Re: [PATCH net-next] eth: mlx5: link NAPI instances to queues and IRQs

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On Mon, 05 Feb, 2024 17:32:47 -0800 Joe Damato <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 05:09:09PM -0800, Rahul Rameshbabu wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 Feb, 2024 01:03:11 +0000 Joe Damato <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Make mlx5 compatible with the newly added netlink queue GET APIs.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Joe Damato <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> >  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h      | 1 +
>> >  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 8 ++++++++
>> >  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
>> > index 55c6ace0acd5..3f86ee1831a8 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
>> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
>> > @@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ struct mlx5e_channel {
>> >  	u16                        qos_sqs_size;
>> >  	u8                         num_tc;
>> >  	u8                         lag_port;
>> > +	unsigned int		   irq;
>> >  
>> >  	/* XDP_REDIRECT */
>> >  	struct mlx5e_xdpsq         xdpsq;
>> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
>> > index c8e8f512803e..e1bfff1fb328 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
>> > @@ -2473,6 +2473,9 @@ static void mlx5e_close_queues(struct mlx5e_channel *c)
>> >  	mlx5e_close_tx_cqs(c);
>> >  	mlx5e_close_cq(&c->icosq.cq);
>> >  	mlx5e_close_cq(&c->async_icosq.cq);
>> > +
>> > +	netif_queue_set_napi(c->netdev, c->ix, NETDEV_QUEUE_TYPE_TX, NULL);
>> > +	netif_queue_set_napi(c->netdev, c->ix, NETDEV_QUEUE_TYPE_RX, NULL);
>> 
>> This should be set to NULL *before* actually closing the rqs, sqs, and
>> related cqs right? I would expect these two lines to be the first ones
>> called in mlx5e_close_queues. Btw, I think this should be done in
>> mlx5e_deactivate_channel where the NAPI is disabled.
>> 
>> >  }
>> >  
>> >  static u8 mlx5e_enumerate_lag_port(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, int ix)
>> > @@ -2558,6 +2561,7 @@ static int mlx5e_open_channel(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, int ix,
>> >  	c->stats    = &priv->channel_stats[ix]->ch;
>> >  	c->aff_mask = irq_get_effective_affinity_mask(irq);
>> >  	c->lag_port = mlx5e_enumerate_lag_port(priv->mdev, ix);
>> > +	c->irq		= irq;
>> >  
>> >  	netif_napi_add(netdev, &c->napi, mlx5e_napi_poll);
>> >  
>> > @@ -2602,6 +2606,10 @@ static void mlx5e_activate_channel(struct mlx5e_channel *c)
>> >  		mlx5e_activate_xsk(c);
>> >  	else
>> >  		mlx5e_activate_rq(&c->rq);
>> > +
>> > +	netif_napi_set_irq(&c->napi, c->irq);

One small comment that I missed in my previous iteration. I think the
above should be moved to mlx5e_open_channel right after netif_napi_add.
This avoids needing to save the irq in struct mlx5e_channel.

>> > +	netif_queue_set_napi(c->netdev, c->ix, NETDEV_QUEUE_TYPE_TX, &c->napi);
>> > +	netif_queue_set_napi(c->netdev, c->ix, NETDEV_QUEUE_TYPE_RX, &c->napi);
>> 
>> It's weird that netlink queue API is being configured in
>> mlx5e_activate_channel and deconfigured in mlx5e_close_queues. This
>> leads to a problem where the napi will be falsely referred to even when
>> we deactivate the channels in mlx5e_switch_priv_channels and may not
>> necessarily get to closing the channels due to an error.
>> 
>> Typically, we use the following clean up patterns.
>> 
>> mlx5e_activate_channel -> mlx5e_deactivate_channel
>> mlx5e_open_queues -> mlx5e_close_queues
>
> OK, I'll move it to mlx5e_deactivate_channel before the NAPI is disabled.
> That makes sense to me.

Appreciated. Thank you for the patch btw.

--
Rahul Rameshbabu




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