This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
sfc: PTP: Moderate log message on event queue overflow
to the 3.12-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:
sfc-ptp-moderate-log-message-on-event-queue-overflow.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.12 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From foo@baz Mon Jan 13 09:44:41 PST 2014
From: Laurence Evans <levans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:51:17 +0000
Subject: sfc: PTP: Moderate log message on event queue overflow
From: Laurence Evans <levans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit f32116003c39f3a6815215a7512e1ea8d1e4bbc7 ]
Limit syslog flood if a PTP packet storm occurs.
Fixes: 7c236c43b838 ('sfc: Add support for IEEE-1588 PTP')
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ struct efx_ptp_timeset {
* @evt_list: List of MC receive events awaiting packets
* @evt_free_list: List of free events
* @evt_lock: Lock for manipulating evt_list and evt_free_list
+ * @evt_overflow: Boolean indicating that event list has overflowed
* @rx_evts: Instantiated events (on evt_list and evt_free_list)
* @workwq: Work queue for processing pending PTP operations
* @work: Work task
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ struct efx_ptp_data {
struct list_head evt_list;
struct list_head evt_free_list;
spinlock_t evt_lock;
+ bool evt_overflow;
struct efx_ptp_event_rx rx_evts[MAX_RECEIVE_EVENTS];
struct workqueue_struct *workwq;
struct work_struct work;
@@ -635,6 +637,11 @@ static void efx_ptp_drop_time_expired_ev
}
}
}
+ /* If the event overflow flag is set and the event list is now empty
+ * clear the flag to re-enable the overflow warning message.
+ */
+ if (ptp->evt_overflow && list_empty(&ptp->evt_list))
+ ptp->evt_overflow = false;
spin_unlock_bh(&ptp->evt_lock);
}
@@ -676,6 +683,11 @@ static enum ptp_packet_state efx_ptp_mat
break;
}
}
+ /* If the event overflow flag is set and the event list is now empty
+ * clear the flag to re-enable the overflow warning message.
+ */
+ if (ptp->evt_overflow && list_empty(&ptp->evt_list))
+ ptp->evt_overflow = false;
spin_unlock_bh(&ptp->evt_lock);
return rc;
@@ -809,6 +821,7 @@ static int efx_ptp_stop(struct efx_nic *
list_for_each_safe(cursor, next, &efx->ptp_data->evt_list) {
list_move(cursor, &efx->ptp_data->evt_free_list);
}
+ ptp->evt_overflow = false;
spin_unlock_bh(&efx->ptp_data->evt_lock);
return rc;
@@ -901,6 +914,7 @@ static int efx_ptp_probe_channel(struct
spin_lock_init(&ptp->evt_lock);
for (pos = 0; pos < MAX_RECEIVE_EVENTS; pos++)
list_add(&ptp->rx_evts[pos].link, &ptp->evt_free_list);
+ ptp->evt_overflow = false;
ptp->phc_clock_info.owner = THIS_MODULE;
snprintf(ptp->phc_clock_info.name,
@@ -1299,8 +1313,13 @@ static void ptp_event_rx(struct efx_nic
list_add_tail(&evt->link, &ptp->evt_list);
queue_work(ptp->workwq, &ptp->work);
- } else {
- netif_err(efx, rx_err, efx->net_dev, "No free PTP event");
+ } else if (!ptp->evt_overflow) {
+ /* Log a warning message and set the event overflow flag.
+ * The message won't be logged again until the event queue
+ * becomes empty.
+ */
+ netif_err(efx, rx_err, efx->net_dev, "PTP event queue overflow\n");
+ ptp->evt_overflow = true;
}
spin_unlock_bh(&ptp->evt_lock);
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from levans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.12/sfc-ptp-moderate-log-message-on-event-queue-overflow.patch
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