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    SubjectRe: via-rhine: Problem with lost link after a while
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    11. apr. 2012 00.55 skrev Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>:
    > Bjarke Istrup Pedersen <gurligebis@gentoo.org> :
    >> 10. apr. 2012 22.42 skrev Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>:
    > [...]
    >> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;h=3f8c91a7398b9266fbe7abcbe4bd5dffef907643
    > [...]
    >> Great, I'll try a 3.4-rc2 kernel, and see how it runs.
    >>
    >> The thread I was talking about earlier is here:
    >> http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2012-April/018318.html
    >> Is there any of the changes he has there, that makes sense in the new
    >> driver you wrote ?
    >
    > (I did not write a new driver)

    Sorry, bad choice of words, meant fixed some issues with the driver :)

    > Regarding Svenning's patch:
    > - the wmb in alloc_rbufs may help rhine_reset_task().
    > - one should probably add one in rhine_rx() as well.
    > - rhine_start_tx() is supposed to stop queueing when there is no room left.
    >  I'm curious to know if the "Tx descriptor busy" test triggered.
    > - the rmb() in rhine_tx() will not make a difference for a single core but
    >  it's a good reminder that I should not have forgotten to propagate the
    >  xmit / Tx completion fix back from the r8169 driver to the via-rhine one
    >  (sigh)
    >
    > mmiowb is probably missing. I doubt it hits hard right now.

    I'll give it a spin tomorrow, and see how it runs :)

    > I have not checked if MMIO flushes are missing. Actually I need some sleep.
    >
    > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c
    > index fcfa01f..dfa9fc0 100644
    > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c
    > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c
    > @@ -1163,6 +1163,7 @@ static void alloc_rbufs(struct net_device *dev)
    >                                       PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
    >
    >                rp->rx_ring[i].addr = cpu_to_le32(rp->rx_skbuff_dma[i]);
    > +               wmb();
    >                rp->rx_ring[i].rx_status = cpu_to_le32(DescOwn);
    >        }
    >        rp->dirty_rx = (unsigned int)(i - RX_RING_SIZE);
    > @@ -1709,8 +1710,13 @@ static netdev_tx_t rhine_start_tx(struct sk_buff *skb,
    >               ioaddr + ChipCmd1);
    >        IOSYNC;
    >
    > -       if (rp->cur_tx == rp->dirty_tx + TX_QUEUE_LEN)
    > +       if (rp->cur_tx == rp->dirty_tx + TX_QUEUE_LEN) {
    > +               smp_wmb();
    >                netif_stop_queue(dev);
    > +               smp_mb();
    > +               if (rp->cur_tx != rp->dirty_tx + TX_QUEUE_LEN)
    > +                       netif_wake_queue(dev);
    > +       }
    >
    >        netif_dbg(rp, tx_queued, dev, "Transmit frame #%d queued in slot %d\n",
    >                  rp->cur_tx - 1, entry);
    > @@ -1759,6 +1765,7 @@ static void rhine_tx(struct net_device *dev)
    >        struct rhine_private *rp = netdev_priv(dev);
    >        int txstatus = 0, entry = rp->dirty_tx % TX_RING_SIZE;
    >
    > +       smp_rmb();
    >        /* find and cleanup dirty tx descriptors */
    >        while (rp->dirty_tx != rp->cur_tx) {
    >                txstatus = le32_to_cpu(rp->tx_ring[entry].tx_status);
    > @@ -1806,8 +1813,12 @@ static void rhine_tx(struct net_device *dev)
    >                rp->tx_skbuff[entry] = NULL;
    >                entry = (++rp->dirty_tx) % TX_RING_SIZE;
    >        }
    > -       if ((rp->cur_tx - rp->dirty_tx) < TX_QUEUE_LEN - 4)
    > +
    > +       smp_mb();
    > +       if (netif_queue_stopped(dev) &&
    > +           (rp->cur_tx - rp->dirty_tx) < TX_QUEUE_LEN - 4) {
    >                netif_wake_queue(dev);
    > +       }
    >  }
    >
    >  /**
    > @@ -1947,6 +1958,7 @@ static int rhine_rx(struct net_device *dev, int limit)
    >                                               PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
    >                        rp->rx_ring[entry].addr = cpu_to_le32(rp->rx_skbuff_dma[entry]);
    >                }
    > +               wmb();
    >                rp->rx_ring[entry].rx_status = cpu_to_le32(DescOwn);
    >        }
    >
    > --
    > Ueimor
    >
    > Will code drivers for food.
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