Current implementation of descriptor init procedure only takes care about setting/clearing ownership flag in "des0"/"des1" fields while it is perfectly possible to get unexpected bits set because of the following factors: [1] On driver probe underlying memory allocated with dma_alloc_coherent() might not be zeroed and so it will be filled with garbage. [2] During driver operation some bits could be set by SD/MMC controller (for example error flags etc). And unexpected and/or randomly set flags in "des0"/"des1" fields may lead to unpredictable behavior of GMAC DMA block. This change addresses both items above with: [1] Use of dma_zalloc_coherent() instead of simple dma_alloc_coherent() to make sure allocated memory is zeroed. That shouldn't affect performance because this allocation only happens once on driver probe. [2] Do explicit zeroing of both "des0" and "des1" fields of all buffer descriptors during initialization of DMA transfer. Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@xxxxxx> Cc: arc-linux-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/descs.h | 2 ++ drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/enh_desc.c | 3 ++- drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/norm_desc.c | 3 ++- drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 8 ++++---- 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/descs.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/descs.h index ad39960..799c292 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/descs.h +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/descs.h @@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ struct dma_desc { u32 buffer2_size:13; u32 reserved4:3; } etx; /* -- enhanced -- */ + + u64 all_flags; } des01; unsigned int des2; unsigned int des3; diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/enh_desc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/enh_desc.c index 1e2bcf5..7d94444 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/enh_desc.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/enh_desc.c @@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ static int enh_desc_get_rx_status(void *data, struct stmmac_extra_stats *x, static void enh_desc_init_rx_desc(struct dma_desc *p, int disable_rx_ic, int mode, int end) { + p->des01.all_flags = 0; p->des01.erx.own = 1; p->des01.erx.buffer1_size = BUF_SIZE_8KiB - 1; @@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ static void enh_desc_init_rx_desc(struct dma_desc *p, int disable_rx_ic, static void enh_desc_init_tx_desc(struct dma_desc *p, int mode, int end) { - p->des01.etx.own = 0; + p->des01.all_flags = 0; if (mode == STMMAC_CHAIN_MODE) ehn_desc_tx_set_on_chain(p, end); else diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/norm_desc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/norm_desc.c index 35ad4f4..48c3456 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/norm_desc.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/norm_desc.c @@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ static int ndesc_get_rx_status(void *data, struct stmmac_extra_stats *x, static void ndesc_init_rx_desc(struct dma_desc *p, int disable_rx_ic, int mode, int end) { + p->des01.all_flags = 0; p->des01.rx.own = 1; p->des01.rx.buffer1_size = BUF_SIZE_2KiB - 1; @@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ static void ndesc_init_rx_desc(struct dma_desc *p, int disable_rx_ic, int mode, static void ndesc_init_tx_desc(struct dma_desc *p, int mode, int end) { - p->des01.tx.own = 0; + p->des01.all_flags = 0; if (mode == STMMAC_CHAIN_MODE) ndesc_tx_set_on_chain(p, end); else diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c index 18c46bb..3309b98 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c @@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ static int alloc_dma_desc_resources(struct stmmac_priv *priv) goto err_tx_skbuff; if (priv->extend_desc) { - priv->dma_erx = dma_alloc_coherent(priv->device, rxsize * + priv->dma_erx = dma_zalloc_coherent(priv->device, rxsize * sizeof(struct dma_extended_desc), &priv->dma_rx_phy, @@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ static int alloc_dma_desc_resources(struct stmmac_priv *priv) if (!priv->dma_erx) goto err_dma; - priv->dma_etx = dma_alloc_coherent(priv->device, txsize * + priv->dma_etx = dma_zalloc_coherent(priv->device, txsize * sizeof(struct dma_extended_desc), &priv->dma_tx_phy, @@ -1192,14 +1192,14 @@ static int alloc_dma_desc_resources(struct stmmac_priv *priv) goto err_dma; } } else { - priv->dma_rx = dma_alloc_coherent(priv->device, rxsize * + priv->dma_rx = dma_zalloc_coherent(priv->device, rxsize * sizeof(struct dma_desc), &priv->dma_rx_phy, GFP_KERNEL); if (!priv->dma_rx) goto err_dma; - priv->dma_tx = dma_alloc_coherent(priv->device, txsize * + priv->dma_tx = dma_zalloc_coherent(priv->device, txsize * sizeof(struct dma_desc), &priv->dma_tx_phy, GFP_KERNEL); -- 2.4.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html