From 9f2f6cd07a09bc0af1f2950189e426569561d1e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Hutchings Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:55:00 +0000 Subject: sfc: Expand/correct comments on collector behaviour and function usage Document exactly which registers and functions have special behaviour, and why races on writes to descriptor pointers are safe. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- drivers/net/sfc/io.h | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers') diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/io.h b/drivers/net/sfc/io.h index 85a99fe87437..0764e84ecc41 100644 --- a/drivers/net/sfc/io.h +++ b/drivers/net/sfc/io.h @@ -22,28 +22,39 @@ * * Notes on locking strategy: * - * Most NIC registers require 16-byte (or 8-byte, for SRAM) atomic writes - * which necessitates locking. - * Under normal operation few writes to NIC registers are made and these - * registers (EVQ_RPTR_REG, RX_DESC_UPD_REG and TX_DESC_UPD_REG) are special - * cased to allow 4-byte (hence lockless) accesses. + * Most CSRs are 128-bit (oword) and therefore cannot be read or + * written atomically. Access from the host is buffered by the Bus + * Interface Unit (BIU). Whenever the host reads from the lowest + * address of such a register, or from the address of a different such + * register, the BIU latches the register's value. Subsequent reads + * from higher addresses of the same register will read the latched + * value. Whenever the host writes part of such a register, the BIU + * collects the written value and does not write to the underlying + * register until all 4 dwords have been written. A similar buffering + * scheme applies to host access to the NIC's 64-bit SRAM. * - * It *is* safe to write to these 4-byte registers in the middle of an - * access to an 8-byte or 16-byte register. We therefore use a - * spinlock to protect accesses to the larger registers, but no locks - * for the 4-byte registers. + * Access to different CSRs and 64-bit SRAM words must be serialised, + * since interleaved access can result in lost writes or lost + * information from read-to-clear fields. We use efx_nic::biu_lock + * for this. (We could use separate locks for read and write, but + * this is not normally a performance bottleneck.) * - * A write barrier is needed to ensure that DW3 is written after DW0/1/2 - * due to the way the 16byte registers are "collected" in the BIU. + * The DMA descriptor pointers (RX_DESC_UPD and TX_DESC_UPD) are + * 128-bit but are special-cased in the BIU to avoid the need for + * locking in the host: * - * We also lock when carrying out reads, to ensure consistency of the - * data (made possible since the BIU reads all 128 bits into a cache). - * Reads are very rare, so this isn't a significant performance - * impact. (Most data transferred from NIC to host is DMAed directly - * into host memory). - * - * I/O BAR access uses locks for both reads and writes (but is only provided - * for testing purposes). + * - They are write-only. + * - The semantics of writing to these registers are such that + * replacing the low 96 bits with zero does not affect functionality. + * - If the host writes to the last dword address of such a register + * (i.e. the high 32 bits) the underlying register will always be + * written. If the collector does not hold values for the low 96 + * bits of the register, they will be written as zero. Writing to + * the last qword does not have this effect and must not be done. + * - If the host writes to the address of any other part of such a + * register while the collector already holds values for some other + * register, the write is discarded and the collector maintains its + * current state. */ #if BITS_PER_LONG == 64 @@ -72,7 +83,7 @@ static inline __le32 _efx_readd(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned int reg) return (__force __le32)__raw_readl(efx->membase + reg); } -/* Writes to a normal 16-byte Efx register, locking as appropriate. */ +/* Write a normal 128-bit CSR, locking as appropriate. */ static inline void efx_writeo(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_oword_t *value, unsigned int reg) { @@ -98,8 +109,7 @@ static inline void efx_writeo(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_oword_t *value, spin_unlock_irqrestore(&efx->biu_lock, flags); } -/* Write an 8-byte NIC SRAM entry through the supplied mapping, - * locking as appropriate. */ +/* Write 64-bit SRAM through the supplied mapping, locking as appropriate. */ static inline void efx_sram_writeq(struct efx_nic *efx, void __iomem *membase, efx_qword_t *value, unsigned int index) { @@ -122,29 +132,19 @@ static inline void efx_sram_writeq(struct efx_nic *efx, void __iomem *membase, spin_unlock_irqrestore(&efx->biu_lock, flags); } -/* Write dword to NIC register that allows partial writes - * - * Some registers (EVQ_RPTR_REG, RX_DESC_UPD_REG and - * TX_DESC_UPD_REG) can be written to as a single dword. This allows - * for lockless writes. - */ +/* Write a 32-bit CSR or the last dword of a special 128-bit CSR */ static inline void efx_writed(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_dword_t *value, unsigned int reg) { netif_vdbg(efx, hw, efx->net_dev, - "writing partial register %x with "EFX_DWORD_FMT"\n", + "writing register %x with "EFX_DWORD_FMT"\n", reg, EFX_DWORD_VAL(*value)); /* No lock required */ _efx_writed(efx, value->u32[0], reg); } -/* Read from a NIC register - * - * This reads an entire 16-byte register in one go, locking as - * appropriate. It is essential to read the first dword first, as this - * prompts the NIC to load the current value into the shadow register. - */ +/* Read a 128-bit CSR, locking as appropriate. */ static inline void efx_reado(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_oword_t *value, unsigned int reg) { @@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ static inline void efx_reado(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_oword_t *value, EFX_OWORD_VAL(*value)); } -/* Read an 8-byte SRAM entry through supplied mapping, - * locking as appropriate. */ +/* Read 64-bit SRAM through the supplied mapping, locking as appropriate. */ static inline void efx_sram_readq(struct efx_nic *efx, void __iomem *membase, efx_qword_t *value, unsigned int index) { @@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ static inline void efx_sram_readq(struct efx_nic *efx, void __iomem *membase, addr, EFX_QWORD_VAL(*value)); } -/* Read dword from register that allows partial writes (sic) */ +/* Read a 32-bit CSR or SRAM */ static inline void efx_readd(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_dword_t *value, unsigned int reg) { @@ -196,28 +195,28 @@ static inline void efx_readd(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_dword_t *value, reg, EFX_DWORD_VAL(*value)); } -/* Write to a register forming part of a table */ +/* Write a 128-bit CSR forming part of a table */ static inline void efx_writeo_table(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_oword_t *value, unsigned int reg, unsigned int index) { efx_writeo(efx, value, reg + index * sizeof(efx_oword_t)); } -/* Read to a register forming part of a table */ +/* Read a 128-bit CSR forming part of a table */ static inline void efx_reado_table(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_oword_t *value, unsigned int reg, unsigned int index) { efx_reado(efx, value, reg + index * sizeof(efx_oword_t)); } -/* Write to a dword register forming part of a table */ +/* Write a 32-bit CSR forming part of a table, or 32-bit SRAM */ static inline void efx_writed_table(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_dword_t *value, unsigned int reg, unsigned int index) { efx_writed(efx, value, reg + index * sizeof(efx_oword_t)); } -/* Read from a dword register forming part of a table */ +/* Read a 32-bit CSR forming part of a table, or 32-bit SRAM */ static inline void efx_readd_table(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_dword_t *value, unsigned int reg, unsigned int index) { @@ -231,25 +230,26 @@ static inline void efx_readd_table(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_dword_t *value, #define EFX_PAGED_REG(page, reg) \ ((page) * EFX_PAGE_BLOCK_SIZE + (reg)) -/* As for efx_writeo(), but for a page-mapped register. */ +/* Write the whole of RX_DESC_UPD or TX_DESC_UPD */ static inline void efx_writeo_page(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_oword_t *value, unsigned int reg, unsigned int page) { efx_writeo(efx, value, EFX_PAGED_REG(page, reg)); } -/* As for efx_writed(), but for a page-mapped register. */ +/* Write a page-mapped 32-bit CSR (EVQ_RPTR or the high bits of + * RX_DESC_UPD or TX_DESC_UPD) + */ static inline void efx_writed_page(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_dword_t *value, unsigned int reg, unsigned int page) { efx_writed(efx, value, EFX_PAGED_REG(page, reg)); } -/* Write dword to page-mapped register with an extra lock. - * - * As for efx_writed_page(), but for a register that suffers from - * SFC bug 3181. Take out a lock so the BIU collector cannot be - * confused. */ +/* Write TIMER_COMMAND. This is a page-mapped 32-bit CSR, but a bug + * in the BIU means that writes to TIMER_COMMAND[0] invalidate the + * collector register. + */ static inline void efx_writed_page_locked(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_dword_t *value, unsigned int reg, -- cgit v1.2.3