Hi,
I have a problem with m_can controller in my sama5d2 processor.
Under heavy can traffic it happens that my device starts to report (dmesg):
[ 77.610000] m_can_platform f8054000.can can0: Rx FIFO 0 Message Lost
[ 77.620000] m_can_platform f8054000.can can0: Rx FIFO 0 Message Lost
[ 77.630000] m_can_platform f8054000.can can0: Rx FIFO 0 Message Lost
[ 77.630000] m_can_platform f8054000.can can0: Rx FIFO 0 Message Lost
[ 77.640000] m_can_platform f8054000.can can0: Rx FIFO 0 Message Lost
[ 77.640000] m_can_platform f8054000.can can0: Rx FIFO 0 Message Lost
[ 77.650000] m_can_platform f8054000.can can0: Rx FIFO 0 Message Lost
[ 77.660000] m_can_platform f8054000.can can0: Rx FIFO 0 Message Lost
[ 77.660000] m_can_platform f8054000.can can0: Rx FIFO 0 Message Lost
what causes large load problem in my system.
I think I have a clue what is going on but my kernel knowledge is low so
i want
You to tell me if I am right or not. So:
The only place in m_can.c file, where interrupt register is cleared is
function
called when interrupt arrives
static irqreturn_t m_can_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
{
.
.
/* ACK all irqs */
if (ir & IR_ALL_INT)
m_can_write(cdev, M_CAN_IR, ir);
.
.
}
But when we enter 'NAPI mode' in heavy load we are never get to this
function
until load gets lower and interrupts are enabled again. In this situation,
this code:
static int m_can_do_rx_poll(struct net_device *dev, int quota)
{
struct m_can_classdev *cdev = netdev_priv(dev);
u32 pkts = 0;
u32 rxfs;
rxfs = m_can_read(cdev, M_CAN_RXF0S);
if (!(rxfs & RXFS_FFL_MASK)) {
netdev_dbg(dev, "no messages in fifo0\n");
return 0;
}
while ((rxfs & RXFS_FFL_MASK) && (quota > 0)) {
if (rxfs & RXFS_RFL)
netdev_warn(dev, "Rx FIFO 0 Message Lost\n");
m_can_read_fifo(dev, rxfs);
quota--;
pkts++;
rxfs = m_can_read(cdev, M_CAN_RXF0S);
}
if (pkts)
can_led_event(dev, CAN_LED_EVENT_RX);
return pkts;
}
will always have (rxfs & RXFS_RFL) == true until interrupt are enabled
again.
That is why we got so many messages in a row for so long time. So clearing
RXFS_RFL bit after warning is issued could be a solution.
Can You tell me if I am right?