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SubjectRe: [REGRESSION] Recent swiotlb DMA_FROM_DEVICE fixes break ath9k-based AP
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On 25.03.22 08:12, Oleksandr Natalenko wrote:
> On čtvrtek 24. března 2022 18:07:29 CET Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
>> Right, but is that sync_for_device call really needed? AFAICT, that
>> ath9k_hw_process_rxdesc_edma() invocation doesn't actually modify any of
>> the data when it returns EINPROGRESS, so could we just skip it? Like
>> the patch below? Or am I misunderstanding the semantics here?
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
>> index 0c0624a3b40d..19244d4c0ada 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
>> @@ -647,12 +647,8 @@ static bool ath_edma_get_buffers(struct ath_softc *sc,
>> common->rx_bufsize, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
>>
>> ret = ath9k_hw_process_rxdesc_edma(ah, rs, skb->data);
>> - if (ret == -EINPROGRESS) {
>> - /*let device gain the buffer again*/
>> - dma_sync_single_for_device(sc->dev, bf->bf_buf_addr,
>> - common->rx_bufsize, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
>> + if (ret == -EINPROGRESS)
>> return false;
>> - }
>>
>> __skb_unlink(skb, &rx_edma->rx_fifo);
>> if (ret == -EINVAL) {
>
> With this patch and both ddbd89deb7d3+aa6f8dcbab47 in place the AP works for me.

TWIMC: If anyone needs more testers or something, I noticed two bug
report in bko about this problem:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215703
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215698

I'll point both to this discussion and the patch.

Ciao, Thorsten

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