As before, I'm way out of my depth in this, any one have any ideas?
Below is a dump of the failed boot process:
U-Boot 2009.01-00181-gc1b7c70 (Jan 30 2009 - 11:17:31)
Freescale PowerPC
CPU:
Core: E600 Core 0, Version: 0.2, (0x80040202)
System: Unknown, Version: 2.0, (0x80900120)
Clocks: CPU:1000 MHz, MPX: 400 MHz, DDR: 200 MHz, LBC: 25 MHz
L2: Enabled
Board: MPC8641HPCN, System ID: 0x10, System Version: 0x10, FPGA Version:
0x22
I2C: ready
DRAM: DDR: 1 GB
FLASH: 8 MB
Invalid ID (ff ff ff ff)
Scanning PCI bus 01
PCI-EXPRESS 1 on bus 00 - 02
PCI-EXPRESS 2 on bus 03 - 03
Video: No radeon video card found!
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
SCSI: AHCI 0001.0000 32 slots 4 ports 3 Gbps 0xf impl IDE mode
flags: ncq ilck pm led clo pmp pio slum part
scanning bus for devices...
Net: eTSEC1, eTSEC2, eTSEC3, eTSEC4
=> tftp 4000000 hpcn/uImage-torvalds-linux-2.6
Speed: 1000, full duplex
Using eTSEC1 device
TFTP from server 192.168.0.1; our IP address is 192.168.0.30
Filename 'hpcn/uImage-torvalds-linux-2.6'.
Load address: 0x4000000
Loading: #################################################################
#################################################################
#######################################################
done
Bytes transferred = 2709050 (29563a hex)
=> tftp 5000000 hpcn/mpc8641_hpcn-torvalds-linux-2.6.dtb
Speed: 1000, full duplex
Using eTSEC1 device
TFTP from server 192.168.0.1; our IP address is 192.168.0.30
Filename 'hpcn/mpc8641_hpcn-torvalds-linux-2.6.dtb'.
Load address: 0x5000000
Loading: #
done
Bytes transferred = 11523 (2d03 hex)
=> setenv bootargs "root=/dev/nfs rw
nfsroot=192.168.0.1:/tftpboot/hpcn/root/ i"
=> bootm 4000000 - 5000000
WARNING: adjusting available memory to 10000000
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 04000000 ...
Image Name: Linux-2.6.33-00001-gbaac35c
Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
Data Size: 2708986 Bytes = 2.6 MB
Load Address: 00000000
Entry Point: 00000000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 05000000
Booting using the fdt blob at 0x5000000
Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
Loading Device Tree to 007fa000, end 007ffd02 ... OK
Using MPC86xx HPCN machine description
Total memory = 1024MB; using 2048kB for hash table (at cfe00000)
Linux version 2.6.33-00001-gbaac35c (welchma@ES-J7S4D2J) (gcc version
4.1.2) #20
CPU maps initialized for 1 thread per core
bootconsole [udbg0] enabled
setup_arch: bootmem
mpc86xx_hpcn_setup_arch()
Found FSL PCI host bridge at 0x00000000ffe08000. Firmware bus number: 0->2
PCI host bridge /pcie@ffe08000 (primary) ranges:
MEM 0x0000000080000000..0x000000009fffffff -> 0x0000000080000000
IO 0x00000000ffc00000..0x00000000ffc0ffff -> 0x0000000000000000
/pcie@ffe08000: PCICSRBAR @ 0xfff00000
Found FSL PCI host bridge at 0x00000000ffe09000. Firmware bus number: 0->0
PCI host bridge /pcie@ffe09000 ranges:
MEM 0x00000000a0000000..0x00000000bfffffff -> 0x00000000a0000000
IO 0x00000000ffc10000..0x00000000ffc1ffff -> 0x0000000000000000
/pcie@ffe09000: PCICSRBAR @ 0xfff00000
MPC86xx HPCN board from Freescale Semiconductor
arch: exit
Zone PFN ranges:
DMA 0x00000000 -> 0x00030000
Normal 0x00030000 -> 0x00030000
HighMem 0x00030000 -> 0x00040000
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
0: 0x00000000 -> 0x00040000
PERCPU: Embedded 7 pages/cpu @c1003000 s7712 r8192 d12768 u65536
pcpu-alloc: s7712 r8192 d12768 u65536 alloc=16*4096
pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 [0] 1
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 260096
Kernel command line: root=/dev/nfs rw
nfsroot=192.168.0.1:/tftpboot/hpcn/root/ p
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Memory: 1030864k/1048576k available (5228k kernel code, 17004k reserved,
196k d)
Kernel virtual memory layout:
* 0xfffc1000..0xfffff000 : fixmap
* 0xff800000..0xffc00000 : highmem PTEs
* 0xff7da000..0xff800000 : early ioremap
* 0xf1000000..0xff7da000 : vmalloc & ioremap
SLUB: Genslabs=13, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=2, Nodes=1
Hierarchical RCU implementation.
NR_IRQS:512 nr_irqs:512
mpic: Setting up MPIC " MPIC " version 1.2 at ffe40000, max 2 CPUs
mpic: ISU size: 256, shift: 8, mask: ff
mpic: Initializing for 256 sources
i8259 legacy interrupt controller initialized
clocksource: timebase mult[2800000] shift[22] registered
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
mpic: requesting IPIs ...
Processor 1 found.
Brought up 2 CPUs
NET: Registered protocol family 16
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
pci 0000:00:00.0: ignoring class b20 (doesn't match header type 01)
pci 0000:00:00.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-ff]
pci 0000:02:1d.0: unsupported PM cap regs version (4)
pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02-ff] (subtractive decode)
pci 0001:03:00.0: ignoring class b20 (doesn't match header type 01)
pci 0001:03:00.0: PCI bridge to [bus 04-ff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02-02]
pci 0000:01:00.0: bridge window [io 0x1000-0x1fff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: bridge window [mem 0x80000000-0x800fffff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: bridge window [mem pref disabled]
pci 0000:00:00.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-02]
pci 0000:00:00.0: bridge window [io 0x0000-0xffff]
pci 0000:00:00.0: bridge window [mem 0x80000000-0x9fffffff]
pci 0000:00:00.0: bridge window [mem pref disabled]
pci 0000:00:00.0: enabling device (0106 -> 0107)
pci 0001:03:00.0: PCI bridge to [bus 04-04]
pci 0001:03:00.0: bridge window [io 0xfffee000-0xffffdfff]
pci 0001:03:00.0: bridge window [mem 0xa0000000-0xbfffffff]
pci 0001:03:00.0: bridge window [mem pref disabled]
pci 0001:03:00.0: enabling device (0106 -> 0107)
bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
vgaarb: loaded
SCSI subsystem initialized
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Switching to clocksource timebase
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
UDP hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
UDP-Lite hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
NET: Registered protocol family 1
RPC: Registered udp transport module.
RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module.
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
type=2000 audit(0.144:1): initialized
highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 ok...@monad.swb.de).
NTFS driver 2.1.29 [Flags: R/O].
msgmni has been set to 1502
alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
Generic non-volatile memory driver v1.1
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 2 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xffe04500 (irq = 42) is a 16550A
console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled
console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled
serial8250.0: ttyS1 at MMIO 0xffe04600 (irq = 28) is a 16550A
brd: module loaded
loop: module loaded
nbd: registered device at major 43
st: Version 20081215, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256
ahci 0000:02:1f.1: AHCI 0001.0000 32 slots 4 ports 3 Gbps 0xf impl SATA mode
ahci 0000:02:1f.1: flags: ncq sntf ilck pm led clo pmp pio slum part
scsi0 : ahci
scsi1 : ahci
scsi2 : ahci
scsi3 : ahci
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0x80006000 port 0x80006100 irq 5
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0x80006000 port 0x80006180 irq 5
ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0x80006000 port 0x80006200 irq 5
ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0x80006000 port 0x80006280 irq 5
scsi4 : pata_ali
scsi5 : pata_ali
ata5: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1200 ctl 0x1208 bmdma 0x1220 irq 14
ata6: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1210 ctl 0x1218 bmdma 0x1228 irq 14
eth0: Gianfar Ethernet Controller Version 1.2, 00:e0:0c:00:00:01
eth0: Running with NAPI enabled
eth0: :RX BD ring size for Q[0]: 256
eth0:TX BD ring size for Q[0]: 256
eth1: Gianfar Ethernet Controller Version 1.2, 00:e0:0c:00:01:fd
eth1: Running with NAPI enabled
eth1: :RX BD ring size for Q[0]: 256
eth1:TX BD ring size for Q[0]: 256
eth2: Gianfar Ethernet Controller Version 1.2, 00:e0:0c:00:02:fd
eth2: Running with NAPI enabled
eth2: :RX BD ring size for Q[0]: 256
eth2:TX BD ring size for Q[0]: 256
eth3: Gianfar Ethernet Controller Version 1.2, 00:e0:0c:00:03:fd
eth3: Running with NAPI enabled
eth3: :RX BD ring size for Q[0]: 256
eth3:TX BD ring size for Q[0]: 256
Freescale PowerQUICC MII Bus: probed
Freescale PowerQUICC MII Bus: probed
Freescale PowerQUICC MII Bus: probed
Freescale PowerQUICC MII Bus: probed
usbmon: debugfs is not available
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
ehci_hcd 0000:02:1c.3: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:02:1c.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:02:1c.3: debug port 1
ehci_hcd 0000:02:1c.3: Enabling legacy PCI PM
ehci_hcd 0000:02:1c.3: irq 11, io mem 0x80003000
ehci_hcd 0000:02:1c.3: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
ohci_hcd 0000:02:1c.0: OHCI Host Controller
ata5.00: ATAPI: SONY DVD RW AW-Q170A, 1.73, max UDMA/66
ata5.00: WARNING: ATAPI DMA disabled for reliability issues. It can be
enabled
ata5.00: WARNING: via pata_ali.atapi_dma modparam or corresponding sysfs
node.
ata5.00: configured for UDMA/66
ohci_hcd 0000:02:1c.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ohci_hcd 0000:02:1c.0: irq 12, io mem 0x80000000
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
ohci_hcd 0000:02:1c.1: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:02:1c.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
ohci_hcd 0000:02:1c.1: irq 9, io mem 0x80001000
ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
ohci_hcd 0000:02:1c.2: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:02:1c.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM SONY DVD RW AW-Q170A 1.73 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
ohci_hcd 0000:02:1c.2: irq 10, io mem 0x80002000
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
i8042.c: No controller found.
rtc_cmos rtc_cmos: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
rtc0: alarms up to one day, 114 bytes nvram
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: USB HID core driver
intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 50231 usecs (2424 samples)
intel8x0: clocking to 48000
ALSA device list:
#0: ALi M5455 with ALC650F at irq 6
IPv4 over IPv4 tunneling driver
GRE over IPv4 tunneling driver
TCP cubic registered
Initializing XFRM netlink socket
NET: Registered protocol family 10
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
NET: Registered protocol family 17
rtc_cmos rtc_cmos: setting system clock to 2002-03-11 18:46:05 UTC
(1015872365)
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth2: link is not ready
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth3: link is not ready
Sending DHCP requests .
PHY: mdio@ffe24520:00 - Link is Up - 1000/Full
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
., OK
IP-Config: Got DHCP answer from 192.168.0.1, my address is 192.168.0.241
IP-Config: Complete:
device=eth0, addr=192.168.0.241, mask=255.255.255.0, gw=192.168.0.1,
host=192.168.0.241, domain=Radstone.Local, nis-domain=(none),
bootserver=192.168.0.1, rootserver=192.168.0.1, rootpath=
Looking up port of RPC 100003/2 on 192.168.0.1
Looking up port of RPC 100005/1 on 192.168.0.1
VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem) on device 0:13.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 220k init
nfs: server 192.168.0.1 not responding, still trying
nfs: server 192.168.0.1 not responding, still trying
nfs: server 192.168.0.1 not responding, still trying
nfs: server 192.168.0.1 not responding, still trying
nfs: server 192.168.0.1 not responding, still trying
nfs: server 192.168.0.1 not responding, still trying
nfs: server 192.168.0.1 not responding, still trying
nfs: server 192.168.0.1 not responding, still trying
nfs: server 192.168.0.1 not responding, still trying
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Further testing has shown that this isn't restricted to warm reboots, it
happens from cold as well. In addition, the exact timing of the failure
seems to vary, some boots have got further before failing.
Martyn
Unfortunately I don't have any 8641 boards near me, so I can't
debug this myself. Though, I tested gianfar on MPC8568E-MDS with
2.6.33 kernel, and it seems to work just fine.
I see you use SMP. Can you try to turn it off? If that will fix
the issue, then it'll be a good data point.
Meanwhile, I'll try SMP kernel on MPC8568 (UP), and let you
know the results.
Thanks,
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Nope, no luck. Can't trigger the issue. :-/
Tested with NFS boot, TCP and UDP netperf tests.
>
> Further testing has shown that this isn't restricted to warm reboots, it
> happens from cold as well. In addition, the exact timing of the failure
> seems to vary, some boots have got further before failing.
what mechanism do you use for warm resets?
- k
I was able to reproduce it on an 8641D and bisected it down to this:
-----------
commit a3bc1f11e9b867a4f49505ecac486a33af248b2e
Author: Anton Vorontsov <avoro...@ru.mvista.com>
Date: Tue Nov 10 14:11:10 2009 +0000
gianfar: Revive SKB recycling
Before calling gfar_clean_tx_ring() the driver grabs an irqsave
spinlock, and then tries to recycle skbs. But since
skb_recycle_check() returns 0 with IRQs disabled, we'll never
recycle any skbs.
It appears that gfar_clean_tx_ring() and gfar_start_xmit() are
mostly idependent and can work in parallel, except when they
modify num_txbdfree.
So we can drop the lock from most sections and thus fix the skb
recycling.
-----------
...which probably explains why you weren't seeing it on non-SMP.
I'd imagine it would show up on any of the e500mc boards too.
I'd done a rev-list on gianfar.[ch] from 32 to 33-rc1, and then
cherry-picked those onto a 32 baseline to reduce the scale of
the bisection, but I don't think that should impact the final
result I got in any meaningful way.
Paul.
Thanks for the bisect. I have a guess why tx hangs in
SMP case. Could anyone try the patch down below?
[...]
> ...which probably explains why you weren't seeing it on non-SMP.
> I'd imagine it would show up on any of the e500mc boards too.
Yeah.. Pity, I don't have SMP boards anymore. I'll try
to get one though.
diff --git a/drivers/net/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
index 8bd3c9f..3ff3bd0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
@@ -2614,6 +2614,8 @@ static int gfar_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
tx_queue = priv->tx_queue[rx_queue->qindex];
tx_cleaned += gfar_clean_tx_ring(tx_queue);
+ if (!tx_cleaned && !tx_queue->num_txbdfree)
+ tx_cleaned += 1; /* don't complete napi */
rx_cleaned_per_queue = gfar_clean_rx_ring(rx_queue,
budget_per_queue);
rx_cleaned += rx_cleaned_per_queue;
Anton,
There is also one more issue that I have been observing with the patch
"gianfar: Revive SKB recycling".
The issue is when I do a IPV4 forwarding test scenario with
bidirectional flows (SMP environment). I am using Spirent smart bits
(smartflow) for automation testing and I frequently observe smart flow
reporting "Rx packet counte greater than Tx packet count. Duplicate
packets might have been received".
To just get over the issue I have removed this patch and I didn't see
the issue.
To a certain extent I could get over the problem by using atomic_t for
num_txbdfree (atomic_add and atomic_dec instructions for updating the
num_txbdfree) and completely removing the spin_locks in the tx routines.
Also, I feel we might want to make some more changes to the
gfar_clean_tx_ring( ) and gfar_start_xmit() routines so that they can
operate parallely.
I am really sorry for not posting it a bit earlier as I am caught up
with some urgent issues.
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Thanks
Sandeep
I removed the second core from the dts file rather than truly disabling
SMP in the kernel config. Doing this allowed the board to boot reliably.
Martyn
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Yup, no problem. I'm afraid it doesn't resolve the problem for me.
> [...]
>
>> ...which probably explains why you weren't seeing it on non-SMP.
>> I'd imagine it would show up on any of the e500mc boards too.
>>
>
> Yeah.. Pity, I don't have SMP boards anymore. I'll try
> to get one though.
>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
> index 8bd3c9f..3ff3bd0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/gianfar.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
> @@ -2614,6 +2614,8 @@ static int gfar_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
> tx_queue = priv->tx_queue[rx_queue->qindex];
>
> tx_cleaned += gfar_clean_tx_ring(tx_queue);
> + if (!tx_cleaned && !tx_queue->num_txbdfree)
> + tx_cleaned += 1; /* don't complete napi */
> rx_cleaned_per_queue = gfar_clean_rx_ring(rx_queue,
> budget_per_queue);
> rx_cleaned += rx_cleaned_per_queue;
>
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Hm.. I found a p2020 board and I was able to reproduce the issue.
The patch down below fixed it completely for me... hm.
I'll look further, thanks!
> > [...]
> >
> >> ...which probably explains why you weren't seeing it on non-SMP.
> >> I'd imagine it would show up on any of the e500mc boards too.
> >>
> >
> > Yeah.. Pity, I don't have SMP boards anymore. I'll try
> > to get one though.
> >
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
> > index 8bd3c9f..3ff3bd0 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/gianfar.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
> > @@ -2614,6 +2614,8 @@ static int gfar_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
> > tx_queue = priv->tx_queue[rx_queue->qindex];
> >
> > tx_cleaned += gfar_clean_tx_ring(tx_queue);
> > + if (!tx_cleaned && !tx_queue->num_txbdfree)
> > + tx_cleaned += 1; /* don't complete napi */
> > rx_cleaned_per_queue = gfar_clean_rx_ring(rx_queue,
> > budget_per_queue);
> > rx_cleaned += rx_cleaned_per_queue;
> >
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Interesting. I just tested the patch on the sbc8641d, and it
still has the issue with your patch applied. I'm using NFSroot
just like Martyn was and it still appears bound up on that
gianfar tx lock. I'll see if I can get a SysRq backtrace in
case that will help you see how it manages to get there...
Paul.
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nfs: server not responding, still trying
[repeated ~15 times, then...]
INFO: task rc.sysinit:837 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
rc.sysinit D 0fef73f4 0 837 836 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[dfb7d9b0] [c000a144] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[dfb7d9d0] [c03443dc] schedule+0x380/0x954
[dfb7da50] [c0344a0c] io_schedule+0x5c/0x90
[dfb7da70] [c0074b0c] sync_page+0x4c/0x74
[dfb7da80] [c0344f44] __wait_on_bit_lock+0xb0/0x148
[dfb7dab0] [c0074a8c] __lock_page+0x94/0xa4
[dfb7dae0] [c0074d5c] find_lock_page+0x8c/0xa4
[dfb7db00] [c0075674] filemap_fault+0x1ec/0x4fc
[dfb7db40] [c008d548] __do_fault+0x98/0x53c
[dfb7dba0] [c0018478] do_page_fault+0x2d0/0x500
[dfb7dc50] [c00149d4] handle_page_fault+0xc/0x80
--- Exception: 301 at __clear_user+0x14/0x7c
LR = load_elf_binary+0x670/0x1270
[dfb7dd10] [c00f6ca0] load_elf_binary+0x620/0x1270 (unreliable)
[dfb7dd90] [c00b1f78] search_binary_handler+0x17c/0x394
[dfb7dde0] [c00f4f50] load_script+0x274/0x288
[dfb7de90] [c00b1f78] search_binary_handler+0x17c/0x394
[dfb7dee0] [c00b3580] do_execve+0x240/0x29c
[dfb7df20] [c000a46c] sys_execve+0x68/0xa4
[dfb7df40] [c00145a4] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x38
I've got a p2020ds here as well, so I'll give NFSroot on that a try with
your patch.
Martyn
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Out of 10 boot attempts, 7 failed.
OK, I see why. With ip=on (dhcp boot) it's much harder to trigger
it. With static ip config can I see the same.
I'd kind of expected to see us stuck in gianfar on that lock, but
the SysRQ-T doesn't show us hung up anywhere in gianfar itself.
[This was on a base 2.6.33, with just a small sysrq fix patch]
Paul.
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SysRq : Changing Loglevel
Loglevel set to 9
nfs: server not responding, still trying
SysRq : Show State
task PC stack pid father
init D 0ff1c380 0 1 0 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df841a30] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df841a50] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df841ae0] [c0331394] rpc_wait_bit_killable+0x2c/0x54
[df841af0] [c0350eb0] __wait_on_bit+0x9c/0x108
[df841b10] [c0350fc0] out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0xa4/0xb4
[df841b40] [c0331cf0] __rpc_execute+0x16c/0x398
[df841b90] [c0329abc] rpc_run_task+0x48/0x9c
[df841ba0] [c0329c40] rpc_call_sync+0x54/0x88
[df841bd0] [c015e780] nfs_proc_lookup+0x94/0xe8
[df841c20] [c014eb60] nfs_lookup+0x12c/0x230
[df841d50] [c00b9680] do_lookup+0x118/0x288
[df841d80] [c00bb904] link_path_walk+0x194/0x1118
[df841df0] [c00bcb08] path_walk+0x8c/0x168
[df841e20] [c00bcd6c] do_path_lookup+0x74/0x7c
[df841e40] [c00be148] do_filp_open+0x5d4/0xba4
[df841f10] [c00abe94] do_sys_open+0xac/0x190
[df841f40] [c001437c] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x38
--- Exception: c01 at 0xff1c380
LR = 0xfec6d98
kthreadd S 00000000 0 2 0 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df843e50] [c002e788] wake_up_new_task+0x128/0x16c (unreliable)
[df843f10] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df843f30] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df843fc0] [c004d154] kthreadd+0x130/0x134
[df843ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
migration/0 S 00000000 0 3 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df847de0] [ffffffff] 0xffffffff (unreliable)
[df847ea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df847ec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df847f50] [c002d074] migration_thread+0x29c/0x448
[df847fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df847ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
ksoftirqd/0 S 00000000 0 4 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df84be10] [00000800] 0x800 (unreliable)
[df84bed0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df84bef0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df84bf80] [c0038454] run_ksoftirqd+0x14c/0x1e0
[df84bfb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df84bff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
watchdog/0 S 00000000 0 5 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df84dee0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df84df00] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df84df90] [c006b8e8] watchdog+0x48/0x88
[df84dfb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df84dff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
migration/1 S 00000000 0 6 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df84fea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df84fec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df84ff50] [c002d074] migration_thread+0x29c/0x448
[df84ffb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df84fff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
ksoftirqd/1 S 00000000 0 7 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df853ed0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df853ef0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df853f80] [c0038454] run_ksoftirqd+0x14c/0x1e0
[df853fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df853ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
watchdog/1 S 00000000 0 8 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df857ee0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df857f00] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df857f90] [c006b8e8] watchdog+0x48/0x88
[df857fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df857ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
events/0 S 00000000 0 9 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df859ea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df859ec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df859f50] [c0048718] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x200
[df859fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df859ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
events/1 S 00000000 0 10 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df85bea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df85bec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df85bf50] [c0048718] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x200
[df85bfb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df85bff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
khelper S 00000000 0 11 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df85dde0] [c0030564] do_fork+0x1b0/0x344 (unreliable)
[df85dea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df85dec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df85df50] [c0048718] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x200
[df85dfb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df85dff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
async/mgr S 00000000 0 15 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df8a7df0] [000000fc] 0xfc (unreliable)
[df8a7eb0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df8a7ed0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df8a7f60] [c00565c0] async_manager_thread+0x120/0x174
[df8a7fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df8a7ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
sync_supers S 00000000 0 85 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df951e30] [00000400] 0x400 (unreliable)
[df951ef0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df951f10] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df951fa0] [c008d714] bdi_sync_supers+0x30/0x5c
[df951fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df951ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
bdi-default S 00000000 0 87 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df957e30] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df957e50] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df957ee0] [c0350b14] schedule_timeout+0x15c/0x23c
[df957f30] [c008e510] bdi_forker_task+0x2f8/0x30c
[df957fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df957ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
kblockd/0 S 00000000 0 88 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df8bdde0] [00000800] 0x800 (unreliable)
[df8bdea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df8bdec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df8bdf50] [c0048718] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x200
[df8bdfb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df8bdff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
kblockd/1 S 00000000 0 89 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df959de0] [00000800] 0x800 (unreliable)
[df959ea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df959ec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df959f50] [c0048718] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x200
[df959fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df959ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
rpciod/0 S 00000000 0 111 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df93fea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df93fec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df93ff50] [c0048718] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x200
[df93ffb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df93fff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
rpciod/1 S 00000000 0 112 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df931de0] [00000001] 0x1 (unreliable)
[df931ea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df931ec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df931f50] [c0048718] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x200
[df931fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df931ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
khungtaskd S 00000000 0 141 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df979db0] [00000800] 0x800 (unreliable)
[df979e70] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df979e90] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df979f20] [c0350b14] schedule_timeout+0x15c/0x23c
[df979f70] [c006bd38] watchdog+0x98/0x294
[df979fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df979ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
kswapd0 S 00000000 0 142 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df97bd60] [c04383a0] 0xc04383a0 (unreliable)
[df97be20] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df97be40] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df97bed0] [c00868a8] kswapd+0x81c/0x858
[df97bfb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df97bff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
aio/0 S 00000000 0 143 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df97dde0] [ffffffff] 0xffffffff (unreliable)
[df97dea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df97dec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df97df50] [c0048718] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x200
[df97dfb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df97dff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
aio/1 S 00000000 0 144 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df97fde0] [ffffffff] 0xffffffff (unreliable)
[df97fea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df97fec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df97ff50] [c0048718] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x200
[df97ffb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df97fff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
nfsiod S 00000000 0 145 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df9a5de0] [00000003] 0x3 (unreliable)
[df9a5ea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df9a5ec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df9a5f50] [c0048718] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x200
[df9a5fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df9a5ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
crypto/0 S 00000000 0 146 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df9a7de0] [00000800] 0x800 (unreliable)
[df9a7ea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df9a7ec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df9a7f50] [c0048718] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x200
[df9a7fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df9a7ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
crypto/1 S 00000000 0 147 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df9a9ea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df9a9ec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df9a9f50] [c0048718] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x200
[df9a9fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df9a9ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
mtdblockd S 00000000 0 779 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[dfae1e00] [00000800] 0x800 (unreliable)
[dfae1ec0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[dfae1ee0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[dfae1f70] [c02232dc] mtd_blktrans_thread+0x1c4/0x394
[dfae1fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[dfae1ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
kstriped S 00000000 0 826 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[df935de0] [00000800] 0x800 (unreliable)
[df935ea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[df935ec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[df935f50] [c0048718] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x200
[df935fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[df935ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
ksnapd S 00000000 0 828 2 0x00000000
Call Trace:
[dfae9de0] [00000800] 0x800 (unreliable)
[dfae9ea0] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
[dfae9ec0] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
[dfae9f50] [c0048718] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x200
[dfae9fb0] [c004d020] kthread+0x80/0x84
[dfae9ff0] [c00141a0] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
Sched Debug Version: v0.09, 2.6.33-00001-g8c31d07 #1
now at 35747.705693 msecs
.jiffies : 4294901234
.sysctl_sched_latency : 10.000000
.sysctl_sched_min_granularity : 2.000000
.sysctl_sched_wakeup_granularity : 2.000000
.sysctl_sched_child_runs_first : 0.000000
.sysctl_sched_features : 7917179
.sysctl_sched_tunable_scaling : 1 (logaritmic)
cpu#0
.nr_running : 0
.load : 0
.nr_switches : 2809
.nr_load_updates : 8950
.nr_uninterruptible : 1
.next_balance : 4294.901248
.curr->pid : 0
.clock : 35832.063536
.cpu_load[0] : 0
.cpu_load[1] : 0
.cpu_load[2] : 0
.cpu_load[3] : 0
.cpu_load[4] : 0
cfs_rq[0] for UID: 0
.exec_clock : 0.000000
.MIN_vruntime : 0.000001
.min_vruntime : 4129.195888
.max_vruntime : 0.000001
.spread : 0.000000
.spread0 : 4048.261385
.nr_running : 0
.load : 0
.nr_spread_over : 0
.shares : 0
.se->exec_start : 35836.116992
.se->vruntime : 80.934503
.se->sum_exec_runtime : 123.815984
.se->load.weight : 1024
rt_rq[0]:
.rt_nr_running : 0
.rt_throttled : 0
.rt_time : 0.000000
.rt_runtime : 950.000000
runnable tasks:
task PID tree-key switches prio exec-runtime
sum-exec sum-sleep
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------
cpu#1
.nr_running : 0
.load : 0
.nr_switches : 4069
.nr_load_updates : 8689
.nr_uninterruptible : 0
.next_balance : 4294.901019
.curr->pid : 0
.clock : 34909.104304
.cpu_load[0] : 0
.cpu_load[1] : 0
.cpu_load[2] : 0
.cpu_load[3] : 0
.cpu_load[4] : 0
cfs_rq[1] for UID: 0
.exec_clock : 0.000000
.MIN_vruntime : 0.000001
.min_vruntime : 509.424556
.max_vruntime : 0.000001
.spread : 0.000000
.spread0 : 428.490053
.nr_running : 0
.load : 0
.nr_spread_over : 0
.shares : 0
.se->exec_start : 34909.104304
.se->vruntime : 273.153007
.se->sum_exec_runtime : 503.971344
.se->load.weight : 1024
rt_rq[1]:
.rt_nr_running : 0
.rt_throttled : 0
.rt_time : 0.000000
.rt_runtime : 950.000000
runnable tasks:
task PID tree-key switches prio exec-runtime
sum-exec sum-sleep
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> [df841a30] [c0009fc4] __switch_to+0x8c/0xf8
> [df841a50] [c0350160] schedule+0x354/0x92c
> [df841ae0] [c0331394] rpc_wait_bit_killable+0x2c/0x54
> [df841af0] [c0350eb0] __wait_on_bit+0x9c/0x108
> [df841b10] [c0350fc0] out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0xa4/0xb4
> [df841b40] [c0331cf0] __rpc_execute+0x16c/0x398
> [df841b90] [c0329abc] rpc_run_task+0x48/0x9c
> [df841ba0] [c0329c40] rpc_call_sync+0x54/0x88
> [df841bd0] [c015e780] nfs_proc_lookup+0x94/0xe8
> [df841c20] [c014eb60] nfs_lookup+0x12c/0x230
> [df841d50] [c00b9680] do_lookup+0x118/0x288
> [df841d80] [c00bb904] link_path_walk+0x194/0x1118
> [df841df0] [c00bcb08] path_walk+0x8c/0x168
> [df841e20] [c00bcd6c] do_path_lookup+0x74/0x7c
> [df841e40] [c00be148] do_filp_open+0x5d4/0xba4
> [df841f10] [c00abe94] do_sys_open+0xac/0x190
Yeah, I don't think this is gianfar-related. It must be something
else triggered by the fact that gianfar no longer sends stuff.
OK, I think I found what's happening in gianfar.
Some background...
start_xmit() prepares new skb for transmitting, generally it does
three things:
1. sets up all BDs (marks them ready to send), except the first one.
2. stores skb into tx_queue->tx_skbuff so that clean_tx_ring()
would cleanup it later.
3. sets up the first BD, i.e. marks it ready.
Here is what clean_tx_ring() does:
1. reads skbs from tx_queue->tx_skbuff
2. Checks if the *last* BD is ready. If it's still ready [to send]
then it it isn't transmitted, so clean_tx_ring() returns.
Otherwise it actually cleanups BDs. All is OK.
Now, if there is just one BD, code flow:
- start_xmit(): stores skb into tx_skbuff. Note that the first BD
(which is also the last one) isn't marked as ready, yet.
- clean_tx_ring(): sees that skb is not null, *and* its lstatus
says that it is NOT ready (like if BD was sent), so it cleans
it up (bad!)
- start_xmit(): marks BD as ready [to send], but it's too late.
We can fix this simply by reordering lstatus/tx_skbuff writes.
It works flawlessly on my p2020, please try it.
Thanks!
diff --git a/drivers/net/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
index 8bd3c9f..cccb409 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
@@ -2021,7 +2021,6 @@ static int gfar_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
}
/* setup the TxBD length and buffer pointer for the first BD */
- tx_queue->tx_skbuff[tx_queue->skb_curtx] = skb;
txbdp_start->bufPtr = dma_map_single(&priv->ofdev->dev, skb->data,
skb_headlen(skb), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
@@ -2053,6 +2052,10 @@ static int gfar_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
txbdp_start->lstatus = lstatus;
+ eieio(); /* force lstatus write before tx_skbuff */
+
+ tx_queue->tx_skbuff[tx_queue->skb_curtx] = skb;
+
/* Update the current skb pointer to the next entry we will use
* (wrapping if necessary) */
tx_queue->skb_curtx = (tx_queue->skb_curtx + 1) &
> OK, I think I found what's happening in gianfar.
>
> Some background...
>
> start_xmit() prepares new skb for transmitting, generally it does
> three things:
>
> 1. sets up all BDs (marks them ready to send), except the first one.
> 2. stores skb into tx_queue->tx_skbuff so that clean_tx_ring()
> would cleanup it later.
> 3. sets up the first BD, i.e. marks it ready.
>
> Here is what clean_tx_ring() does:
>
> 1. reads skbs from tx_queue->tx_skbuff
> 2. Checks if the *last* BD is ready. If it's still ready [to send]
> then it it isn't transmitted, so clean_tx_ring() returns.
> Otherwise it actually cleanups BDs. All is OK.
>
> Now, if there is just one BD, code flow:
>
> - start_xmit(): stores skb into tx_skbuff. Note that the first BD
> (which is also the last one) isn't marked as ready, yet.
> - clean_tx_ring(): sees that skb is not null, *and* its lstatus
> says that it is NOT ready (like if BD was sent), so it cleans
> it up (bad!)
> - start_xmit(): marks BD as ready [to send], but it's too late.
>
> We can fix this simply by reordering lstatus/tx_skbuff writes.
>
> It works flawlessly on my p2020, please try it.
I've skipped right to the test part (I'll think about the description
more later) and it passed 5 out of 5 boot tests on NFSroot sbc8641d.
Looks like you've got a solution.
Paul.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Anton Vorontsov [mailto:avoro...@ru.mvista.com]
>Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 3:08 AM
>To: Paul Gortmaker
>Cc: Martyn Welch; net...@vger.kernel.org;
>linux-...@vger.kernel.org; linuxppc-dev list; Kumar
>Gopalpet-B05799; da...@davemloft.net
>Subject: Re: Gianfar driver failing on MPC8641D based board
>
Anton,
Understood, and thanks for the explanation. Am I correct in saying that
this is
due to the out-of-order execution capability on powerpc ?
I have one more question, why don't we use use atomic_t for num_txbdfree
and
completely do away with spin_locks in gfar_clean_tx_ring() and
gfar_start_xmit().
In an non-SMP, scenario I would feel there is absolutely no requirement
of spin_locks
and in case of SMP atomic operation would be much more safer on powerpc
rather than spin_locks.
What is your suggestion ?
--
Thanks
Sandeep
Martyn
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On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:05:32AM +0530, Kumar Gopalpet-B05799 wrote:
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> Understood, and thanks for the explanation. Am I correct in saying that
> this is
> due to the out-of-order execution capability on powerpc ?
Nope, that was just a logic issue in the driver.
Though, with the patch, the eieio() is needed so that compiler (or CPU)
won't reorder lstatus and skbuff writes.
> I have one more question, why don't we use use atomic_t for num_txbdfree
> and
> completely do away with spin_locks in gfar_clean_tx_ring() and
> gfar_start_xmit().
> In an non-SMP, scenario I would feel there is absolutely no requirement
> of spin_locks
> and in case of SMP atomic operation would be much more safer on powerpc
> rather than spin_locks.
>
> What is your suggestion ?
I think that's a good idea.
However, in start_xmit() we'll have to keep the spinlock anyway
since it also protects from gfar_error(), which can modify
regs->tstat.
Thanks!
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