Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: ravb: Always process TX descriptor ring

[Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@xxxxxx>]

On 3/26/24 11:37 AM, Paul Barker wrote:

> The TX queue should be serviced each time the poll function is called,
> even if the full RX work budget has been consumed. This prevents
> starvation of the TX queue when RX bandwidth usage is high.
> 
> Fixes: a0d2f20650e8 ("Renesas Ethernet AVB PTP clock driver")
> Signed-off-by: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[...]

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> index d1be030c8848..4f98e4e2badb 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> @@ -1324,12 +1324,12 @@ static int ravb_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
>  	int q = napi - priv->napi;
>  	int mask = BIT(q);
>  	int quota = budget;
> +	bool rearm = true;

   I don't think we need an initializer, it gets reassigned below.
   And I'd rather call it unmask...

>  
>  	/* Processing RX Descriptor Ring */
>  	/* Clear RX interrupt */
>  	ravb_write(ndev, ~(mask | RIS0_RESERVED), RIS0);
> -	if (ravb_rx(ndev, &quota, q))
> -		goto out;
> +	rearm = !ravb_rx(ndev, &quota, q);
>  
>  	/* Processing TX Descriptor Ring */
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
[...]

MBR, Sergey