Re: [PATCH wpan-next v3 10/11] net: mac802154: Add a warning in the hot path

[Alexander Aring <aahringo@redhat.com>]

Hi,

On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 12:35 PM Miquel Raynal
<miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> wrote:
>
> We should never start a transmission after the queue has been stopped.
>
> But because it might work we don't kill the function here but rather
> warn loudly the user that something is wrong.
>
> Set an atomic when the queue will remain stopped. Reset this atomic when
> the queue actually gets restarded. Just check this atomic to know if the
> transmission is legitimate, warn if it is not.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
> ---
>  include/net/cfg802154.h |  1 +
>  net/mac802154/tx.c      | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>  net/mac802154/util.c    |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/cfg802154.h b/include/net/cfg802154.h
> index 8881b6126b58..f4e7b3fe7cf0 100644
> --- a/include/net/cfg802154.h
> +++ b/include/net/cfg802154.h
> @@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ struct wpan_phy {
>         spinlock_t queue_lock;
>         atomic_t ongoing_txs;
>         atomic_t hold_txs;
> +       unsigned long queue_stopped;

Can we name it something like state_flags (as phy state flags)? Pretty
sure there will be more coming, or internal_flags, no idea...
something_flags...

>         wait_queue_head_t sync_txq;
>
>         char priv[] __aligned(NETDEV_ALIGN);
> diff --git a/net/mac802154/tx.c b/net/mac802154/tx.c
> index 6cc4e5c7ba94..e36aca788ea2 100644
> --- a/net/mac802154/tx.c
> +++ b/net/mac802154/tx.c
> @@ -123,9 +123,13 @@ static int ieee802154_sync_queue(struct ieee802154_local *local)
>
>  int ieee802154_sync_and_hold_queue(struct ieee802154_local *local)
>  {
> +       int ret;
> +
>         ieee802154_hold_queue(local);
> +       ret = ieee802154_sync_queue(local);
> +       set_bit(0, &local->phy->queue_stopped);
>

Define the 0 as WPAN_PHY_STATE_QUEUE_STOPPED_BIT or something like
that, above wpan_phy.

- Alex