This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
igc: Use strict cycles for Qbv scheduling
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
igc-use-strict-cycles-for-qbv-scheduling.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 92f33d5fcd8df1d058b06c2cae891ce7b9aa5185
Author: Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Dec 9 12:15:18 2022 +0800
igc: Use strict cycles for Qbv scheduling
[ Upstream commit d8f45be01dd9381065a3778a579385249ed011dc ]
Configuring strict cycle mode in the controller forces more well
behaved transmissions when taprio is offloaded.
When set this strict_cycle and strict_end, transmission is not
enabled if the whole packet cannot be completed before end of
the Qbv cycle.
Fixes: 82faa9b79950 ("igc: Add support for ETF offloading")
Signed-off-by: Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Aravindhan Gunasekaran <aravindhan.gunasekaran@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Husaini Zulkifli <muhammad.husaini.zulkifli@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Naama Meir <naamax.meir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c
index 0fce22de2ab8..4a019954cadb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c
@@ -110,15 +110,8 @@ static int igc_tsn_enable_offload(struct igc_adapter *adapter)
wr32(IGC_STQT(i), ring->start_time);
wr32(IGC_ENDQT(i), ring->end_time);
- if (adapter->base_time) {
- /* If we have a base_time we are in "taprio"
- * mode and we need to be strict about the
- * cycles: only transmit a packet if it can be
- * completed during that cycle.
- */
- txqctl |= IGC_TXQCTL_STRICT_CYCLE |
- IGC_TXQCTL_STRICT_END;
- }
+ txqctl |= IGC_TXQCTL_STRICT_CYCLE |
+ IGC_TXQCTL_STRICT_END;
if (ring->launchtime_enable)
txqctl |= IGC_TXQCTL_QUEUE_MODE_LAUNCHT;
