Merge branch '100GbE' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tnguy/next-queue
Tony Nguyen says: ==================== Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2022-12-08 (ice) Jacob Keller says: This series of patches primarily consists of changes to fix some corner cases that can cause Tx timestamp failures. The issues were discovered and reported by Siddaraju DH and primarily affect E822 hardware, though this series also includes some improvements that affect E810 hardware as well. The primary issue is regarding the way that E822 determines when to generate timestamp interrupts. If the driver reads timestamp indexes which do not have a valid timestamp, the E822 interrupt tracking logic can get stuck. This is due to the way that E822 hardware tracks timestamp index reads internally. I was previously unaware of this behavior as it is significantly different in E810 hardware. Most of the fixes target refactors to ensure that the ice driver does not read timestamp indexes which are not valid on E822 hardware. This is done by using the Tx timestamp ready bitmap register from the PHY. This register indicates what timestamp indexes have outstanding timestamps waiting to be captured. Care must be taken in all cases where we read the timestamp registers, and thus all flows which might have read these registers are refactored. The ice_ptp_tx_tstamp function is modified to consolidate as much of the logic relating to these registers as possible. It now handles discarding stale timestamps which are old or which occurred after a PHC time update. This replaces previously standalone thread functions like the periodic work function and the ice_ptp_flush_tx_tracker function. In addition, some minor cleanups noticed while writing these refactors are included. The remaining patches refactor the E822 implementation to remove the "bypass" mode for timestamps. The E822 hardware has the ability to provide a more precise timestamp by making use of measurements of the precise way that packets flow through the hardware pipeline. These measurements are known as "Vernier" calibration. The "bypass" mode disables many of these measurements in favor of a faster start up time for Tx and Rx timestamping. Instead, once these measurements were captured, the driver tries to reconfigure the PHY to enable the vernier calibrations. Unfortunately this recalibration does not work. Testing indicates that the PHY simply remains in bypass mode without the increased timestamp precision. Remove the attempt at recalibration and always use vernier mode. This has one disadvantage that Tx and Rx timestamps cannot begin until after at least one packet of that type goes through the hardware pipeline. Because of this, further refactor the driver to separate Tx and Rx vernier calibration. Complete the Tx and Rx independently, enabling the appropriate type of timestamp as soon as the relevant packet has traversed the hardware pipeline. This was reported by Milena Olech. Note that although these might be considered "bug fixes", the required changes in order to appropriately resolve these issues is large. Thus it does not feel suitable to send this series to net. * '100GbE' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tnguy/next-queue: ice: reschedule ice_ptp_wait_for_offset_valid during reset ice: make Tx and Rx vernier offset calibration independent ice: only check set bits in ice_ptp_flush_tx_tracker ice: handle flushing stale Tx timestamps in ice_ptp_tx_tstamp ice: cleanup allocations in ice_ptp_alloc_tx_tracker ice: protect init and calibrating check in ice_ptp_request_ts ice: synchronize the misc IRQ when tearing down Tx tracker ice: check Tx timestamp memory register for ready timestamps ice: handle discarding old Tx requests in ice_ptp_tx_tstamp ice: always call ice_ptp_link_change and make it void ice: fix misuse of "link err" with "link status" ice: Reset TS memory for all quads ice: Remove the E822 vernier "bypass" logic ice: Use more generic names for ice_ptp_tx fields ==================== Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221208213932.1274143-1-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.comSigned-off-by:Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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