p54pci: prevent stuck rx-ring on slow system

This patch fixes an old problem, which - under certain
circumstances - could cause the device to become
unresponsive.

most of p54pci's rx-ring management is implemented in just
two distinct standalone functions. p54p_check_rx_ring takes
care of processing incoming data, while p54p_refill_rx_ring
tries to replenish all depleted communication buffers.

This has always worked fine on my fast machine, but
now I know there is a hidden race...

The most likely candidate here is ring_control->device_idx.
Quintin Pitts had already analyzed the culprit and posted
a patch back in Oct 2009. But sadly, no one's picked up on this.
( https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/53079/ [2 & 3] ).
This patch does the same way, except that it also prioritize
rx data processing, simply because tx routines *can* wait.

Reported-by: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11386
Reported-by: Quintin Pitts <geek4linux@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Quintin Pitts <geek4linux@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c
index ed4bdffdd63e4ede90f262760dd1abbae27ffb88..aa29663bf6c9f1c28429a1d47d0349a419ce53da 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static int p54p_upload_firmware(struct ieee80211_hw *dev)
 
 static void p54p_refill_rx_ring(struct ieee80211_hw *dev,
        int ring_index, struct p54p_desc *ring, u32 ring_limit,
-       struct sk_buff **rx_buf)
+       struct sk_buff **rx_buf, u32 index)
 {
        struct p54p_priv *priv = dev->priv;
        struct p54p_ring_control *ring_control = priv->ring_control;
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static void p54p_refill_rx_ring(struct ieee80211_hw *dev,
 
        idx = le32_to_cpu(ring_control->host_idx[ring_index]);
        limit = idx;
-       limit -= le32_to_cpu(ring_control->device_idx[ring_index]);
+       limit -= le32_to_cpu(index);
        limit = ring_limit - limit;
 
        i = idx % ring_limit;
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static void p54p_check_rx_ring(struct ieee80211_hw *dev, u32 *index,
                i %= ring_limit;
        }
 
-       p54p_refill_rx_ring(dev, ring_index, ring, ring_limit, rx_buf);
+       p54p_refill_rx_ring(dev, ring_index, ring, ring_limit, rx_buf, *index);
 }
 
 static void p54p_check_tx_ring(struct ieee80211_hw *dev, u32 *index,
@@ -276,14 +276,6 @@ static void p54p_tasklet(unsigned long dev_id)
        struct p54p_priv *priv = dev->priv;
        struct p54p_ring_control *ring_control = priv->ring_control;
 
-       p54p_check_tx_ring(dev, &priv->tx_idx_mgmt, 3, ring_control->tx_mgmt,
-                          ARRAY_SIZE(ring_control->tx_mgmt),
-                          priv->tx_buf_mgmt);
-
-       p54p_check_tx_ring(dev, &priv->tx_idx_data, 1, ring_control->tx_data,
-                          ARRAY_SIZE(ring_control->tx_data),
-                          priv->tx_buf_data);
-
        p54p_check_rx_ring(dev, &priv->rx_idx_mgmt, 2, ring_control->rx_mgmt,
                ARRAY_SIZE(ring_control->rx_mgmt), priv->rx_buf_mgmt);
 
@@ -292,6 +284,14 @@ static void p54p_tasklet(unsigned long dev_id)
 
        wmb();
        P54P_WRITE(dev_int, cpu_to_le32(ISL38XX_DEV_INT_UPDATE));
+
+       p54p_check_tx_ring(dev, &priv->tx_idx_mgmt, 3, ring_control->tx_mgmt,
+                          ARRAY_SIZE(ring_control->tx_mgmt),
+                          priv->tx_buf_mgmt);
+
+       p54p_check_tx_ring(dev, &priv->tx_idx_data, 1, ring_control->tx_data,
+                          ARRAY_SIZE(ring_control->tx_data),
+                          priv->tx_buf_data);
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t p54p_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
@@ -444,10 +444,10 @@ static int p54p_open(struct ieee80211_hw *dev)
        priv->rx_idx_mgmt = priv->tx_idx_mgmt = 0;
 
        p54p_refill_rx_ring(dev, 0, priv->ring_control->rx_data,
-               ARRAY_SIZE(priv->ring_control->rx_data), priv->rx_buf_data);
+               ARRAY_SIZE(priv->ring_control->rx_data), priv->rx_buf_data, 0);
 
        p54p_refill_rx_ring(dev, 2, priv->ring_control->rx_mgmt,
-               ARRAY_SIZE(priv->ring_control->rx_mgmt), priv->rx_buf_mgmt);
+               ARRAY_SIZE(priv->ring_control->rx_mgmt), priv->rx_buf_mgmt, 0);
 
        P54P_WRITE(ring_control_base, cpu_to_le32(priv->ring_control_dma));
        P54P_READ(ring_control_base);