Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] TSO bug fixes

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Feb 05 2020 - 08:49:50 EST


From: Harini Katakam <harini.katakam@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 18:08:10 +0530

> An IP errata was recently discovered when testing TSO enabled versions
> with perf test tools where a false amba error is reported by the IP.
> Some ways to reproduce would be to use iperf or applications with payload
> descriptor sizes very close to 16K. Once the error is observed TXERR (or
> bit 6 of ISR) will be constantly triggered leading to a series of tx path
> error handling and clean up. Workaround the same by limiting this size to
> 0x3FC0 as recommended by Cadence. There was no performance impact on 1G
> system that I tested with.
>
> Note on patch 1: The alignment code may be unused but leaving it there
> in case anyone is using UFO.
>
> Added Fixes tag to patch 1.

Series applied and queued up for -stable, thank you.