From: Alan Ott <alan-yzvJWuRpmD1zbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>
To: David Hauweele <david-1EggE+PRa6vk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-zigbee-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH beta 1] 0/3] Fix race conditions in mrf24j40 interrupts
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 02:36:22 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <519DB8E6.4020709@signal11.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAO+c-UV1bZZEE=9=7VVn3f1eLWzCpYCK9eZnnvzNwcPOKKtKLA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On 5/22/13 4:32 PM, David Hauweele wrote:
> I cannot use level-triggered interrupts with GPIO on the RPi, so I
> cannot test this specific patch.
Is there another interrupt line you can tie into which does support
level-trigger interrupts (INT0 or something)?
> However I agree with the idea of level-triggered interrupts, that
> would fix all major problems related to missed interrupts.
>
> Beside this I'm running a ping -f since more than two hours now and it
> seems to work well.
>
So that surprises me. I thought level-trigger interrupts were the thing
that would fix this problem, and if you're not running with that patch,
you just have the INIT_COMPLETION() fix (which you said didn't fix your
issue) and the threaded interrupts patch, which I was fairly sure I had
determined wasn't fixing any actual race-condition-related problems.
I'm glad, but surprised that you're no longer seeing issues.
Alan.
>
> 2013/5/22 Alan Ott <alan-yzvJWuRpmD1zbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>:
>> On 05/21/2013 10:01 PM, Alan Ott wrote:
>>> David Hauweele noticed that the mrf24j40 would hang arbitrarily after some
>>> period of heavy traffic. Two race conditions were discovered, and the
>>> driver was changed to use threaded interrupts, since the enable/disable of
>>> interrupts in the driver has recently been a lighning rod whenever issues
>>> arise related to interrupts (costing engineering time), and since threaded
>>> interrupts are the right way to do it.
>>>
>>> Alan Ott (3):
>>> mrf24j40: Move INIT_COMPLETION() to before packet transmission
>>> mrf24j40: Use threaded IRQ handler
>>> mrf24j40: Use level-triggered interrupts
>>>
>>> drivers/net/ieee802154/mrf24j40.c | 31 +++++++++----------------------
>>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>>
>> I forgot to add, I ran ping -f both ways all afternoon (6.5 hours), and
>> it seems solid.
>>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-23 6:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-09 15:19 [PATCH 1/2] mrf24j40: Avoid transmission while receiving a frame David Hauweele
2013-05-09 15:19 ` [PATCH 2/2] mrf24j40: Keep the interrupt line enabled David Hauweele
[not found] ` <1368112788-25701-2-git-send-email-david-1EggE+PRa6vk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-05-14 3:55 ` Alan Ott
2013-05-16 21:34 ` [Linux-zigbee-devel] " David Hauweele
2013-05-19 23:04 ` Alan Ott
2013-05-21 16:17 ` David Hauweele
[not found] ` <CAO+c-UXymPjYysvh2kM36gcOsL3P51YWq+aYhEqX8oCySwBcaQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-05-21 18:22 ` Alan Ott
2013-05-14 3:22 ` [Linux-zigbee-devel] [PATCH 1/2] mrf24j40: Avoid transmission while receiving a frame Alan Ott
[not found] ` <5191ADE4.8040709-yzvJWuRpmD1zbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>
2013-05-16 17:45 ` David Hauweele
[not found] ` <CAO+c-UVJQJbmmmCS4hxAEYHKa8gEU1Bs=y+Rv_A75UHeBZxc+w-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-05-20 0:05 ` [PATCH testing] mrf24j40: Move INIT_COMPLETION to before the packet is sent Alan Ott
2013-05-22 2:01 ` [PATCH beta 1] 0/3] Fix race conditions in mrf24j40 interrupts Alan Ott
[not found] ` <1369188080-8904-1-git-send-email-alan-yzvJWuRpmD1zbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>
2013-05-22 2:01 ` [PATCH beta 1] 1/3] mrf24j40: Move INIT_COMPLETION() to before packet transmission Alan Ott
2013-05-22 2:01 ` [PATCH beta 1] 2/3] mrf24j40: Use threaded IRQ handler Alan Ott
2013-10-06 3:52 ` [PATCH v1 0/3] Fix race conditions in mrf24j40 interrupts Alan Ott
[not found] ` <1381031544-2960-1-git-send-email-alan-yzvJWuRpmD1zbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-06 3:52 ` [PATCH v1 1/3] mrf24j40: Move INIT_COMPLETION() to before packet transmission Alan Ott
2013-10-06 3:52 ` [PATCH v1 2/3] mrf24j40: Use threaded IRQ handler Alan Ott
2013-10-06 3:52 ` [PATCH v1 3/3] mrf24j40: Use level-triggered interrupts Alan Ott
2013-10-08 19:32 ` [PATCH v1 0/3] Fix race conditions in mrf24j40 interrupts David Miller
2013-05-22 2:01 ` [PATCH beta 1] 3/3] mrf24j40: Use level-triggered interrupts Alan Ott
2013-05-22 2:03 ` [PATCH beta 1] 0/3] Fix race conditions in mrf24j40 interrupts Alan Ott
2013-05-22 20:32 ` David Hauweele
[not found] ` <CAO+c-UV1bZZEE=9=7VVn3f1eLWzCpYCK9eZnnvzNwcPOKKtKLA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-05-23 6:36 ` Alan Ott [this message]
[not found] ` <519DB8E6.4020709-yzvJWuRpmD1zbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>
2013-05-23 17:54 ` David Hauweele
2013-05-23 19:33 ` Alan Ott
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