Hi,
Heiner Kallweit's patch seems to resolve the problem. The machine was
under high disk and network io pressure today and networking was
perfectly stable.
Bye,
David Arendt
On 9/25/18 11:03 PM, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> On 19.09.2018 06:12, David Arendt wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for the patch.
>>
>> I just applied it and the TxConfig register now contains 0x4f000f80.
>> The next day will show if it really solves the problem.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> David Arendt
>>
>> On 9/19/18 12:30 AM, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 18.09.2018 12:23, David Arendt wrote:
Hi,
Today I had the network adapter problems again.
So the patch doesn't seem to change anything regarding this problem.
This week my time is unfortunately very limited, but I will try to
find some time next weekend to look a bit more into the issue.
>>> If the problem is caused by missing TXCFG_AUTO_FIFO bit in TxConfig,
>>> as the register difference would suggest, then you can try applying
>>> the following patch (hack) on top of 4.18.8 that is already patched
>>> with commit f74dd480cf4e:
>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
>>> @@ -5043,7 +5043,8 @@
>>> {
>>> /* Set DMA burst size and Interframe Gap Time */
>>> RTL_W32(tp, TxConfig, (TX_DMA_BURST << TxDMAShift) |
>>> - (InterFrameGap << TxInterFrameGapShift));
>>> + (InterFrameGap << TxInterFrameGapShift)
>>> + | TXCFG_AUTO_FIFO);
>>> }
>>>
>>> static void rtl_set_rx_max_size(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
>>>
>>> This hack will probably only work properly on RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_40 or
>>> later NICs.
>>>
>>> Before running any tests please verify with "ethtool -d enp3s0" that
>>> TxConfig register now contains 0x4f000f80, as it did in the old,
>>> working driver version.
>>>
>>> If this does not help then a bisection will most likely be needed.
>>>
Thanks in advance,
David Arendt
>>> Maciej
>>
>>
> @Gabriel:
> Thanks for the hint, I wasn't fully aware of this thread.
> @Maciej:
> Thanks for the analysis.
>
> It seems that all chip versions from 34 (= RTL8168E-VL) with the
> exception of version 39 (= RTL8106E, first sub-version) need
> bit TXCFG_AUTO_FIFO.
>
> And indeed, due to reordering of calls this bit is overwritten.
> Following patch moves setting the bit from the chip-specific
> hw_start function to rtl_set_tx_config_registers().
>
> Whoever is hit by the issue and has the option to build a kernel,
> could you please test whether the patch fixes the issue for you?
>
> Thanks, Heiner
>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 20
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> index f882be49f..ae8abe900 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> @@ -4514,9 +4514,14 @@ static void rtl8169_hw_reset(struct rtl8169_private
> *tp)
>
> static void rtl_set_tx_config_registers(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
> {
> - /* Set DMA burst size and Interframe Gap Time */
> - RTL_W32(tp, TxConfig, (TX_DMA_BURST << TxDMAShift) |
> - (InterFrameGap << TxInterFrameGapShift));
> + u32 val = TX_DMA_BURST << TxDMAShift |
> + InterFrameGap << TxInterFrameGapShift;
> +
> + if (tp->mac_version >= RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_34 &&
> + tp->mac_version != RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_39)
> + val |= TXCFG_AUTO_FIFO;
> +
> + RTL_W32(tp, TxConfig, val);
> }
>
> static void rtl_set_rx_max_size(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
> @@ -5011,7 +5016,6 @@ static void rtl_hw_start_8168e_2(struct rtl8169_private
> *tp)
>
> rtl_disable_clock_request(tp);
>
> - RTL_W32(tp, TxConfig, RTL_R32(tp, TxConfig) | TXCFG_AUTO_FIFO);
> RTL_W8(tp, MCU, RTL_R8(tp, MCU) & ~NOW_IS_OOB);
>
> /* Adjust EEE LED frequency */
> @@ -5045,7 +5049,6 @@ static void rtl_hw_start_8168f(struct rtl8169_private
> *tp)
>
> rtl_disable_clock_request(tp);
>
> - RTL_W32(tp, TxConfig, RTL_R32(tp, TxConfig) | TXCFG_AUTO_FIFO);
> RTL_W8(tp, MCU, RTL_R8(tp, MCU) & ~NOW_IS_OOB);
> RTL_W8(tp, DLLPR, RTL_R8(tp, DLLPR) | PFM_EN);
> RTL_W32(tp, MISC, RTL_R32(tp, MISC) | PWM_EN);
> @@ -5090,8 +5093,6 @@ static void rtl_hw_start_8411(struct rtl8169_private
> *tp)
>
> static void rtl_hw_start_8168g(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
> {
> - RTL_W32(tp, TxConfig, RTL_R32(tp, TxConfig) | TXCFG_AUTO_FIFO);
> -
> rtl_eri_write(tp, 0xc8, ERIAR_MASK_0101, 0x080002, ERIAR_EXGMAC);
> rtl_eri_write(tp, 0xcc, ERIAR_MASK_0001, 0x38, ERIAR_EXGMAC);
> rtl_eri_write(tp, 0xd0, ERIAR_MASK_0001, 0x48, ERIAR_EXGMAC);
> @@ -5189,8 +5190,6 @@ static void rtl_hw_start_8168h_1(struct rtl8169_private
> *tp)
> rtl_hw_aspm_clkreq_enable(tp, false);
> rtl_ephy_init(tp, e_info_8168h_1, ARRAY_SIZE(e_info_8168h_1));
>
> -
