From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
To: Zxyan Zhu <zxyan0222@gmail.com>,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@kernel.org,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com,
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Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: program the FSM timeout timer
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:19:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8cecf0d6-d04a-4bb6-91fb-b5c9b091ae8e@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111143322.2234321-1-zxyan0222@gmail.com>
Hi,
On 11/11/26 15:33, Zxyan Zhu wrote:
> stmmac enables the FSM timeout checker (TMOUTEN) but never programs the
> MAC_FSM_ACT_Timer register. Per the databook the checker only fires once
> NTMRMD is programmed with a non-zero duration; NTMRMD == 0 disables the
> timer, so with TMOUTEN set but the timer left at reset a stuck FSM is
> never reported and the advertised timeout protection is ineffective.
>
> Program MAC_FSM_ACT_Timer right after TMOUTEN is enabled, deriving the
> TMR field (CSR clocks per 1us tic) from the CSR clock rate and defaulting
> to a 1s timeout. A platform can override the default through the new
> ntmrmd field in stmmac_safety_feature_cfg.
>
> The issue was hit in testing on a downstream platform, where a stuck FSM
> was not reported through the safety interrupt despite TMOUTEN being set.
>
> Fixes: 8bf993a5877e ("net: stmmac: Add support for DWMAC5 and implement Safety Features")
> Fixes: 56e58d6c8a56 ("net: stmmac: Implement Safety Features in XGMAC core")
> Signed-off-by: Zxyan Zhu <zxyan0222@gmail.com>
IMO this should go to net-next, this seems to just never have worked.
Out of curiosity, did you test on dwmac4 or on dwxgmac ?
Maxime
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-
> drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.h | 6 +++++-
> .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2.h | 3 +++
> .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-
> drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.h | 3 ++-
> .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 8 +++++++-
> include/linux/stmmac.h | 17 ++++++++++++++++
> 7 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.c
> index f1bb981cab7c..4ab7a3df98c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.c
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
> // Copyright (c) 2017 Synopsys, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
> // stmmac Support for 5.xx Ethernet QoS cores
>
> +#include <linux/bitfield.h>
> #include <linux/bitops.h>
> #include <linux/iopoll.h>
> #include "common.h"
> @@ -184,7 +185,8 @@ static void dwmac5_handle_dma_err(struct net_device *ndev,
> }
>
> int dwmac5_safety_feat_config(void __iomem *ioaddr, unsigned int asp,
> - struct stmmac_safety_feature_cfg *safety_feat_cfg)
> + struct stmmac_safety_feature_cfg *safety_feat_cfg,
> + unsigned int csr_clk_mhz)
> {
> struct stmmac_safety_feature_cfg all_safety_feats = {
> .tsoee = 1,
> @@ -245,6 +247,22 @@ int dwmac5_safety_feat_config(void __iomem *ioaddr, unsigned int asp,
> value |= TMOUTEN; /* FSM Timeout Feature */
> writel(value, ioaddr + MAC_FSM_CONTROL);
>
> + /* Program the FSM active timer so the timeout checker actually fires.
> + * TMR is the number of CSR clocks per 1us tic, i.e. csr_clk in MHz.
> + * Default to a 1s timeout when the platform did not select one.
> + */
> + if (safety_feat_cfg->tmouten && csr_clk_mhz) {
> + u32 ntmrmd = safety_feat_cfg->ntmrmd;
> +
> + ntmrmd = (ntmrmd >= STMMAC_NTMRMD_1US &&
> + ntmrmd <= STMMAC_NTMRMD_64SEC) ?
> + ntmrmd : STMMAC_NTMRMD_1SEC;
> +
> + writel(FIELD_PREP(MAC_FSM_ACT_TIMER_NTMRMD, ntmrmd) |
> + FIELD_PREP(MAC_FSM_ACT_TIMER_TMR, csr_clk_mhz),
> + ioaddr + MAC_FSM_ACT_TIMER);
> + }
> +
> /* 4. Enable Data Parity Protection */
> value = readl(ioaddr + MTL_DPP_CONTROL);
> if (safety_feat_cfg->edpp)
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.h
> index 00b151b3b688..734e7630f28d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac5.h
> @@ -8,8 +8,11 @@
> #define MAC_DPP_FSM_INT_STATUS 0x00000140
> #define MAC_AXI_SLV_DPE_ADDR_STATUS 0x00000144
> #define MAC_FSM_CONTROL 0x00000148
> +#define MAC_FSM_ACT_TIMER 0x0000014C
> #define PRTYEN BIT(1)
> #define TMOUTEN BIT(0)
> +#define MAC_FSM_ACT_TIMER_TMR GENMASK(9, 0)
> +#define MAC_FSM_ACT_TIMER_NTMRMD GENMASK(19, 16)
>
> #define MAC_PPS_CONTROL 0x00000b70
> #define PPS_MAXIDX(x) ((((x) + 1) * 8) - 1)
> @@ -82,7 +85,8 @@
> #define GMAC_INT_FPE_EN BIT(17)
>
> int dwmac5_safety_feat_config(void __iomem *ioaddr, unsigned int asp,
> - struct stmmac_safety_feature_cfg *safety_cfg);
> + struct stmmac_safety_feature_cfg *safety_cfg,
> + unsigned int csr_clk_mhz);
> int dwmac5_safety_feat_irq_status(struct net_device *ndev,
> void __iomem *ioaddr, unsigned int asp,
> struct stmmac_safety_stats *stats);
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2.h
> index f8ab347f7b5b..1fd501728b18 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2.h
> @@ -169,8 +169,11 @@
> #define XGMAC_HWFEAT_PCSEL GENMASK(1, 0)
> #define XGMAC_MAC_DPP_FSM_INT_STATUS 0x00000150
> #define XGMAC_MAC_FSM_CONTROL 0x00000158
> +#define XGMAC_MAC_FSM_ACT_TIMER 0x0000015C
> #define XGMAC_PRTYEN BIT(1)
> #define XGMAC_TMOUTEN BIT(0)
> +#define XGMAC_MAC_FSM_ACT_TIMER_TMR GENMASK(9, 0)
> +#define XGMAC_MAC_FSM_ACT_TIMER_NTMRMD GENMASK(19, 16)
> #define XGMAC_MDIO_ADDR 0x00000200
> #define XGMAC_MDIO_DATA 0x00000204
> #define XGMAC_MDIO_C22P 0x00000220
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
> index 1a88cbaed70c..76c850ea13a5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
> * stmmac XGMAC support.
> */
>
> +#include <linux/bitfield.h>
> #include <linux/bitrev.h>
> #include <linux/crc32.h>
> #include <linux/iopoll.h>
> @@ -835,7 +836,8 @@ static void dwxgmac3_handle_dma_err(struct net_device *ndev,
>
> static int
> dwxgmac3_safety_feat_config(void __iomem *ioaddr, unsigned int asp,
> - struct stmmac_safety_feature_cfg *safety_cfg)
> + struct stmmac_safety_feature_cfg *safety_cfg,
> + unsigned int csr_clk_mhz)
> {
> u32 value;
>
> @@ -871,6 +873,22 @@ dwxgmac3_safety_feat_config(void __iomem *ioaddr, unsigned int asp,
> value |= XGMAC_TMOUTEN; /* FSM Timeout Feature */
> writel(value, ioaddr + XGMAC_MAC_FSM_CONTROL);
>
> + /* Program the FSM active timer so the timeout checker actually fires.
> + * TMR is the number of CSR clocks per 1us tic, i.e. csr_clk in MHz.
> + * Default to a 1s timeout when the platform did not select one.
> + */
> + if (safety_cfg && safety_cfg->tmouten && csr_clk_mhz) {
> + u32 ntmrmd = safety_cfg->ntmrmd;
> +
> + ntmrmd = (ntmrmd >= STMMAC_NTMRMD_1US &&
> + ntmrmd <= STMMAC_NTMRMD_64SEC) ?
> + ntmrmd : STMMAC_NTMRMD_1SEC;
> +
> + writel(FIELD_PREP(XGMAC_MAC_FSM_ACT_TIMER_NTMRMD, ntmrmd) |
> + FIELD_PREP(XGMAC_MAC_FSM_ACT_TIMER_TMR, csr_clk_mhz),
> + ioaddr + XGMAC_MAC_FSM_ACT_TIMER);
> + }
> +
> /* 5. Enable Data Path Parity Protection */
> value = readl(ioaddr + XGMAC_MTL_DPP_CONTROL);
> /* already enabled by default, explicit enable it again */
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.h
> index 8ae95e91a36a..395655b01ea8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.h
> @@ -378,7 +378,8 @@ struct stmmac_ops {
> bool srgmi_ral);
> /* Safety Features */
> int (*safety_feat_config)(void __iomem *ioaddr, unsigned int asp,
> - struct stmmac_safety_feature_cfg *safety_cfg);
> + struct stmmac_safety_feature_cfg *safety_cfg,
> + unsigned int csr_clk_mhz);
> int (*safety_feat_irq_status)(struct net_device *ndev,
> void __iomem *ioaddr, unsigned int asp,
> struct stmmac_safety_stats *stats);
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> index f8dceafdda2d..52f63f624d67 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> @@ -3639,10 +3639,16 @@ static void stmmac_mtl_configuration(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
>
> static void stmmac_safety_feat_configuration(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
> {
> + unsigned int csr_clk_mhz = 0;
> +
> if (priv->dma_cap.asp) {
> netdev_info(priv->dev, "Enabling Safety Features\n");
> + if (priv->plat->stmmac_clk)
> + csr_clk_mhz = clk_get_rate(priv->plat->stmmac_clk) /
> + 1000000;
> stmmac_safety_feat_config(priv, priv->ioaddr, priv->dma_cap.asp,
> - priv->plat->safety_feat_cfg);
> + priv->plat->safety_feat_cfg,
> + csr_clk_mhz);
> } else {
> netdev_info(priv->dev, "No Safety Features support found\n");
> }
> diff --git a/include/linux/stmmac.h b/include/linux/stmmac.h
> index 00be2df63d22..cb470a153bf8 100644
> --- a/include/linux/stmmac.h
> +++ b/include/linux/stmmac.h
> @@ -168,8 +168,25 @@ struct stmmac_safety_feature_cfg {
> u32 edpp;
> u32 prtyen;
> u32 tmouten;
> + /* FSM normal-mode timeout value (MAC_FSM_ACT_Timer.NTMRMD). The TMR
> + * field (CSR clocks per 1us) is derived from the CSR clock by stmmac.
> + * 0 selects the default 1s timeout.
> + */
> + u32 ntmrmd;
> };
>
> +/* MAC_FSM_ACT_Timer.NTMRMD timeout durations */
> +#define STMMAC_NTMRMD_1US 0x1
> +#define STMMAC_NTMRMD_4MS 0x2
> +#define STMMAC_NTMRMD_16MS 0x3
> +#define STMMAC_NTMRMD_64MS 0x4
> +#define STMMAC_NTMRMD_256MS 0x5
> +#define STMMAC_NTMRMD_1SEC 0x6
> +#define STMMAC_NTMRMD_4SEC 0x7
> +#define STMMAC_NTMRMD_16SEC 0x8
> +#define STMMAC_NTMRMD_32SEC 0x9
> +#define STMMAC_NTMRMD_64SEC 0xa
> +
> /* Addresses that may be customized by a platform */
> struct dwmac4_addrs {
> u32 dma_chan;
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