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From: Steffen Dirkwinkel <lists@steffen.cc>
To: "Théo Lebrun" <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>,
	"Conor Dooley" <conor.dooley@microchip.com>,
	"Andrew Lunn" <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@kernel.org>,
	"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
	"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	"Simon Horman" <horms@kernel.org>,
	"Kevin Hao" <haokexin@gmail.com>,
	"Sebastian Andrzej Siewior" <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
	"Russell King" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev,
	 Christian Taedcke <christian.taedcke@weidmueller.com>,
	 Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>,
	 Andrea della Porta <andrea.porta@suse.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH RFC net 1/6] net: macb: take bp->lock around NCR read-modify-writes
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:38:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261022-std-macb-v14-send-v1-1-9187bc545bf6@beckhoff.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261022-std-macb-v14-send-v1-0-9187bc545bf6@beckhoff.com>

From: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>

NCR is read-modify-written from many contexts:

 - macb_mac_link_down() clears RE|TE,
 - macb_mac_link_up() sets RE|TE|PTPUNI,
 - macb_hresp_error_task() clears then re-sets RE|TE,
 - macb_start_xmit() / macb_tx_restart() / macb_tx_error_task() set
   TSTART (already under bp->lock),
 - macb_interrupt() might toggle RE (also under bp->lock).

The first three risk concurrent RMW with anyone from the list as they
don't grab bp->lock.

Theoretical bugfix only, it has never reproduced on hardware. Also note
it does *not* take the lock hoping to protect against full races
inbetween BH scheduling concurrently. We only want to ensure consistent
NCR RMW operations.

Fixes: 7897b071ac3b ("net: macb: convert to phylink")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>
Reviewed-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index 261a7e87520a..4b5037867537 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ static void macb_mac_link_down(struct phylink_config *config, unsigned int mode,
 	struct net_device *netdev = to_net_dev(config->dev);
 	struct macb *bp = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct macb_queue *queue;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int q;
 	u32 ctrl;
 
@@ -786,8 +787,10 @@ static void macb_mac_link_down(struct phylink_config *config, unsigned int mode,
 				     bp->rx_intr_mask | MACB_TX_INT_FLAGS | MACB_BIT(HRESP));
 
 	/* Disable Rx and Tx */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&bp->lock, flags);
 	ctrl = macb_readl(bp, NCR) & ~(MACB_BIT(RE) | MACB_BIT(TE));
 	macb_writel(bp, NCR, ctrl);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bp->lock, flags);
 
 	netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
 }
@@ -940,11 +943,13 @@ static void macb_mac_link_up(struct phylink_config *config,
 	}
 
 	/* Enable Rx and Tx; Enable PTP unicast */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&bp->lock, flags);
 	ctrl = macb_readl(bp, NCR);
 	if (gem_has_ptp(bp))
 		ctrl |= MACB_BIT(PTPUNI);
 
 	macb_writel(bp, NCR, ctrl | MACB_BIT(RE) | MACB_BIT(TE));
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bp->lock, flags);
 
 	netif_tx_wake_all_queues(netdev);
 }
@@ -1995,6 +2000,7 @@ static void macb_hresp_error_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct macb *bp = from_work(bp, work, hresp_err_bh_work);
 	struct net_device *netdev = bp->netdev;
 	struct macb_queue *queue;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int q;
 	u32 ctrl;
 
@@ -2003,9 +2009,11 @@ static void macb_hresp_error_task(struct work_struct *work)
 					 MACB_TX_INT_FLAGS |
 					 MACB_BIT(HRESP));
 	}
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&bp->lock, flags);
 	ctrl = macb_readl(bp, NCR);
 	ctrl &= ~(MACB_BIT(RE) | MACB_BIT(TE));
 	macb_writel(bp, NCR, ctrl);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bp->lock, flags);
 
 	netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
@@ -2022,8 +2030,10 @@ static void macb_hresp_error_task(struct work_struct *work)
 			     MACB_TX_INT_FLAGS |
 			     MACB_BIT(HRESP));
 
-	ctrl |= MACB_BIT(RE) | MACB_BIT(TE);
-	macb_writel(bp, NCR, ctrl);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&bp->lock, flags);
+	ctrl = MACB_BIT(RE) | MACB_BIT(TE);
+	macb_writel(bp, NCR, macb_readl(bp, NCR) | ctrl);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bp->lock, flags);
 
 	netif_carrier_on(netdev);
 	netif_tx_start_all_queues(netdev);

-- 
2.56.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-10-22  9:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-22  9:38 [PATCH RFC net 0/6] net: macb: fix TX stalls, IRQ storms and a lost NCR update on link-up Steffen Dirkwinkel
2026-10-22  9:38 ` Steffen Dirkwinkel [this message]
2026-10-22  9:38 ` [PATCH RFC net 2/6] net: macb: reprogram TBQP after shuffling the TX ring " Steffen Dirkwinkel
2026-10-22  9:38 ` [PATCH RFC net 3/6] net: macb: mask TXUBR during TX NAPI poll to prevent IRQ storms Steffen Dirkwinkel
2026-10-22  9:38 ` [PATCH RFC net 4/6] net: macb: rotate unreaped TX frames behind the ring base on link-up Steffen Dirkwinkel
2026-10-22  9:38 ` [PATCH RFC net 5/6] net: macb: kick the transmitter " Steffen Dirkwinkel
2026-10-22  9:38 ` [PATCH RFC net 6/6] net: macb: keep best-effort traffic on TX queue 0 Steffen Dirkwinkel
2026-10-22  9:55 ` [PATCH RFC net 0/6] net: macb: fix TX stalls, IRQ storms and a lost NCR update on link-up Nicolai Buchwitz

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