adjustment_ns;
+	mutex_unlock(&ptp_data->phc_lock);
+	return rc;
 }
 
-static int efx_phc_adjtime(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp, s64 delta)
+static int _efx_phc_adjtime(struct efx_ptp_data *ptp_data, s64 delta)
+	__must_hold(&ptp_data->phc_lock)
 {
-	u32 nic_major, nic_minor;
-	struct efx_ptp_data *ptp_data = container_of(ptp,
-						     struct efx_ptp_data,
-						     phc_clock_info);
-	struct efx_nic *efx = ptp_data->efx;
 	MCDI_DECLARE_BUF(inbuf, MC_CMD_PTP_IN_ADJUST_LEN);
+	struct efx_nic *efx = ptp_data->efx;
+	u32 nic_major, nic_minor;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&ptp_data->phc_lock);
 
 	efx->ptp_data->ns_to_nic_time(delta, &nic_major, &nic_minor);
 
@@ -2135,6 +2156,18 @@ static int efx_phc_adjtime(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp, s64 delta)
 			    NULL, 0, NULL);
 }
 
+static int efx_phc_adjtime(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp, s64 delta)
+{
+	struct efx_ptp_data *ptp_data = container_of(ptp, struct efx_ptp_data,
+						  phc_clock_info);
+	int rc;
+
+	mutex_lock(&ptp_data->phc_lock);
+	rc = _efx_phc_adjtime(ptp_data, delta);
+	mutex_unlock(&ptp_data->phc_lock);
+	return rc;
+}
+
 static int efx_phc_gettime(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp, struct timespec64 *ts)
 {
 	struct efx_ptp_data *ptp_data = container_of(ptp,
@@ -2166,23 +2199,21 @@ static int efx_phc_settime(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp,
 {
 	/* Get the current NIC time, efx_phc_gettime.
 	 * Subtract from the desired time to get the offset
-	 * call efx_phc_adjtime with the offset
+	 * call _efx_phc_adjtime with the offset
 	 */
+	struct efx_ptp_data *ptp_data = container_of(ptp, struct efx_ptp_data,
+						  phc_clock_info);
+	struct timespec64 time_now, delta;
 	int rc;
-	struct timespec64 time_now;
-	struct timespec64 delta;
 
+	mutex_lock(&ptp_data->phc_lock);
 	rc = efx_phc_gettime(ptp, &time_now);
-	if (rc != 0)
-		return rc;
-
-	delta = timespec64_sub(*e_ts, time_now);
-
-	rc = efx_phc_adjtime(ptp, timespec64_to_ns(&delta));
-	if (rc != 0)
-		return rc;
-
-	return 0;
+	if (!rc) {
+		delta = timespec64_sub(*e_ts, time_now);
+		rc = _efx_phc_adjtime(ptp_data, timespec64_to_ns(&delta));
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&ptp_data->phc_lock);
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static int efx_phc_enable(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp,
-- 
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* [PATCH net v2 2/2] sfc: ptp: avoid racing PPS timestamp updates
  2026-10-15 11:41 [PATCH net v2 0/2] sfc: fix PTP synchronization races Alex Austin
  2026-10-15 11:41 ` [PATCH net v2 1/2] sfc: ptp: serialize host and MC synchronization transactions Alex Austin
@ 2026-10-15 11:41 ` Alex Austin
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alex Austin @ 2026-10-15 11:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Edward Cree, Andrew Lunn, David S . Miller, Eric Dumazet,
	Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni
  Cc: Richard Cochran, Alejandro Lucero, Pieter Jansen van Vuuren,
	netdev, linux-kernel, Alex Austin

efx_ptp_pps_worker() can race with SIOCHWTSTAMP via
efx_ptp_change_mode(). After the worker completes synchronization, the
ioctl can start another synchronization and update host_time_pps while
the worker copies it into the PPS event. This can report a partially
updated timestamp. Serializing synchronization transactions alone does
not protect this copy, which happens after phc_lock is released.

Return the timestamp through the caller's own pps_event_time rather
than the shared field in efx_ptp_data, so the worker reads storage no
one else can write.

Fixes: 7c236c43b838 ("sfc: Add support for IEEE-1588 PTP")
Signed-off-by: Alex Austin <alex.austin@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Pieter Jansen van Vuuren <pieter.jansen-van-vuuren@amd.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
index c2f8b94..116b380 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ struct efx_ptp_rxfilter {
  * @evt_frag_idx: Current fragment number
  * @evt_code: Last event code
  * @start: Address at which MC indicates ready for synchronisation
- * @host_time_pps: Host time at last PPS
  * @adjfreq_ppb_shift: Shift required to convert scaled parts-per-billion
  * frequency adjustment into a fixed point fractional nanosecond format.
  * @current_adjfreq: Current ppb adjustment.
@@ -330,7 +329,6 @@ struct efx_ptp_data {
 	int evt_frag_idx;
 	int evt_code;
 	struct efx_buffer start;
-	struct pps_event_time host_time_pps;
 	unsigned int adjfreq_ppb_shift;
 	s64 current_adjfreq;
 	struct ptp_clock *phc_clock;
@@ -912,7 +910,8 @@ static void efx_ptp_read_timeset(MCDI_DECLARE_STRUCT_PTR(data),
 static int
 efx_ptp_process_times(struct efx_nic *efx, MCDI_DECLARE_STRUCT_PTR(synch_buf),
 		      size_t response_length,
-		      const struct pps_event_time *last_time)
+		      const struct pps_event_time *last_time,
+		      struct pps_event_time *host_time_pps)
 {
 	unsigned number_readings =
 		MCDI_VAR_ARRAY_LEN(response_length,
@@ -990,6 +989,10 @@ efx_ptp_process_times(struct efx_nic *efx, MCDI_DECLARE_STRUCT_PTR(synch_buf),
 			   "PTP bad synchronisation seconds\n");
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
+
+	if (!host_time_pps)
+		return 0;
+
 	delta.tv_sec = (last_sec - start_sec) & 1;
 	delta.tv_nsec =
 		last_time->ts_real.tv_nsec -
@@ -1006,8 +1009,8 @@ efx_ptp_process_times(struct efx_nic *efx, MCDI_DECLARE_STRUCT_PTR(synch_buf),
 	delta.tv_nsec += ktime_to_timespec64(mc_time).tv_nsec;
 
 	/* Set PPS timestamp to match NIC top of second */
-	ptp->host_time_pps = *last_time;
-	pps_sub_ts(&ptp->host_time_pps, delta);
+	*host_time_pps = *last_time;
+	pps_sub_ts(host_time_pps, delta);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1020,7 +1023,8 @@ efx_ptp_process_times(struct efx_nic *efx, MCDI_DECLARE_STRUCT_PTR(synch_buf),
  * the function that registered it, so a secondary function can capture here
  * without serializing against the primary.
  */
-static int efx_ptp_synchronize(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned int num_readings)
+static int efx_ptp_synchronize(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned int num_readings,
+			       struct pps_event_time *host_time_pps)
 {
 	struct efx_ptp_data *ptp = efx->ptp_data;
 	MCDI_DECLARE_BUF(synch_buf, MC_CMD_PTP_OUT_SYNCHRONIZE_LENMAX);
@@ -1069,7 +1073,7 @@ static int efx_ptp_synchronize(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned int num_readings)
 				 &response_length);
 	if (rc == 0) {
 		rc = efx_ptp_process_times(efx, synch_buf, response_length,
-					   &last_time);
+					   &last_time, host_time_pps);
 		if (rc == 0)
 			++ptp->good_syncs;
 		else
@@ -1504,14 +1508,15 @@ static void efx_ptp_pps_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct efx_ptp_data *ptp =
 		container_of(work, struct efx_ptp_data, pps_work);
+	struct pps_event_time host_time_pps = {};
 	struct efx_nic *efx = ptp->efx;
 	struct ptp_clock_event ptp_evt;
 
-	if (efx_ptp_synchronize(efx, PTP_SYNC_ATTEMPTS))
+	if (efx_ptp_synchronize(efx, PTP_SYNC_ATTEMPTS, &host_time_pps))
 		return;
 
 	ptp_evt.type = PTP_CLOCK_PPSUSR;
-	ptp_evt.pps_times = ptp->host_time_pps;
+	ptp_evt.pps_times = host_time_pps;
 	ptp_clock_event(ptp->phc_clock, &ptp_evt);
 }
 
@@ -1847,7 +1852,8 @@ int efx_ptp_change_mode(struct efx_nic *efx, bool enable_wanted,
 				rc = efx_ptp_start(efx);
 			if (rc == 0) {
 				rc = efx_ptp_synchronize(efx,
-							 PTP_SYNC_ATTEMPTS * 2);
+							 PTP_SYNC_ATTEMPTS * 2,
+							 NULL);
 				if (rc != 0)
 					efx_ptp_stop(efx);
 			}
-- 
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