From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
To: Florian Maurer <fmaurer@disroot.org>
Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>, Ryder Lee <ryder.lee@mediatek.com>,
Shayne Chen <shayne.chen@mediatek.com>,
Sean Wang <sean.wang@mediatek.com>,
Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com>,
AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
<angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH wireless 2/2] wifi: mt76: npu: read the rx slot count after the first slot is complete
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 15:26:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <au3jnOD5ZOJR0mvb@lore-desk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <653d93b3c35975cd13dd6b33d76ea6517b55be91.1793927986.git.fmaurer@disroot.org>
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> mt76_npu_dequeue() reads the slot count of a frame from the info word
> of its first descriptor before checking the done bit of that slot. If
> the NPU completes the slot in between, the count is still the 0 left
> by the refill, so a frame spanning two slots is taken as a single slot
> frame and its second slot is parsed as the start of the next frame.
> With mt7996 this shows up as bogus tx-free events, which hit the
> WARN_ON_ONCE() checks in mt7996_mac_tx_free(). From the code, such an
> event can also release tokens that are still in use.
>
> Check the done bit of the first slot before reading the slot count,
> and order the descriptor reads with dma_rmb().
Relying on the patch I shared for 1/2, I guess this is no more a problem since
we will just delay the skb allocation. Agree or am I missing something?
Regards,
Lorenzo
>
> Fixes: 7fb554b1b623 ("wifi: mt76: Introduce the NPU generic layer")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Florian Maurer <fmaurer@disroot.org>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/npu.c | 9 ++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/npu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/npu.c
> index 6e503a4a890c..f00ae683a7eb 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/npu.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/npu.c
> @@ -72,18 +72,25 @@ static struct sk_buff *mt76_npu_dequeue(struct mt76_dev *dev,
> int i, nframes, index = q->tail;
> struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
>
> + if (!q->queued ||
> + !FIELD_GET(NPU_RX_DMA_DESC_DONE_MASK, desc[index].ctrl))
> + return NULL;
> +
> + /* The slot count is only valid once the first slot is complete */
> + dma_rmb();
> nframes = FIELD_GET(NPU_RX_DMA_PKT_COUNT_MASK, desc[index].info);
> nframes = max_t(int, nframes, 1);
> if (nframes > q->queued)
> return NULL;
>
> /* Only take the frame once all of its slots are complete */
> - for (i = 0; i < nframes; i++) {
> + for (i = 1; i < nframes; i++) {
> int idx = (index + i) % q->ndesc;
>
> if (!FIELD_GET(NPU_RX_DMA_DESC_DONE_MASK, desc[idx].ctrl))
> return NULL;
> }
> + dma_rmb();
>
> for (i = 0; i < nframes; i++) {
> struct mt76_queue_entry *e = &q->entry[index];
> --
> 2.47.3
>
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-06 14:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-06 11:51 [PATCH wireless 0/2] wifi: mt76: npu: fix rx ring handling Florian Maurer
2026-11-06 11:51 ` [PATCH wireless 1/2] wifi: mt76: npu: return rx slots to the NPU only after refilling them Florian Maurer
2026-11-06 14:21 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-11-06 11:51 ` [PATCH wireless 2/2] wifi: mt76: npu: read the rx slot count after the first slot is complete Florian Maurer
2026-11-06 14:26 ` Lorenzo Bianconi [this message]
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