[3.11.y.z extended stable] Patch "net: mvneta: do not schedule in mvneta_tx_timeout" has been added to staging queue

[Luis Henriques]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    net: mvneta: do not schedule in mvneta_tx_timeout

to the linux-3.11.y-queue branch of the 3.11.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.11.y-queue

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.11.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Luis

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>From 062f2097f7372a538be2c22dd31c830255f047d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: willy tarreau <w at 1wt.eu>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 08:20:09 +0100
Subject: net: mvneta: do not schedule in mvneta_tx_timeout

commit 290213667ab53a95456397763205e4b1e30f46b5 upstream.

If a queue timeout is reported, we can oops because of some
schedules while the caller is atomic, as shown below :

  mvneta d0070000.ethernet eth0: tx timeout
  BUG: scheduling while atomic: bash/1528/0x00000100
  Modules linked in: slhttp_ethdiv(C) [last unloaded: slhttp_ethdiv]
  CPU: 2 PID: 1528 Comm: bash Tainted: G        WC   3.13.0-rc4-mvebu-nf #180
  [<c0011bd9>] (unwind_backtrace+0x1/0x98) from [<c000f1ab>] (show_stack+0xb/0xc)
  [<c000f1ab>] (show_stack+0xb/0xc) from [<c02ad323>] (dump_stack+0x4f/0x64)
  [<c02ad323>] (dump_stack+0x4f/0x64) from [<c02abe67>] (__schedule_bug+0x37/0x4c)
  [<c02abe67>] (__schedule_bug+0x37/0x4c) from [<c02ae261>] (__schedule+0x325/0x3ec)
  [<c02ae261>] (__schedule+0x325/0x3ec) from [<c02adb97>] (schedule_timeout+0xb7/0x118)
  [<c02adb97>] (schedule_timeout+0xb7/0x118) from [<c0020a67>] (msleep+0xf/0x14)
  [<c0020a67>] (msleep+0xf/0x14) from [<c01dcbe5>] (mvneta_stop_dev+0x21/0x194)
  [<c01dcbe5>] (mvneta_stop_dev+0x21/0x194) from [<c01dcfe9>] (mvneta_tx_timeout+0x19/0x24)
  [<c01dcfe9>] (mvneta_tx_timeout+0x19/0x24) from [<c024afc7>] (dev_watchdog+0x18b/0x1c4)
  [<c024afc7>] (dev_watchdog+0x18b/0x1c4) from [<c0020b53>] (call_timer_fn.isra.27+0x17/0x5c)
  [<c0020b53>] (call_timer_fn.isra.27+0x17/0x5c) from [<c0020cad>] (run_timer_softirq+0x115/0x170)
  [<c0020cad>] (run_timer_softirq+0x115/0x170) from [<c001ccb9>] (__do_softirq+0xbd/0x1a8)
  [<c001ccb9>] (__do_softirq+0xbd/0x1a8) from [<c001cfad>] (irq_exit+0x61/0x98)
  [<c001cfad>] (irq_exit+0x61/0x98) from [<c000d4bf>] (handle_IRQ+0x27/0x60)
  [<c000d4bf>] (handle_IRQ+0x27/0x60) from [<c000843b>] (armada_370_xp_handle_irq+0x33/0xc8)
  [<c000843b>] (armada_370_xp_handle_irq+0x33/0xc8) from [<c000fba9>] (__irq_usr+0x49/0x60)

Ben Hutchings attempted to propose a better fix consisting in using a
scheduled work for this, but while it fixed this panic, it caused other
random freezes and panics proving that the reset sequence in the driver
is unreliable and that additional fixes should be investigated.

When sending multiple streams over a link limited to 100 Mbps, Tx timeouts
happen from time to time, and the driver correctly recovers only when the
function is disabled.

Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
Cc: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement at free-electrons.com>
Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>
Tested-by: Arnaud Ebalard <arno at natisbad.org>
Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w at 1wt.eu>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w at 1wt.eu>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 18cee4f1590e..f72112294750 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -2211,16 +2211,6 @@ static void mvneta_stop_dev(struct mvneta_port *pp)
 	mvneta_rx_reset(pp);
 }

-/* tx timeout callback - display a message and stop/start the network device */
-static void mvneta_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	struct mvneta_port *pp = netdev_priv(dev);
-
-	netdev_info(dev, "tx timeout\n");
-	mvneta_stop_dev(pp);
-	mvneta_start_dev(pp);
-}
-
 /* Return positive if MTU is valid */
 static int mvneta_check_mtu_valid(struct net_device *dev, int mtu)
 {
@@ -2586,7 +2576,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops mvneta_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_set_rx_mode     = mvneta_set_rx_mode,
 	.ndo_set_mac_address = mvneta_set_mac_addr,
 	.ndo_change_mtu      = mvneta_change_mtu,
-	.ndo_tx_timeout      = mvneta_tx_timeout,
 	.ndo_get_stats64     = mvneta_get_stats64,
 };

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