From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
To: Dario Binacchi <dariobin@libero.it>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Gianluca Falavigna <gianluca.falavigna@inwind.it>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>,
Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>,
Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>,
linux-can@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 4/4] can: c_can: cache frames to operate as a true FIFO
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021 11:25:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210806092523.hij5ejjq6wecbgfr@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1485600069.218377.1628194566441@mail1.libero.it>
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On 05.08.2021 22:16:06, Dario Binacchi wrote:
> > > --- a/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can.h
> > > @@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ struct c_can_priv {
> > > atomic_t sie_pending;
> > > unsigned long tx_dir;
> > > int last_status;
> > > + spinlock_t tx_lock;
> >
> > What does the spin lock protect?
[...]
> > > @@ -483,7 +469,11 @@ static netdev_tx_t c_can_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
> > > if (c_can_get_tx_free(tx_ring) == 0)
> > > netif_stop_queue(dev);
> > >
> > > - obj = idx + priv->msg_obj_tx_first;
> > > + spin_lock_bh(&priv->tx_lock);
> >
> > What does the spin_lock protect? The ndo_start_xmit function is properly
> > serialized by the networking core.
> >
>
> The spin_lock protects the access to the IF_TX interface.
How? You only use the spin_lock in c_can_start_xmit(), but not anywhere
else.
> Enabling the transmission of cached messages occur inside interrupt
The call chain is c_can_poll() -> c_can_do_tx(), and c_can_poll() is
called from NAPI, which is not the IRQ handler.
> and the use of the IF_RX interface, which would avoid the use of the
> spinlock, has not been validated by the tests.
What do you mean be has not been validated?
The driver already uses IF_RX to avoid concurrent access in
c_can_do_tx() for c_can_inval_tx_object() [1], why not use IF_RX for
c_can_object_put(), too?
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210302215435.18286-4-dariobin@libero.it
Marc
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-06 9:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-25 16:11 [RESEND PATCH 0/4] can: c_can: cache frames to operate as a true FIFO Dario Binacchi
2021-07-25 16:11 ` [RESEND PATCH 1/4] can: c_can: remove struct c_can_priv::priv field Dario Binacchi
2021-07-25 16:11 ` [RESEND PATCH 2/4] can: c_can: exit c_can_do_tx() early if no frames have been sent Dario Binacchi
2021-07-25 16:11 ` [RESEND PATCH 3/4] can: c_can: support tx ring algorithm Dario Binacchi
2021-08-04 9:37 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2021-07-25 16:11 ` [RESEND PATCH 4/4] can: c_can: cache frames to operate as a true FIFO Dario Binacchi
2021-08-04 9:34 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2021-08-05 20:12 ` Dario Binacchi
2021-08-06 7:52 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2021-08-04 9:45 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2021-08-05 20:16 ` Dario Binacchi
2021-08-06 9:25 ` Marc Kleine-Budde [this message]
2021-08-07 12:36 ` Dario Binacchi
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