mgb had a longstanding typo in function-like macro MGB_NEXT_RING_IDX's
argument, but the macro had no consumers. r365061 introduced a use of
the macro, after which mgb failed to build.
MFC after: 3 days
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
The pidx argument of isc_rxd_flush() indicates which is the last valid
receive descriptor to be used by the NIC. However, current code has
multiple issues:
- Intel drivers write pidx to their RDT register, which means that
NICs will only use the descriptors up to pidx-1 (modulo ring size N),
and won't actually use the one pointed by pidx. This does not break
reception, but it is anyway confusing and suboptimal (the NIC will
actually see only N-2 descriptors as available, rather than N-1).
Other drivers (if_vmx, if_bnxt, if_mgb) adhere to this semantic).
- The semantic used by Intel (RDT is one descriptor past the last
valid one) is used by most (if not all) NICs, and it is also used
on the TX side (also in iflib). Since iflib is not currently
using this semantic for RX, it must decrement fl->ifl_pidx
(modulo N) before calling isc_rxd_flush(), and then the
per-driver callback implementation must increment the index
again (to match the real semantic). This is confusing and suboptimal.
- The iflib refill function is also called at initialization.
However, in case the ring size is smaller than 128 (e.g. if_mgb),
the refill function will actually prepare all the receive
descriptors (N), without leaving one unused, as most of NICs assume
(e.g. to avoid RDT to overrun RDH). I can speculate that the code
looks like this right now because this issue showed up during
testing (e.g. with if_mgb), and it was easy to workaround by
decrementing pidx before isc_rxd_flush().
The goal of this change is to simplify the code (removing a bunch
of instructions from the RX fast path), and to make the semantic of
isc_rxd_flush() consistent across drivers. To achieve this, we:
- change the semantics of the pidx argument to the usual one (that
is the index one past the last valid one), so that both iflib and
drivers avoid the decrement/increment dance.
- fix the initialization code to prepare at most N-1 descriptors.
Reviewed by: markj
MFC after: 2 weeks
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26191
The Microchip LAN7430 is a PCIe 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with integrated
PHY, and the LAN7431 is a MAC with RGMII interface.
To be connected to the build after further testing and review.
Committing now so that changes like r354345 (adding a common
ETHER_IS_ZERO macro) will update this driver too.
Submitted by: Gerald ND Aryeetey <aryeeteygerald_rogers.com>
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D20079
