From: Tariq Toukan <tar...@mellanox.com>

With the MLX5E_CQ_HAS_CQES optimization flag, the following buggy
flow might occur:
- Suppose RX is always busy, TX has a single packet every second.
- We poll a single TX cqe and clear its flag.
- We never arm it again as RX is always busy.
- TX CQ flag is never changed, and new TX cqes are not polled.

We revert this optimization.

Fixes: e586b3b0baee ('net/mlx5: Ethernet Datapath files')
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tar...@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <sae...@mellanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h      |    5 -----
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c   |    7 -------
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c   |   10 +---------
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_txrx.c |    1 -
 4 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index aac071a..614a602 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -304,14 +304,9 @@ enum {
        MLX5E_RQ_STATE_POST_WQES_ENABLE,
 };
 
-enum cq_flags {
-       MLX5E_CQ_HAS_CQES = 1,
-};
-
 struct mlx5e_cq {
        /* data path - accessed per cqe */
        struct mlx5_cqwq           wq;
-       unsigned long              flags;
 
        /* data path - accessed per napi poll */
        struct napi_struct        *napi;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
index dd959d9..3fd6a58 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
@@ -230,10 +230,6 @@ int mlx5e_poll_rx_cq(struct mlx5e_cq *cq, int budget)
        struct mlx5e_rq *rq = container_of(cq, struct mlx5e_rq, cq);
        int work_done;
 
-       /* avoid accessing cq (dma coherent memory) if not needed */
-       if (!test_and_clear_bit(MLX5E_CQ_HAS_CQES, &cq->flags))
-               return 0;
-
        for (work_done = 0; work_done < budget; work_done++) {
                struct mlx5e_rx_wqe *wqe;
                struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe;
@@ -279,8 +275,5 @@ wq_ll_pop:
        /* ensure cq space is freed before enabling more cqes */
        wmb();
 
-       if (work_done == budget)
-               set_bit(MLX5E_CQ_HAS_CQES, &cq->flags);
-
        return work_done;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
index 2c3fba0..2beea8c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
@@ -335,10 +335,6 @@ bool mlx5e_poll_tx_cq(struct mlx5e_cq *cq)
        u16 sqcc;
        int i;
 
-       /* avoid accessing cq (dma coherent memory) if not needed */
-       if (!test_and_clear_bit(MLX5E_CQ_HAS_CQES, &cq->flags))
-               return false;
-
        sq = container_of(cq, struct mlx5e_sq, cq);
 
        npkts = 0;
@@ -422,10 +418,6 @@ bool mlx5e_poll_tx_cq(struct mlx5e_cq *cq)
                                netif_tx_wake_queue(sq->txq);
                                sq->stats.wake++;
        }
-       if (i == MLX5E_TX_CQ_POLL_BUDGET) {
-               set_bit(MLX5E_CQ_HAS_CQES, &cq->flags);
-               return true;
-       }
 
-       return false;
+       return (i == MLX5E_TX_CQ_POLL_BUDGET);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_txrx.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_txrx.c
index 4ac8d71..66d51a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_txrx.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ void mlx5e_completion_event(struct mlx5_core_cq *mcq)
 {
        struct mlx5e_cq *cq = container_of(mcq, struct mlx5e_cq, mcq);
 
-       set_bit(MLX5E_CQ_HAS_CQES, &cq->flags);
        set_bit(MLX5E_CHANNEL_NAPI_SCHED, &cq->channel->flags);
        barrier();
        napi_schedule(cq->napi);
-- 
1.7.1

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