[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next 13/13] ice: cleanup Rx queue context programming functions

Keller, Jacob E jacob.e.keller at intel.com
Wed Aug 28 18:16:05 UTC 2024



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kitszel, Przemyslaw <przemyslaw.kitszel at intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 12:35 AM
> To: Keller, Jacob E <jacob.e.keller at intel.com>
> Cc: Intel Wired LAN <intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org>; Vladimir Oltean
> <olteanv at gmail.com>; Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-next 13/13] ice: cleanup Rx queue context programming
> functions
> 
> On 8/27/24 23:52, Jacob Keller wrote:
> > The ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw() and ice_write_rxq_ctx() functions perform some
> > defensive checks which are typically frowned upon by kernel style
> > guidelines.
> >
> > In particular, they perform NULL checks on buffers which are never expected
> > to be NULL. Both functions are only called once and always have valid
> > buffers pointing to stack memory. These checks only serve to hide potential
> > programming error, as we will not produce the normal crash dump on a NULL
> > access.
> >
> > In addition, ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw() cannot fail in another way, so could
> > be made void.
> >
> > Future support for VF Live Migration will need to introduce an inverse
> > function for reading Rx queue context from HW registers to unpack it, as
> > well as functions to pack and unpack Tx queue context from HW.
> >
> > Rather than copying these style issues into the new functions, lets first
> > cleanup the existing code.
> >
> > For the ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw() function:
> >
> >   * Remove the NULL parameter check.
> >   * Move the Rx queue index check out of this function.
> >   * Convert the function to a void return.
> >   * Use a simple int variable instead of a u8 for the for loop index.
> >   * Use a local variable and array syntax to access the rxq_ctx.
> >   * Update the function description to better align with kernel doc style.
> >
> > For the ice_write_rxq_ctx() function:
> >
> >   * Use the more common '= {}' syntax for initializing the context buffer.
> >   * Move the Rx queue index check into this function.
> >   * Update the function description with a Returns: to align with kernel doc
> >     style.
> >
> > These changes align the existing write functions to current kernel
> > style, and will align with the style of the new functions added when we
> > implement live migration in a future series.
> >
> 
> Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel at intel.com>
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller at intel.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c | 42 ++++++++++++-----------------
> >   1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
> > index 67273e4af7ff..3480a16d6452 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
> > @@ -1357,34 +1357,22 @@ int ice_reset(struct ice_hw *hw, enum ice_reset_req
> req)
> >   }
> >
> >   /**
> > - * ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw
> > + * ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw - Copy packed Rx queue context to HW registers
> >    * @hw: pointer to the hardware structure
> > - * @ice_rxq_ctx: pointer to the rxq context
> 
> "ice" prefix for params, yeah :D
> 

Yea, that seemed unnecessary!

> > + * @rxq_ctx: pointer to the packed Rx queue context
> >    * @rxq_index: the index of the Rx queue
> > - *
> > - * Copies rxq context from dense structure to HW register space
> >    */
> > -static int
> > -ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw(struct ice_hw *hw, u8 *ice_rxq_ctx, u32 rxq_index)
> > +static void ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw(struct ice_hw *hw, u8 *rxq_ctx,
> > +				   u32 rxq_index)
> >   {
> > -	u8 i;
> > -
> > -	if (!ice_rxq_ctx)
> > -		return -EINVAL;
> > -
> > -	if (rxq_index > QRX_CTRL_MAX_INDEX)
> > -		return -EINVAL;
> > -
> >   	/* Copy each dword separately to HW */
> > -	for (i = 0; i < ICE_RXQ_CTX_SIZE_DWORDS; i++) {
> > -		wr32(hw, QRX_CONTEXT(i, rxq_index),
> > -		     *((u32 *)(ice_rxq_ctx + (i * sizeof(u32)))));
> > +	for (int i = 0; i < ICE_RXQ_CTX_SIZE_DWORDS; i++) {
> > +		u32 ctx = ((u32 *)rxq_ctx)[i];
> >
> > -		ice_debug(hw, ICE_DBG_QCTX, "qrxdata[%d]: %08X\n", i,
> > -			  *((u32 *)(ice_rxq_ctx + (i * sizeof(u32)))));
> > +		wr32(hw, QRX_CONTEXT(i, rxq_index), ctx);
> > +
> > +		ice_debug(hw, ICE_DBG_QCTX, "qrxdata[%d]: %08X\n", i, ctx);
> >   	}
> > -
> > -	return 0;
> >   }
> >
> >   /**
> > @@ -1497,23 +1485,27 @@ const struct ice_ctx_ele ice_rlan_ctx_info[] = {
> >   /**
> >    * ice_write_rxq_ctx - Write Rx Queue context to hardware
> >    * @hw: pointer to the hardware structure
> > - * @rlan_ctx: pointer to the rxq context
> > + * @rlan_ctx: pointer to the packed Rx queue context
> >    * @rxq_index: the index of the Rx queue
> >    *
> >    * Pack the sparse Rx Queue context into dense hardware format and write it
> >    * into the HW register space.
> > + *
> > + * Returns: 0 on success, or -EINVAL if the Rx queue index is invalid.
> 
> I remember some bot complaining on plural Returns:, but I have just
> checked the kernel-doc script and it is allowed :)
> 

It is strictly allowed, but I will fix. I want to be consistent.

> >    */
> >   int ice_write_rxq_ctx(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_rlan_ctx *rlan_ctx,
> >   		      u32 rxq_index)
> >   {
> > -	u8 ctx_buf[ICE_RXQ_CTX_SZ] = { 0 };
> > +	u8 ctx_buf[ICE_RXQ_CTX_SZ] = {};
> >
> > -	if (!rlan_ctx)
> > +	if (rxq_index > QRX_CTRL_MAX_INDEX)
> >   		return -EINVAL;
> >
> >   	ice_pack_rxq_ctx(rlan_ctx, ctx_buf);
> >
> > -	return ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw(hw, ctx_buf, rxq_index);
> > +	ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw(hw, ctx_buf, rxq_index);
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> >   }
> >
> >   /* LAN Tx Queue Context */
> >



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