Patch "sfc: push partner queue for skb->xmit_more" has been added to the 4.3-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    sfc: push partner queue for skb->xmit_more

to the 4.3-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     sfc-push-partner-queue-for-skb-xmit_more.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.3 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From foo@baz Tue Nov 17 14:33:46 PST 2015
From: Martin Habets <mhabets@solarflare.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 12:51:31 +0000
Subject: sfc: push partner queue for skb->xmit_more

From: Martin Habets <mhabets@solarflare.com>

[ Upstream commit b2663a4f30e85ec606b806f5135413e6d5c78d1e ]

When the IP stack passes SKBs the sfc driver puts them in 2 different TX
queues (called partners), one for checksummed and one for not checksummed.
If the SKB has xmit_more set the driver will delay pushing the work to the
NIC.

When later it does decide to push the buffers this patch ensures it also
pushes the partner queue, if that also has any delayed work. Before this
fix the work in the partner queue would be left for a long time and cause
a netdev watchdog.

Fixes: 70b33fb ("sfc: add support for skb->xmit_more")
Reported-by: Jianlin Shi <jishi@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Habets <mhabets@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c       |    4 +++-
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c      |    4 +++-
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h |    2 ++
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tx.c         |   30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
@@ -1849,7 +1849,9 @@ static void efx_ef10_tx_write(struct efx
 	unsigned int write_ptr;
 	efx_qword_t *txd;
 
-	BUG_ON(tx_queue->write_count == tx_queue->insert_count);
+	tx_queue->xmit_more_available = false;
+	if (unlikely(tx_queue->write_count == tx_queue->insert_count))
+		return;
 
 	do {
 		write_ptr = tx_queue->write_count & tx_queue->ptr_mask;
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c
@@ -321,7 +321,9 @@ void efx_farch_tx_write(struct efx_tx_qu
 	unsigned write_ptr;
 	unsigned old_write_count = tx_queue->write_count;
 
-	BUG_ON(tx_queue->write_count == tx_queue->insert_count);
+	tx_queue->xmit_more_available = false;
+	if (unlikely(tx_queue->write_count == tx_queue->insert_count))
+		return;
 
 	do {
 		write_ptr = tx_queue->write_count & tx_queue->ptr_mask;
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ struct efx_tx_buffer {
  * @tso_packets: Number of packets via the TSO xmit path
  * @pushes: Number of times the TX push feature has been used
  * @pio_packets: Number of times the TX PIO feature has been used
+ * @xmit_more_available: Are any packets waiting to be pushed to the NIC
  * @empty_read_count: If the completion path has seen the queue as empty
  *	and the transmission path has not yet checked this, the value of
  *	@read_count bitwise-added to %EFX_EMPTY_COUNT_VALID; otherwise 0.
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ struct efx_tx_queue {
 	unsigned int tso_packets;
 	unsigned int pushes;
 	unsigned int pio_packets;
+	bool xmit_more_available;
 	/* Statistics to supplement MAC stats */
 	unsigned long tx_packets;
 
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tx.c
@@ -431,8 +431,20 @@ finish_packet:
 	efx_tx_maybe_stop_queue(tx_queue);
 
 	/* Pass off to hardware */
-	if (!skb->xmit_more || netif_xmit_stopped(tx_queue->core_txq))
+	if (!skb->xmit_more || netif_xmit_stopped(tx_queue->core_txq)) {
+		struct efx_tx_queue *txq2 = efx_tx_queue_partner(tx_queue);
+
+		/* There could be packets left on the partner queue if those
+		 * SKBs had skb->xmit_more set. If we do not push those they
+		 * could be left for a long time and cause a netdev watchdog.
+		 */
+		if (txq2->xmit_more_available)
+			efx_nic_push_buffers(txq2);
+
 		efx_nic_push_buffers(tx_queue);
+	} else {
+		tx_queue->xmit_more_available = skb->xmit_more;
+	}
 
 	tx_queue->tx_packets++;
 
@@ -722,6 +734,7 @@ void efx_init_tx_queue(struct efx_tx_que
 	tx_queue->read_count = 0;
 	tx_queue->old_read_count = 0;
 	tx_queue->empty_read_count = 0 | EFX_EMPTY_COUNT_VALID;
+	tx_queue->xmit_more_available = false;
 
 	/* Set up TX descriptor ring */
 	efx_nic_init_tx(tx_queue);
@@ -747,6 +760,7 @@ void efx_fini_tx_queue(struct efx_tx_que
 
 		++tx_queue->read_count;
 	}
+	tx_queue->xmit_more_available = false;
 	netdev_tx_reset_queue(tx_queue->core_txq);
 }
 
@@ -1302,8 +1316,20 @@ static int efx_enqueue_skb_tso(struct ef
 	efx_tx_maybe_stop_queue(tx_queue);
 
 	/* Pass off to hardware */
-	if (!skb->xmit_more || netif_xmit_stopped(tx_queue->core_txq))
+	if (!skb->xmit_more || netif_xmit_stopped(tx_queue->core_txq)) {
+		struct efx_tx_queue *txq2 = efx_tx_queue_partner(tx_queue);
+
+		/* There could be packets left on the partner queue if those
+		 * SKBs had skb->xmit_more set. If we do not push those they
+		 * could be left for a long time and cause a netdev watchdog.
+		 */
+		if (txq2->xmit_more_available)
+			efx_nic_push_buffers(txq2);
+
 		efx_nic_push_buffers(tx_queue);
+	} else {
+		tx_queue->xmit_more_available = skb->xmit_more;
+	}
 
 	tx_queue->tso_bursts++;
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mhabets@solarflare.com are

queue-4.3/sfc-push-partner-queue-for-skb-xmit_more.patch