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RE: [PATCH v4 3/8] rtw88: add napi support

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Norris [mailto:briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2021 6:58 AM
> To: Pkshih
> Cc: Yan-Hsuan Chuang; Kalle Valo; linux-wireless; Bernie Huang
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/8] rtw88: add napi support
> 
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 1:26 AM Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c
> > @@ -935,16 +935,49 @@ static void rtw_pci_tx_isr(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, struct rtw_pci *rtwpci,
> >         ring->r.rp = cur_rp;
> >  }
> >
> > -static void rtw_pci_rx_isr(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, struct rtw_pci *rtwpci,
> > +static void rtw_pci_rx_isr(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev)
> > +{
> > +       struct rtw_pci *rtwpci = (struct rtw_pci *)rtwdev->priv;
> > +       struct napi_struct *napi = &rtwpci->napi;
> > +
> > +       napi_schedule(napi);
> 
> I don't claim to be all that familiar with NAPI, but my understanding
> is that you are scheduling a NAPI poll, but immediately after you
> return here, you're re-enabling your RX interrupt. That doesn't sound
> like how NAPI is supposed to work -- you're supposed to wait to
> re-enable your interrupt until you're done with your polling function.
> Ref: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/napi
> 

Will re-enable RX IMR until napi_poll function is done.

> > +}
> ...
> > +static u32 rtw_pci_rx_napi(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, struct rtw_pci *rtwpci,
> >                            u8 hw_queue)
> ...
> 
> Are you sure you don't want any locking in rtw_pci_rx_napi()?
> Previously, you held irq_lock for the entirety of rtw_pci_rx_isr(),
> but now all the RX work is being deferred to a NAPI context, without
> any additional lock. IIUC, that means you can be both handling RX and
> other ISR operations at the same time. Is that intentional?
> 

irq_lock is used to protect TX ring->queue. The TX skb(s) are queued into the
queue, and unlink the skb until TX_OK_ISR is received. So, RX doesn't need to
hold this lock.

> > +static int rtw_pci_napi_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
> > +{
> > +       struct rtw_pci *rtwpci = container_of(napi, struct rtw_pci, napi);
> > +       struct rtw_dev *rtwdev = container_of((void *)rtwpci, struct rtw_dev,
> > +                                             priv);
> > +       int work_done = 0;
> > +
> > +       while (work_done < budget) {
> > +               u32 work_done_once;
> > +
> > +               work_done_once = rtw_pci_rx_napi(rtwdev, rtwpci,
> > +                                                RTW_RX_QUEUE_MPDU);
> > +               if (work_done_once == 0)
> > +                       break;
> > +               work_done += work_done_once;
> > +       }
> > +       if (work_done < budget) {
> > +               napi_complete_done(napi, work_done);
> > +               /* When ISR happens during polling and before napi_complete
> > +                * while no further data is received. Data on the dma_ring will
> > +                * not be processed immediately. Check whether dma ring is
> > +                * empty and perform napi_schedule accordingly.
> > +                */
> > +               if (rtw_pci_get_hw_rx_ring_nr(rtwdev, rtwpci, NULL, NULL))
> > +                       napi_schedule(napi);
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       return work_done;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void rtw_pci_napi_init(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev)
> > +{
> > +       struct rtw_pci *rtwpci = (struct rtw_pci *)rtwdev->priv;
> > +
> > +       init_dummy_netdev(&rtwpci->netdev);
> > +       netif_napi_add(&rtwpci->netdev, &rtwpci->napi, rtw_pci_napi_poll,
> > +                      RTW_NAPI_WEIGHT_NUM);
> > +       napi_enable(&rtwpci->napi);
> > +}
> ...
> > @@ -1547,6 +1624,8 @@ int rtw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> >                 goto err_destroy_pci;
> >         }
> >
> > +       rtw_pci_napi_init(rtwdev);
> 
> You're initializing NAPI after you've already established your ISR,
> and your ISR might start scheduling NAPI. Even if that's unlikely
> (because you haven't initiated any RX traffic yet), it seems like an
> ordering problem -- shouldn't you initialize the NAPI device, then set
> up the ISR, and only then call napi_enable()?
> 

Will do it.

Thanks for your advice.

---
Ping-Ke






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