[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v3] igc: Restore default Qbv schedule when changing channels
Vinicius Costa Gomes
vinicius.gomes at intel.com
Mon Jan 5 22:39:43 UTC 2026
Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt at linutronix.de> writes:
> The Multi-queue Priority (MQPRIO) and Earliest TxTime First (ETF) offloads
> utilize the Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) Tx mode. This mode is always
> coupled to IEEE 802.1Qbv time aware shaper (Qbv). Therefore, the driver
> sets a default Qbv schedule of all gates opened and a cycle time of
> 1s. This schedule is set during probe.
>
> However, the following sequence of events lead to Tx issues:
>
> - Boot a dual core system
> igc_probe():
> igc_tsn_clear_schedule():
> -> Default Schedule is set
> Note: At this point the driver has allocated two Tx/Rx queues, because
> there are only two CPUs.
>
> - ethtool -L enp3s0 combined 4
> igc_ethtool_set_channels():
> igc_reinit_queues()
> -> Default schedule is gone, per Tx ring start and end time are zero
>
> - tc qdisc replace dev enp3s0 handle 100 parent root mqprio \
> num_tc 4 map 3 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 \
> queues 1 at 0 1 at 1 1 at 2 1 at 3 hw 1
> igc_tsn_offload_apply():
> igc_tsn_enable_offload():
> -> Writes zeros to IGC_STQT(i) and IGC_ENDQT(i), causing Tx to stall/fail
>
> Therefore, restore the default Qbv schedule after changing the number of
> channels.
>
> Furthermore, add a restriction to not allow queue reconfiguration when
> TSN/Qbv is enabled, because it may lead to inconsistent states.
>
> Fixes: c814a2d2d48f ("igc: Use default cycle 'start' and 'end' values for queues")
> Signed-off-by: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt at linutronix.de>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Adjust commit message and comments (Aleksandr)
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251118-igc_mqprio_channels-v2-1-c32563dede2f@linutronix.de
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Explain abbreviations (Aleksandr)
> - Only clear schedule if no error happened (Aleksandr)
> - Add restriction to avoid inconsistent states (Vinicius)
> - Target net tree (Vinicius)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251107-igc_mqprio_channels-v1-1-42415562d0f8@linutronix.de
> ---
Acked-by: Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes at intel.com>
Cheers,
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Vinicius
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