net/bnx2x: fix DMAE timeout

In some cases, DPDK application may send packets
while PMD is going through load or unload flow.
This causes firmware to access invalid/unallocated
memory to process transmit buffer. Which results in
error on PCI bus and chip further blocks access to host,
causing a DMAE timeout.

Fix this issue by installing dummy empty transmit and receive
handlers at the beginning of unload path (rte_eth_dev_stop())
and install actual transmit and receive handlers after successful
load of the PMD port (rte_eth_dev_start()). This way, application
won't be able to send packets while device is going through
load/unload flow.

Fixes: 540a211084a7 ("bnx2x: driver core")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Shahed Shaikh <shshaikh@marvell.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethdev.c
index bcb899a..f85766c 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethdev.c
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ bnx2x_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
                return -ENXIO;
        }
 
+       bnx2x_dev_rxtx_init_dummy(dev);
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -242,11 +243,7 @@ bnx2x_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
                        PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, sc, "rte_intr_enable failed");
        }
 
-       ret = bnx2x_dev_rx_init(dev);
-       if (ret != 0) {
-               PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, sc, "bnx2x_dev_rx_init returned error code");
-               return -3;
-       }
+       bnx2x_dev_rxtx_init(dev);
 
        bnx2x_print_device_info(sc);
 
@@ -261,6 +258,8 @@ bnx2x_dev_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
        PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE(sc);
 
+       bnx2x_dev_rxtx_init_dummy(dev);
+
        if (IS_PF(sc)) {
                rte_intr_disable(&sc->pci_dev->intr_handle);
                rte_intr_callback_unregister(&sc->pci_dev->intr_handle,

diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_rxtx.c
index ca28aac..e5a2b25 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_rxtx.c
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ bnx2x_dev_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
        txq->tx_bd_tail = 0;
        txq->tx_bd_head = 0;
        txq->nb_tx_avail = txq->nb_tx_desc;
-       dev->tx_pkt_burst = bnx2x_xmit_pkts;
        dev->data->tx_queues[queue_idx] = txq;
        if (!sc->tx_queues) sc->tx_queues = dev->data->tx_queues;
 
@@ -441,14 +440,26 @@ next_rx:
        return nb_rx;
 }
 
-int
-bnx2x_dev_rx_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+static uint16_t
+bnx2x_rxtx_pkts_dummy(__rte_unused void *p_rxq,
+                     __rte_unused struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
+                     __rte_unused uint16_t nb_pkts)
 {
-       dev->rx_pkt_burst = bnx2x_recv_pkts;
-
        return 0;
 }
 
+void bnx2x_dev_rxtx_init_dummy(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+       dev->rx_pkt_burst = bnx2x_rxtx_pkts_dummy;
+       dev->tx_pkt_burst = bnx2x_rxtx_pkts_dummy;
+}
+
+void bnx2x_dev_rxtx_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+       dev->rx_pkt_burst = bnx2x_recv_pkts;
+       dev->tx_pkt_burst = bnx2x_xmit_pkts;
+}
+
 void
 bnx2x_dev_clear_queues(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {

diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_rxtx.h
index 6ad4928..3f4692b 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_rxtx.h
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ int bnx2x_dev_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t tx_queue_id,
 
 void bnx2x_dev_rx_queue_release(void *rxq);
 void bnx2x_dev_tx_queue_release(void *txq);
-int bnx2x_dev_rx_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
+void bnx2x_dev_rxtx_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
+void bnx2x_dev_rxtx_init_dummy(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 void bnx2x_dev_clear_queues(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 
 #endif /* _BNX2X_RXTX_H_ */