Hi Laurent/Wei,
As I continue to integrate DPDK 17.05 into my application, I have hit
another issue with this patch while testing in a VM with multispeed
fiber ixgbe PCI passthrough. My application periodically invokes
rte_eth_link_get_nowait() to detect link state changes. If the link is
down (no cable or far end disabled), ixgbe_setup_link() will not return
for ~1.3seconds due to the link setup algorithm in
ixgbe_common.c:ixgbe_multispeed_fiber():
+ if ((intr->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_CONFIG) &&
+ hw->mac.ops.get_media_type(hw) == ixgbe_media_type_fiber) {
+ speed = hw->phy.autoneg_advertised;
+ if (!speed)
+ ixgbe_get_link_capabilities(hw, &speed, &autoneg);
+ ixgbe_setup_link(hw, speed, true); + }
+
I have two questions:
* Shouldn't we avoid the link setup cost if the caller has specified
not to wait_to_complete?
* If the concern is speed may not be properly configured, shouldn't
the link setup be deferred until state changes link up thus
minimizing the delays enforced in ixgbe_multispeed_fiber()?
Regards,
-Roger
On 4/27/17 11:03 AM, Laurent Hardy wrote:
In case of fiber and link speed set to 1Gb at peer side (with autoneg
or with defined speed), link status could be not properly updated at
time cable is plugged-in.
Indeed if cable was not plugged when device has been configured and
started then link status will not be updated properly with new speed
as no link setup will be triggered.
To avoid this issue, IXGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_CONFIG is set to try a link
setup each time link_update() is triggered and current link status is
down. When cable is plugged-in, link setup will be performed via
ixgbe_setup_link().
Signed-off-by: Laurent Hardy <laurent.ha...@6wind.com>
---
Hi Wei, please find enclosed patch v4, tested using testpmd.
v1 -> v2:
- rebase on top of head (change flag to 1<<4)
- fix regression with copper links: only update link for fiber links
v2 -> v3:
- remove unnescessary check on speed mask if autoneg is false
v3 -> v4:
- remove default speed set to 10Gb if autoneg is false, rely on
ixgbe_get_link_capabilities( ) instead.
---
drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
index 7b856bb..8a0c0a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -3782,8 +3782,12 @@ ixgbe_dev_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int
wait_to_complete)
struct ixgbe_hw *hw = IXGBE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data->dev_private);
struct rte_eth_link link, old;
ixgbe_link_speed link_speed = IXGBE_LINK_SPEED_UNKNOWN;
+ struct ixgbe_interrupt *intr =
+ IXGBE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_INTR(dev->data->dev_private);
int link_up;
int diag;
+ u32 speed = 0;
+ bool autoneg = false;
link.link_status = ETH_LINK_DOWN;
link.link_speed = 0;
@@ -3793,6 +3797,14 @@ ixgbe_dev_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int
wait_to_complete)
hw->mac.get_link_status = true;
+ if ((intr->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_CONFIG) &&
+ hw->mac.ops.get_media_type(hw) == ixgbe_media_type_fiber) {
+ speed = hw->phy.autoneg_advertised;
+ if (!speed)
+ ixgbe_get_link_capabilities(hw, &speed, &autoneg);
+ ixgbe_setup_link(hw, speed, true);
+ }
+
/* check if it needs to wait to complete, if lsc interrupt is enabled */
if (wait_to_complete == 0 || dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf.lsc != 0)
diag = ixgbe_check_link(hw, &link_speed, &link_up, 0);
@@ -3810,10 +3822,12 @@ ixgbe_dev_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int
wait_to_complete)
if (link_up == 0) {
rte_ixgbe_dev_atomic_write_link_status(dev, &link);
+ intr->flags |= IXGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_CONFIG;
if (link.link_status == old.link_status)
return -1;
return 0;
}
+ intr->flags &= ~IXGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_CONFIG;
link.link_status = ETH_LINK_UP;
link.link_duplex = ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.h
index 5176b02..b576a6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
#define IXGBE_FLAG_MAILBOX (uint32_t)(1 << 1)
#define IXGBE_FLAG_PHY_INTERRUPT (uint32_t)(1 << 2)
#define IXGBE_FLAG_MACSEC (uint32_t)(1 << 3)
+#define IXGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_CONFIG (uint32_t)(1 << 4)
/*
* Defines that were not part of ixgbe_type.h as they are not used by the
