ACK/cmnt: [PATCH] net: qcom/emac: do not use hardware mdio automatic polling

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Wed Jun 21 07:50:13 UTC 2017


On 07.06.2017 00:00, Manoj Iyer wrote:
> From: Timur Tabi <timur at codeaurora.org>
> 
> Use software polling (PHY_POLL) to check for link state changes instead
> of relying on the EMAC's hardware polling feature.  Some PHY drivers
> are unable to get a functioning link because the HW polling is not
> robust enough.
> 
> The EMAC is able to poll the PHY on the MDIO bus looking for link state
> changes (via the Link Status bit in the Status Register at address 0x1).
> When the link state changes, the EMAC triggers an interrupt and tells the
> driver what the new state is.  The feature eliminates the need for
> software to poll the MDIO bus.
> 
> Unfortunately, this feature is incompatible with phylib, because it
> ignores everything that the PHY core and PHY drivers are trying to do.
> In particular:
> 
> 1. It assumes a compatible register set, so PHYs with different registers
>    may not work.
> 
> 2. It doesn't allow for hardware errata that have work-arounds implemented
>    in the PHY driver.
> 
> 3. It doesn't support multiple register pages. If the PHY core switches
>    the register set to another page, the EMAC won't know the page has
>    changed and will still attempt to read the same PHY register.
> 
> 4. It only checks the copper side of the link, not the SGMII side.  Some
>    PHY drivers (e.g. at803x) may also check the SGMII side, and
>    report the link as not ready during autonegotiation if the SGMII link
>    is still down.  Phylib then waits for another interrupt to query
>    the PHY again, but the EMAC won't send another interrupt because it
>    thinks the link is up.
> 
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1696143
> 
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # 4.11.x
> Tested-by: Manoj Iyer <manoj.iyer at canonical.com>
> Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur at codeaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
> (cherry picked from commit 246096690be0742d9bb5f3456d2cb95b68f7b46d)
> Signed-off-by: Manoj Iyer <manoj.iyer at canonical.com>
Acked-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>

> ---

Appears to be upstream with the same sha1 (at least by now.

-Stefan

>  drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-mac.c |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-phy.c | 75 ++-------------------------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac.c     | 22 +-------
>  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-mac.c
> index 824aa97e055d..ee6f84efe942 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-mac.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-mac.c
> @@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ int emac_mac_up(struct emac_adapter *adpt)
>  	emac_mac_config(adpt);
>  	emac_mac_rx_descs_refill(adpt, &adpt->rx_q);
>  
> -	adpt->phydev->irq = PHY_IGNORE_INTERRUPT;
> +	adpt->phydev->irq = PHY_POLL;
>  	ret = phy_connect_direct(netdev, adpt->phydev, emac_adjust_link,
>  				 PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII);
>  	if (ret) {
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-phy.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-phy.c
> index 441c19366489..18461fcb9815 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-phy.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-phy.c
> @@ -13,15 +13,11 @@
>  /* Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. EMAC PHY Controller driver.
>   */
>  
> -#include <linux/module.h>
> -#include <linux/of.h>
> -#include <linux/of_net.h>
>  #include <linux/of_mdio.h>
>  #include <linux/phy.h>
>  #include <linux/iopoll.h>
>  #include <linux/acpi.h>
>  #include "emac.h"
> -#include "emac-mac.h"
>  
>  /* EMAC base register offsets */
>  #define EMAC_MDIO_CTRL                                        0x001414
> @@ -52,62 +48,10 @@
>  
>  #define MDIO_WAIT_TIMES                                           1000
>  
> -#define EMAC_LINK_SPEED_DEFAULT (\
> -		EMAC_LINK_SPEED_10_HALF  |\
> -		EMAC_LINK_SPEED_10_FULL  |\
> -		EMAC_LINK_SPEED_100_HALF |\
> -		EMAC_LINK_SPEED_100_FULL |\
> -		EMAC_LINK_SPEED_1GB_FULL)
> -
> -/**
> - * emac_phy_mdio_autopoll_disable() - disable mdio autopoll
> - * @adpt: the emac adapter
> - *
> - * The autopoll feature takes over the MDIO bus.  In order for
> - * the PHY driver to be able to talk to the PHY over the MDIO
> - * bus, we need to temporarily disable the autopoll feature.
> - */
> -static int emac_phy_mdio_autopoll_disable(struct emac_adapter *adpt)
> -{
> -	u32 val;
> -
> -	/* disable autopoll */
> -	emac_reg_update32(adpt->base + EMAC_MDIO_CTRL, MDIO_AP_EN, 0);
> -
> -	/* wait for any mdio polling to complete */
> -	if (!readl_poll_timeout(adpt->base + EMAC_MDIO_CTRL, val,
> -				!(val & MDIO_BUSY), 100, MDIO_WAIT_TIMES * 100))
> -		return 0;
> -
> -	/* failed to disable; ensure it is enabled before returning */
> -	emac_reg_update32(adpt->base + EMAC_MDIO_CTRL, 0, MDIO_AP_EN);
> -
> -	return -EBUSY;
> -}
> -
> -/**
> - * emac_phy_mdio_autopoll_disable() - disable mdio autopoll
> - * @adpt: the emac adapter
> - *
> - * The EMAC has the ability to poll the external PHY on the MDIO
> - * bus for link state changes.  This eliminates the need for the
> - * driver to poll the phy.  If if the link state does change,
> - * the EMAC issues an interrupt on behalf of the PHY.
> - */
> -static void emac_phy_mdio_autopoll_enable(struct emac_adapter *adpt)
> -{
> -	emac_reg_update32(adpt->base + EMAC_MDIO_CTRL, 0, MDIO_AP_EN);
> -}
> -
>  static int emac_mdio_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, int regnum)
>  {
>  	struct emac_adapter *adpt = bus->priv;
>  	u32 reg;
> -	int ret;
> -
> -	ret = emac_phy_mdio_autopoll_disable(adpt);
> -	if (ret)
> -		return ret;
>  
>  	emac_reg_update32(adpt->base + EMAC_PHY_STS, PHY_ADDR_BMSK,
>  			  (addr << PHY_ADDR_SHFT));
> @@ -122,24 +66,15 @@ static int emac_mdio_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, int regnum)
>  	if (readl_poll_timeout(adpt->base + EMAC_MDIO_CTRL, reg,
>  			       !(reg & (MDIO_START | MDIO_BUSY)),
>  			       100, MDIO_WAIT_TIMES * 100))
> -		ret = -EIO;
> -	else
> -		ret = (reg >> MDIO_DATA_SHFT) & MDIO_DATA_BMSK;
> +		return -EIO;
>  
> -	emac_phy_mdio_autopoll_enable(adpt);
> -
> -	return ret;
> +	return (reg >> MDIO_DATA_SHFT) & MDIO_DATA_BMSK;
>  }
>  
>  static int emac_mdio_write(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, int regnum, u16 val)
>  {
>  	struct emac_adapter *adpt = bus->priv;
>  	u32 reg;
> -	int ret;
> -
> -	ret = emac_phy_mdio_autopoll_disable(adpt);
> -	if (ret)
> -		return ret;
>  
>  	emac_reg_update32(adpt->base + EMAC_PHY_STS, PHY_ADDR_BMSK,
>  			  (addr << PHY_ADDR_SHFT));
> @@ -155,11 +90,9 @@ static int emac_mdio_write(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, int regnum, u16 val)
>  	if (readl_poll_timeout(adpt->base + EMAC_MDIO_CTRL, reg,
>  			       !(reg & (MDIO_START | MDIO_BUSY)), 100,
>  			       MDIO_WAIT_TIMES * 100))
> -		ret = -EIO;
> +		return -EIO;
>  
> -	emac_phy_mdio_autopoll_enable(adpt);
> -
> -	return ret;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  /* Configure the MDIO bus and connect the external PHY */
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac.c
> index 350d2362ddae..977aa31b6371 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac.c
> @@ -50,19 +50,7 @@
>  #define DMAR_DLY_CNT_DEF				    15
>  #define DMAW_DLY_CNT_DEF				     4
>  
> -#define IMR_NORMAL_MASK         (\
> -		ISR_ERROR       |\
> -		ISR_GPHY_LINK   |\
> -		ISR_TX_PKT      |\
> -		GPHY_WAKEUP_INT)
> -
> -#define IMR_EXTENDED_MASK       (\
> -		SW_MAN_INT      |\
> -		ISR_OVER        |\
> -		ISR_ERROR       |\
> -		ISR_GPHY_LINK   |\
> -		ISR_TX_PKT      |\
> -		GPHY_WAKEUP_INT)
> +#define IMR_NORMAL_MASK		(ISR_ERROR | ISR_OVER | ISR_TX_PKT)
>  
>  #define ISR_TX_PKT      (\
>  	TX_PKT_INT      |\
> @@ -70,10 +58,6 @@
>  	TX_PKT_INT2     |\
>  	TX_PKT_INT3)
>  
> -#define ISR_GPHY_LINK        (\
> -	GPHY_LINK_UP_INT     |\
> -	GPHY_LINK_DOWN_INT)
> -
>  #define ISR_OVER        (\
>  	RFD0_UR_INT     |\
>  	RFD1_UR_INT     |\
> @@ -187,10 +171,6 @@ irqreturn_t emac_isr(int _irq, void *data)
>  	if (status & ISR_OVER)
>  		net_warn_ratelimited("warning: TX/RX overflow\n");
>  
> -	/* link event */
> -	if (status & ISR_GPHY_LINK)
> -		phy_mac_interrupt(adpt->phydev, !!(status & GPHY_LINK_UP_INT));
> -
>  exit:
>  	/* enable the interrupt */
>  	writel(irq->mask, adpt->base + EMAC_INT_MASK);
> 


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