Re: [PATCH net v2 01/12] net/sonic: Add mutual exclusion for accessing shared state

[Finn Thain]

On Tue, 21 Jan 2020, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> On 1/21/20 1:22 PM, Finn Thain wrote:
> > The netif_stop_queue() call in sonic_send_packet() races with the
> > netif_wake_queue() call in sonic_interrupt(). This causes issues
> > like "NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (macsonic): transmit queue 0 timed out".
> > Fix this by disabling interrupts when accessing tx_skb[] and next_tx.
> > Update a comment to clarify the synchronization properties.
> > 
> > Fixes: efcce839360f ("[PATCH] macsonic/jazzsonic network drivers update")
> > Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> > @@ -284,9 +287,16 @@ static irqreturn_t sonic_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
> >  	struct net_device *dev = dev_id;
> >  	struct sonic_local *lp = netdev_priv(dev);
> >  	int status;
> > +	unsigned long flags;
> > +
> > +	spin_lock_irqsave(&lp->lock, flags);
> 
> 
> This is a hard irq handler, no need to block hard irqs.
> 
> spin_lock() here is enough.
> 

Well, yes, assuming we're dealing with SMP [1]. Probably just disabling 
pre-emption is all that will ever be needed.

Anyway, the real problem solved by disabling irqs is that macsonic must 
avoid re-entrance of sonic_interrupt(). [2]

[1]
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/alpine.LNX.2.21.1.2001211026190.8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#m0523c8b2a26a410ed56889d9230c37ba1160d40a

[2]
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/alpine.LNX.2.21.1.2001211026190.8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#m1c8ca580d2b45e61a628d17839978d0bd5aaf061