Re: [RFC] net: stmmac: RX Jumbo packet size > 8191 problem

[Jose Abreu <jose.abreu@synopsys.com>]

On 25-10-2018 21:41, Thor Thayer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running into a weird issue at the DMA boundary for large
> packets (>8192) that I can't explain.  I'm hoping someone here
> has an idea on why I'm seeing this issue.
>
> This is the Synopsys DesignWare Ethernet GMAC core (3.74) using
> the stmmac driver found at drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac.
>
> If I ping with data sizes that exceed the first DMA buffer size
> (size set to 8191), ping reports a data mismatch as follows at
> byte #8144:
>
> $ ping -c 1 -M do -s 8150 192.168.1.99
> PING 192.168.1.99 (192.168.1.99) 8150(8178) bytes of data.
> 8158 bytes from 192.168.1.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.669 ms
> wrong data byte #8144 should be 0xd0 but was 0x0
> #16    10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22
> 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
> %< ---------------snip--------------------------------------
> #8112    b0 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 b9 ba bb bc bd be bf c0 c1
> c2 c3 c4 c5 c6 c7 c8 c9 ca cb cc cd ce cf
> #8144    0 0 0 0 d0 d1
>         ^^^^^^^
> Notice the 4 bytes of 0 there before the expected byte of d0. I
> confirmed the on-wire result with wireshark - same data packet
> as shown above.
>
> Looking at the queue, I'm seeing these values in the RX
> descriptors (I'm using ring mode, enhanced descriptors).
> 0xa0040320 0x9fff1fff 0x7a358042 0x7a35a042
>  ^des0      ^des1      ^des2      ^desc3
>
> desc0 => 8196 bytes, OWN, First & Last Descriptor, Frame type =
> Eth
> desc1 => Disable IRQ on done, Rx Buffer2 sz = 8191, Rx Buffer1
> sz = 8191
> desc2 => Buffer 1 Addr Pointer
> desc3 => Buffer 2 Addr Pointer
>
> If I adjust init_desc3() and refill_desc3() to initialize desc3
> to desc2+BUF_SIZE_8KiB-4, I get a descriptor as show below and
> ping completes successfully.
> 0xa0040320 0x9fff1fff 0x77df8042 0x77dfa03e
>                                   ^ this is now different
>
> But I'm not sure why the -4 works because desc3 overlaps into
> the end of the first DMA buffer area (des2) which is
> counterintuitive.

By databook you have to set buffer size as multiple of bus width
but you are setting 8191 so this is not correct.

Can you try changing ehn_desc_rx_set_on_ring() and remove the
subtraction, as well as in enh_desc_init_rx_desc() ?

Thanks and Best Regards,
Jose Miguel Abreu