* [PATCH net v2 0/5] net: mvneta: fix the TX queue arbitration and the mqprio offload
@ 2026-11-03 12:50 Josef Schlehofer
2026-11-03 12:50 ` [PATCH net v2 1/5] net: mvneta: lift the per-queue TX rate limits Josef Schlehofer
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From: Josef Schlehofer @ 2026-11-03 12:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: marcin.s.wojtas, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni,
maxime.chevallier, w, linux-kernel
The NETA TX arbiter is left at its reset default, which serves the TX
queues in fixed priority. Under load a busy queue starves the others.
OpenWrt has worked around this since 2017 by sending all TX traffic
of its 32-bit boards through queue 0 [1].
Patch 3 serves the queues in weighted round robin. While working on it,
four older bugs in the mqprio offload showed up. Turning the shaper off
leaves the per-queue rate limits in place (patch 1). Deleting the qdisc
never reaches the driver (patch 2). A failed setup is not undone
(patch 4). Opening the interface or changing its MTU sets every rate
limit to 10.23 Mbit/s (patch 5).
The series was tested on a Turris Omnia (Armada 385). The other NETA
variants were not tested, but the driver already programs registers of
the same block (MVNETA_TX_MTU and the token sizes) on all of them.
Suspend and resume were not tested.
With patch 2, replacing an offloaded mqprio qdisc with another mqprio
under a new handle loses the new configuration. The new qdisc is set up
before the old one is torn down, and the driver now acts on that
teardown. Software mqprio loses the configuration in the same way.
Changes in v2:
- Add patches 4 and 5. They fix the pre-existing issues that the
Sashiko review pointed out.
- Patch 1: say that deleting the qdisc reaches the new code only with
patch 2. When MVNETA_REFILL_NUM_CLK_REG was never programmed, the
full rate refill keeps the refill period that the queues have after
mvneta_txq_hw_init() and only raises the tokens, so it is not slower
than before.
- Patch 2: describe the replace case. The v1 cover letter called it an
existing limitation, but before this patch the driver kept the new
configuration.
- Patch 3: add a missing blank line in the commit message.
- No code change in patches 1 to 3. Rebased on current net/main.
- v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261102112816.12322-1-pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com/
[1] https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/blob/a5e96c837ead549820867bb83c1ad471e39f5ace/target/linux/mvebu/patches-6.18/700-mvneta-tx-queue-workaround.patch
Josef Schlehofer (5):
net: mvneta: lift the per-queue TX rate limits
net: mvneta: fix the removal of the mqprio offload
net: mvneta: serve the TX queues in weighted round robin
net: mvneta: unwind a failed mqprio setup
net: mvneta: keep the TX rate limits across open and MTU change
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 80 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
base-commit: f56daaadfecae1f760d0fb34385b256d3af68970
--
2.54.0 (Apple Git-157)
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* [PATCH net v2 1/5] net: mvneta: lift the per-queue TX rate limits
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@ 2026-11-03 12:50 ` Josef Schlehofer
2026-11-03 18:56 ` Maxime Chevallier
2026-11-03 12:50 ` [PATCH net v2 2/5] net: mvneta: fix the removal of the mqprio offload Josef Schlehofer
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From: Josef Schlehofer @ 2026-11-03 12:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: marcin.s.wojtas, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni,
maxime.chevallier, w, linux-kernel
The per-queue rate limits set by mqprio stay in effect after the
shaper is turned off.
mvneta_disable_per_queue_rate_limit() only changes the mode bits in
MVNETA_TXQ_CMD1_REG. The token buckets keep limiting the TX queues
with that mode as well, and their refill rate still holds the old
limit.
Refill the token buckets of all TX queues at full rate when the rate
limit is disabled. Deleting the qdisc reaches this code only with the
next patch.
Tested on a Turris Omnia (Armada 385) with 10 Mbit/s limits on a
100 Mbit/s link. When mqprio was set up again without a shaper, each
TX queue stayed at 10 Mbit/s. With this patch the link reaches
94 Mbit/s.
Fixes: 2551dc9e398c ("net: mvneta: Add TC traffic shaping offload")
Signed-off-by: Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index ea755cf05b9e..9b9efac2846e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -5204,9 +5204,16 @@ static int mvneta_enable_per_queue_rate_limit(struct mvneta_port *pp)
static void mvneta_disable_per_queue_rate_limit(struct mvneta_port *pp)
{
u32 val = mvreg_read(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_CMD1_REG);
+ int queue;
val |= (MVNETA_TXQ_CMD1_BW_LIM_SEL_V1 | MVNETA_TXQ_CMD1_BW_LIM_EN);
mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_CMD1_REG, val);
+
+ /* The token buckets still limit the queues, refill them at full rate */
+ val = (1 << MVNETA_TXQ_BUCKET_REFILL_PERIOD_SHIFT) |
+ MVNETA_TXQ_BUCKET_REFILL_VALUE_MAX;
+ for (queue = 0; queue < txq_number; queue++)
+ mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_BUCKET_REFILL_REG(queue), val);
}
static int mvneta_setup_queue_rates(struct mvneta_port *pp, int queue,
--
2.54.0 (Apple Git-157)
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* [PATCH net v2 2/5] net: mvneta: fix the removal of the mqprio offload
2026-11-03 12:50 [PATCH net v2 0/5] net: mvneta: fix the TX queue arbitration and the mqprio offload Josef Schlehofer
2026-11-03 12:50 ` [PATCH net v2 1/5] net: mvneta: lift the per-queue TX rate limits Josef Schlehofer
@ 2026-11-03 12:50 ` Josef Schlehofer
2026-11-03 19:00 ` Maxime Chevallier
2026-11-03 12:50 ` [PATCH net v2 3/5] net: mvneta: serve the TX queues in weighted round robin Josef Schlehofer
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From: Josef Schlehofer @ 2026-11-03 12:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: marcin.s.wojtas, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni,
maxime.chevallier, w, linux-kernel
Deleting an offloaded mqprio qdisc leaves its traffic classes and
per-queue rate limits in place.
mqprio_disable_offload() passes an all-zero configuration, so qopt.hw
is 0 and mvneta_setup_mqprio() returns before it reaches the teardown
code.
Check qopt.hw only when traffic classes are set up.
A replacement qdisc is set up before the old one is torn down.
Replacing an offloaded mqprio qdisc with another mqprio under a new
handle therefore loses the new configuration, as with software mqprio.
Tested on a Turris Omnia (Armada 385) with 10 Mbit/s limits on a
100 Mbit/s link. After the qdisc was deleted, only TX queues 0-3 were
used and the link carried 19 Mbit/s. With this patch and the previous
one, the queues above 3 are used again and the link reaches 94 Mbit/s.
Fixes: e7ca75fe6662 ("net: mvneta: Don't force-set the offloading flag")
Signed-off-by: Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 9b9efac2846e..79711a117c39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -5251,11 +5251,12 @@ static int mvneta_setup_mqprio(struct net_device *dev,
int rxq, txq, tc, ret;
u8 num_tc;
- if (mqprio->qopt.hw != TC_MQPRIO_HW_OFFLOAD_TCS)
- return 0;
-
num_tc = mqprio->qopt.num_tc;
+ /* On removal the qdisc passes an all-zero qopt, with hw 0 */
+ if (num_tc && mqprio->qopt.hw != TC_MQPRIO_HW_OFFLOAD_TCS)
+ return 0;
+
if (num_tc > rxq_number)
return -EINVAL;
--
2.54.0 (Apple Git-157)
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* [PATCH net v2 3/5] net: mvneta: serve the TX queues in weighted round robin
2026-11-03 12:50 [PATCH net v2 0/5] net: mvneta: fix the TX queue arbitration and the mqprio offload Josef Schlehofer
2026-11-03 12:50 ` [PATCH net v2 1/5] net: mvneta: lift the per-queue TX rate limits Josef Schlehofer
2026-11-03 12:50 ` [PATCH net v2 2/5] net: mvneta: fix the removal of the mqprio offload Josef Schlehofer
@ 2026-11-03 12:50 ` Josef Schlehofer
2026-11-03 12:50 ` [PATCH net v2 4/5] net: mvneta: unwind a failed mqprio setup Josef Schlehofer
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From: Josef Schlehofer @ 2026-11-03 12:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: marcin.s.wojtas, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni,
maxime.chevallier, w, linux-kernel
Under load, some TX queues get no service at all. With four TCP streams
on a 100 Mbit/s link, up to three streams sent nothing for 20 seconds.
The TX queue arbiter is left at its reset default, which serves all
queues in fixed priority. The stack spreads the flows over the queues,
so a busy queue starves the others.
Give the TX queues the same WRR weight and clear the fixed priority.
Like the Marvell reference driver, use the smallest weight that is
larger than the largest packet.
The mqprio offload never configured the TX scheduling, so its traffic
classes lose the fixed priority of the reset default as well.
Tested on a Turris Omnia (Armada 385). With this patch each busy TX
queue gets an equal share of the link and no stream stalls.
Fixes: ee40a116ebf1 ("net: mvneta: fix improper tx queue usage in mvneta_tx()")
Signed-off-by: Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 79711a117c39..75d46349df37 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@
#define MVNETA_TXQ_CMD1_REG 0x3e00
#define MVNETA_TXQ_CMD1_BW_LIM_SEL_V1 BIT(3)
#define MVNETA_TXQ_CMD1_BW_LIM_EN BIT(0)
+#define MVNETA_TXQ_FIXED_PRIO_REG 0x3e04
#define MVNETA_REFILL_NUM_CLK_REG 0x3e08
#define MVNETA_REFILL_MAX_NUM_CLK 0x0000ffff
#define MVNETA_TX_MTU 0x3e0c
@@ -264,6 +265,8 @@
#define MVNETA_TXQ_BUCKET_REFILL_VALUE_MAX 0x0007ffff
#define MVNETA_TXQ_TOKEN_SIZE_REG(q) (0x3e40 + ((q) << 2))
#define MVNETA_TXQ_TOKEN_SIZE_MAX 0x7fffffff
+#define MVNETA_TXQ_WRR_ARB_REG(q) (0x3e80 + ((q) << 2))
+#define MVNETA_TXQ_WRR_WEIGHT_MASK 0xff
/* The values of the bucket refill base period and refill period are taken from
* the reference manual, and adds up to a base resolution of 10Kbps. This allows
@@ -1629,6 +1632,24 @@ static void mvneta_txq_max_tx_size_set(struct mvneta_port *pp, int max_tx_size)
}
}
+/* With the default fixed priority, a busy queue starves the others */
+static void mvneta_txq_wrr_set(struct mvneta_port *pp, int max_tx_size)
+{
+ /* In units of 256 bytes, must exceed the largest packet */
+ u32 weight = max_tx_size / 256 + 1;
+ int queue;
+ u32 val;
+
+ for (queue = 0; queue < txq_number; queue++) {
+ val = mvreg_read(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_WRR_ARB_REG(queue));
+ val &= ~MVNETA_TXQ_WRR_WEIGHT_MASK;
+ val |= weight;
+ mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_WRR_ARB_REG(queue), val);
+ }
+
+ mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_FIXED_PRIO_REG, 0);
+}
+
/* Set unicast address */
static void mvneta_set_ucast_addr(struct mvneta_port *pp, u8 last_nibble,
int queue)
@@ -3760,6 +3781,7 @@ static void mvneta_start_dev(struct mvneta_port *pp)
mvneta_max_rx_size_set(pp, pp->pkt_size);
mvneta_txq_max_tx_size_set(pp, pp->pkt_size);
+ mvneta_txq_wrr_set(pp, pp->pkt_size);
/* start the Rx/Tx activity */
mvneta_port_enable(pp);
--
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From: Josef Schlehofer @ 2026-11-03 12:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: marcin.s.wojtas, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni,
maxime.chevallier, w, linux-kernel
A failed mqprio offload setup leaves part of its configuration in the
hardware. For example, when one max_rate is not a multiple of
10 kbit/s, the command fails but the TX queues set up before it stay
rate limited.
mvneta_setup_mqprio() returns on an invalid queue range or rate after
it has already mapped RX queues, switched the rate limit mode and set
the rates of some TX queues. The qdisc then fails to attach and the
driver is not called again, so nothing removes them.
Undo the RX queue mapping, the rate limits and the traffic classes
when the setup fails.
Tested on a Turris Omnia (Armada 385). After mqprio failed on a
max_rate of 10001kbit, TX queues 0-3 stayed limited to 10 Mbit/s and
the VLAN priority map stayed set. With this patch neither is left
behind.
Fixes: e9f7099d0730 ("net: mvneta: Allow having more than one queue per TC")
Fixes: 2551dc9e398c ("net: mvneta: Add TC traffic shaping offload")
Signed-off-by: Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 75d46349df37..d3a6bf8f383e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -5299,8 +5299,10 @@ static int mvneta_setup_mqprio(struct net_device *dev,
for (rxq = mqprio->qopt.offset[tc];
rxq < mqprio->qopt.count[tc] + mqprio->qopt.offset[tc];
rxq++) {
- if (rxq >= rxq_number)
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (rxq >= rxq_number) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto err;
+ }
mvneta_map_vlan_prio_to_rxq(pp, tc, rxq);
}
@@ -5311,29 +5313,39 @@ static int mvneta_setup_mqprio(struct net_device *dev,
return 0;
}
- if (mqprio->qopt.num_tc > txq_number)
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (mqprio->qopt.num_tc > txq_number) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto err;
+ }
ret = mvneta_enable_per_queue_rate_limit(pp);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto err;
for (tc = 0; tc < mqprio->qopt.num_tc; tc++) {
for (txq = mqprio->qopt.offset[tc];
txq < mqprio->qopt.count[tc] + mqprio->qopt.offset[tc];
txq++) {
- if (txq >= txq_number)
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (txq >= txq_number) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto err;
+ }
ret = mvneta_setup_queue_rates(pp, txq,
mqprio->min_rate[tc],
mqprio->max_rate[tc]);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto err;
}
}
return 0;
+
+err:
+ mvneta_clear_rx_prio_map(pp);
+ mvneta_disable_per_queue_rate_limit(pp);
+ netdev_reset_tc(dev);
+ return ret;
}
static int mvneta_setup_tc(struct net_device *dev, enum tc_setup_type type,
--
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To: netdev
Cc: marcin.s.wojtas, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni,
maxime.chevallier, w, linux-kernel
After the interface is brought up again or its MTU is changed, every
per-queue rate limit set by mqprio runs at 10.23 Mbit/s, whatever rate
was configured. tc still shows the configured rates.
mvneta_txq_hw_init() writes the token configuration of the legacy rate
limiter for each TX queue. This also sets the refill value of the
queue's token bucket to 1023, which is 10.23 Mbit/s at the refill
period that mqprio uses.
Remember the refill of each rate limited queue and program the rate
limits again when the port is started. Resume also starts the port
with mvneta_start_dev().
Tested on a Turris Omnia (Armada 385) with 1 Mbit/s limits on a
100 Mbit/s link. After the link was set down and up, or the MTU was
changed, each busy TX queue carried about 10 Mbit/s. With this patch it
stays at about 1 Mbit/s.
Fixes: 2551dc9e398c ("net: mvneta: Add TC traffic shaping offload")
Signed-off-by: Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index d3a6bf8f383e..92a2ea930002 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -686,6 +686,9 @@ struct mvneta_tx_queue {
u32 done_pkts_coal;
+ /* Bucket refill of the mqprio rate limit, 0 when not limited */
+ u32 bucket_refill;
+
/* Virtual address of the TX DMA descriptors array */
struct mvneta_tx_desc *descs;
@@ -3773,6 +3776,8 @@ static int mvneta_config_interface(struct mvneta_port *pp,
return ret;
}
+static void mvneta_restore_per_queue_rate_limit(struct mvneta_port *pp);
+
static void mvneta_start_dev(struct mvneta_port *pp)
{
int cpu;
@@ -3782,6 +3787,7 @@ static void mvneta_start_dev(struct mvneta_port *pp)
mvneta_max_rx_size_set(pp, pp->pkt_size);
mvneta_txq_max_tx_size_set(pp, pp->pkt_size);
mvneta_txq_wrr_set(pp, pp->pkt_size);
+ mvneta_restore_per_queue_rate_limit(pp);
/* start the Rx/Tx activity */
mvneta_port_enable(pp);
@@ -5234,8 +5240,10 @@ static void mvneta_disable_per_queue_rate_limit(struct mvneta_port *pp)
/* The token buckets still limit the queues, refill them at full rate */
val = (1 << MVNETA_TXQ_BUCKET_REFILL_PERIOD_SHIFT) |
MVNETA_TXQ_BUCKET_REFILL_VALUE_MAX;
- for (queue = 0; queue < txq_number; queue++)
+ for (queue = 0; queue < txq_number; queue++) {
+ pp->txqs[queue].bucket_refill = 0;
mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_BUCKET_REFILL_REG(queue), val);
+ }
}
static int mvneta_setup_queue_rates(struct mvneta_port *pp, int queue,
@@ -5261,11 +5269,30 @@ static int mvneta_setup_queue_rates(struct mvneta_port *pp, int queue,
val |= (MVNETA_TXQ_BUCKET_REFILL_PERIOD <<
MVNETA_TXQ_BUCKET_REFILL_PERIOD_SHIFT);
+ pp->txqs[queue].bucket_refill = val;
mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_BUCKET_REFILL_REG(queue), val);
return 0;
}
+/* The TX queue setup overwrites the rate limits, program them again */
+static void mvneta_restore_per_queue_rate_limit(struct mvneta_port *pp)
+{
+ int queue;
+
+ for (queue = 0; queue < txq_number; queue++)
+ if (pp->txqs[queue].bucket_refill)
+ break;
+
+ if (queue == txq_number || mvneta_enable_per_queue_rate_limit(pp))
+ return;
+
+ for (; queue < txq_number; queue++)
+ if (pp->txqs[queue].bucket_refill)
+ mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_BUCKET_REFILL_REG(queue),
+ pp->txqs[queue].bucket_refill);
+}
+
static int mvneta_setup_mqprio(struct net_device *dev,
struct tc_mqprio_qopt_offload *mqprio)
{
--
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From: Maxime Chevallier @ 2026-11-03 18:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Josef Schlehofer, netdev
Cc: marcin.s.wojtas, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, w,
linux-kernel
Hi Josef,
On 11/3/26 13:50, Josef Schlehofer wrote:
> The NETA TX arbiter is left at its reset default, which serves the TX
> queues in fixed priority. Under load a busy queue starves the others.
> OpenWrt has worked around this since 2017 by sending all TX traffic
> of its 32-bit boards through queue 0 [1].
>
> Patch 3 serves the queues in weighted round robin. While working on it,
> four older bugs in the mqprio offload showed up. Turning the shaper off
> leaves the per-queue rate limits in place (patch 1). Deleting the qdisc
> never reaches the driver (patch 2). A failed setup is not undone
> (patch 4). Opening the interface or changing its MTU sets every rate
> limit to 10.23 Mbit/s (patch 5).
>
> The series was tested on a Turris Omnia (Armada 385). The other NETA
> variants were not tested, but the driver already programs registers of
> the same block (MVNETA_TX_MTU and the token sizes) on all of them.
> Suspend and resume were not tested.
>
> With patch 2, replacing an offloaded mqprio qdisc with another mqprio
> under a new handle loses the new configuration. The new qdisc is set up
> before the old one is torn down, and the driver now acts on that
> teardown. Software mqprio loses the configuration in the same way.
Wouldn't this break mqprio offload ? It's no longer priorising then ?
That behaviour of the high-prio queue potentially starving the other
is likely what mqprio users actually need, so maybe we need to setup
prio-based queue selection when adding an mqprio qdisc, and switch back
to WRR when its removed ?
Maxime
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* Re: [PATCH net v2 1/5] net: mvneta: lift the per-queue TX rate limits
2026-11-03 12:50 ` [PATCH net v2 1/5] net: mvneta: lift the per-queue TX rate limits Josef Schlehofer
@ 2026-11-03 18:56 ` Maxime Chevallier
0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Maxime Chevallier @ 2026-11-03 18:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Josef Schlehofer, netdev
Cc: marcin.s.wojtas, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, w,
linux-kernel
Hi,
On 11/3/26 13:50, Josef Schlehofer wrote:
> The per-queue rate limits set by mqprio stay in effect after the
> shaper is turned off.
>
> mvneta_disable_per_queue_rate_limit() only changes the mode bits in
> MVNETA_TXQ_CMD1_REG. The token buckets keep limiting the TX queues
> with that mode as well, and their refill rate still holds the old
> limit.
>
> Refill the token buckets of all TX queues at full rate when the rate
> limit is disabled. Deleting the qdisc reaches this code only with the
> next patch.
>
> Tested on a Turris Omnia (Armada 385) with 10 Mbit/s limits on a
> 100 Mbit/s link. When mqprio was set up again without a shaper, each
> TX queue stayed at 10 Mbit/s. With this patch the link reaches
> 94 Mbit/s.
>
> Fixes: 2551dc9e398c ("net: mvneta: Add TC traffic shaping offload")
> Signed-off-by: Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Thanks for addressing this,
Maxime
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> index ea755cf05b9e..9b9efac2846e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> @@ -5204,9 +5204,16 @@ static int mvneta_enable_per_queue_rate_limit(struct mvneta_port *pp)
> static void mvneta_disable_per_queue_rate_limit(struct mvneta_port *pp)
> {
> u32 val = mvreg_read(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_CMD1_REG);
> + int queue;
>
> val |= (MVNETA_TXQ_CMD1_BW_LIM_SEL_V1 | MVNETA_TXQ_CMD1_BW_LIM_EN);
> mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_CMD1_REG, val);
> +
> + /* The token buckets still limit the queues, refill them at full rate */
> + val = (1 << MVNETA_TXQ_BUCKET_REFILL_PERIOD_SHIFT) |
> + MVNETA_TXQ_BUCKET_REFILL_VALUE_MAX;
> + for (queue = 0; queue < txq_number; queue++)
> + mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_BUCKET_REFILL_REG(queue), val);
> }
>
> static int mvneta_setup_queue_rates(struct mvneta_port *pp, int queue,
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* Re: [PATCH net v2 2/5] net: mvneta: fix the removal of the mqprio offload
2026-11-03 12:50 ` [PATCH net v2 2/5] net: mvneta: fix the removal of the mqprio offload Josef Schlehofer
@ 2026-11-03 19:00 ` Maxime Chevallier
0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Maxime Chevallier @ 2026-11-03 19:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Josef Schlehofer, netdev
Cc: marcin.s.wojtas, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, w,
linux-kernel
Hi,
On 11/3/26 13:50, Josef Schlehofer wrote:
> Deleting an offloaded mqprio qdisc leaves its traffic classes and
> per-queue rate limits in place.
>
> mqprio_disable_offload() passes an all-zero configuration, so qopt.hw
> is 0 and mvneta_setup_mqprio() returns before it reaches the teardown
> code.
>
> Check qopt.hw only when traffic classes are set up.
>
> A replacement qdisc is set up before the old one is torn down.
> Replacing an offloaded mqprio qdisc with another mqprio under a new
> handle therefore loses the new configuration, as with software mqprio.
>
> Tested on a Turris Omnia (Armada 385) with 10 Mbit/s limits on a
> 100 Mbit/s link. After the qdisc was deleted, only TX queues 0-3 were
> used and the link carried 19 Mbit/s. With this patch and the previous
> one, the queues above 3 are used again and the link reaches 94 Mbit/s.
>
> Fixes: e7ca75fe6662 ("net: mvneta: Don't force-set the offloading flag")
> Signed-off-by: Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Maxime
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 7 ++++---
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> index 9b9efac2846e..79711a117c39 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> @@ -5251,11 +5251,12 @@ static int mvneta_setup_mqprio(struct net_device *dev,
> int rxq, txq, tc, ret;
> u8 num_tc;
>
> - if (mqprio->qopt.hw != TC_MQPRIO_HW_OFFLOAD_TCS)
> - return 0;
> -
> num_tc = mqprio->qopt.num_tc;
>
> + /* On removal the qdisc passes an all-zero qopt, with hw 0 */
> + if (num_tc && mqprio->qopt.hw != TC_MQPRIO_HW_OFFLOAD_TCS)
> + return 0;
> +
> if (num_tc > rxq_number)
> return -EINVAL;
>
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* Re: [PATCH net v2 4/5] net: mvneta: unwind a failed mqprio setup
2026-11-03 12:50 ` [PATCH net v2 4/5] net: mvneta: unwind a failed mqprio setup Josef Schlehofer
@ 2026-11-03 19:01 ` Maxime Chevallier
0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Maxime Chevallier @ 2026-11-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Josef Schlehofer, netdev
Cc: marcin.s.wojtas, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, w,
linux-kernel
Hi,
On 11/3/26 13:50, Josef Schlehofer wrote:
> A failed mqprio offload setup leaves part of its configuration in the
> hardware. For example, when one max_rate is not a multiple of
> 10 kbit/s, the command fails but the TX queues set up before it stay
> rate limited.
>
> mvneta_setup_mqprio() returns on an invalid queue range or rate after
> it has already mapped RX queues, switched the rate limit mode and set
> the rates of some TX queues. The qdisc then fails to attach and the
> driver is not called again, so nothing removes them.
>
> Undo the RX queue mapping, the rate limits and the traffic classes
> when the setup fails.
>
> Tested on a Turris Omnia (Armada 385). After mqprio failed on a
> max_rate of 10001kbit, TX queues 0-3 stayed limited to 10 Mbit/s and
> the VLAN priority map stayed set. With this patch neither is left
> behind.
>
> Fixes: e9f7099d0730 ("net: mvneta: Allow having more than one queue per TC")
> Fixes: 2551dc9e398c ("net: mvneta: Add TC traffic shaping offload")
> Signed-off-by: Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Maxime
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> index 75d46349df37..d3a6bf8f383e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> @@ -5299,8 +5299,10 @@ static int mvneta_setup_mqprio(struct net_device *dev,
> for (rxq = mqprio->qopt.offset[tc];
> rxq < mqprio->qopt.count[tc] + mqprio->qopt.offset[tc];
> rxq++) {
> - if (rxq >= rxq_number)
> - return -EINVAL;
> + if (rxq >= rxq_number) {
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + goto err;
> + }
>
> mvneta_map_vlan_prio_to_rxq(pp, tc, rxq);
> }
> @@ -5311,29 +5313,39 @@ static int mvneta_setup_mqprio(struct net_device *dev,
> return 0;
> }
>
> - if (mqprio->qopt.num_tc > txq_number)
> - return -EINVAL;
> + if (mqprio->qopt.num_tc > txq_number) {
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + goto err;
> + }
>
> ret = mvneta_enable_per_queue_rate_limit(pp);
> if (ret)
> - return ret;
> + goto err;
>
> for (tc = 0; tc < mqprio->qopt.num_tc; tc++) {
> for (txq = mqprio->qopt.offset[tc];
> txq < mqprio->qopt.count[tc] + mqprio->qopt.offset[tc];
> txq++) {
> - if (txq >= txq_number)
> - return -EINVAL;
> + if (txq >= txq_number) {
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + goto err;
> + }
>
> ret = mvneta_setup_queue_rates(pp, txq,
> mqprio->min_rate[tc],
> mqprio->max_rate[tc]);
> if (ret)
> - return ret;
> + goto err;
> }
> }
>
> return 0;
> +
> +err:
> + mvneta_clear_rx_prio_map(pp);
> + mvneta_disable_per_queue_rate_limit(pp);
> + netdev_reset_tc(dev);
> + return ret;
> }
>
> static int mvneta_setup_tc(struct net_device *dev, enum tc_setup_type type,
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