[PATCH 1/2] net/txgbe: add proper memory barriers in Rx

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at amd.com
Tue Oct 31 13:17:54 CET 2023


On 10/30/2023 10:51 AM, Jiawen Wu wrote:
> Refer to commit 85e46c532bc7 ("net/ixgbe: add proper memory barriers in
> Rx"). Fix the same issue as ixgbe.
> 
> Segmentation fault has been observed while running the
> txgbe_recv_pkts_lro() function to receive packets on the Loongson 3A5000
> processor. It's caused by the out-of-order execution of CPU. So add a
> proper memory barrier to ensure the read ordering be correct.
> 
> We also did the same thing in the txgbe_recv_pkts() function to make the
> rxd data be valid even though we did not find segmentation fault in this
> function.
> 
> Fixes: 0e484278c85f ("net/txgbe: support Rx")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu at trustnetic.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c | 47 +++++++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c
> index 834ada886a..24fc34d3c4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c
> @@ -1476,11 +1476,22 @@ txgbe_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
>  		 * of accesses cannot be reordered by the compiler. If they were
>  		 * not volatile, they could be reordered which could lead to
>  		 * using invalid descriptor fields when read from rxd.
> +		 *
> +		 * Meanwhile, to prevent the CPU from executing out of order, we
> +		 * need to use a proper memory barrier to ensure the memory
> +		 * ordering below.
>  		 */
>  		rxdp = &rx_ring[rx_id];
>  		staterr = rxdp->qw1.lo.status;
>  		if (!(staterr & rte_cpu_to_le_32(TXGBE_RXD_STAT_DD)))
>  			break;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Use acquire fence to ensure that status_error which includes
> +		 * DD bit is loaded before loading of other descriptor words.
> +		 */
> +		rte_atomic_thread_fence(__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
>

Hi Jiawen,

Can you please check the checkpatch warning:

Warning in drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c:
Using __atomic_xxx/__ATOMIC_XXX built-ins, prefer
rte_atomic_xxx/rte_memory_order_xxx

For your case please use 'rte_memory_order_xxx' instead of '__ATOMIC_XXX'.

Same for both patches in the set.



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