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[PATCH net-next v2 1/8] net: macb: move Rx buffers alloc from link up to open

From: Paolo Valerio <hidden>
Date: 2026-02-23 18:27:18
Subsystem: atmel macb ethernet driver, networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers: Théo Lebrun, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

From: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>

mog_alloc_rx_buffers(), getting called at open, does not do rx buffer
alloc on GEM. The bulk of the work is done by gem_rx_refill() filling
up all slots with valid buffers.

gem_rx_refill() is called at link up by
gem_init_rings() == bp->macbgem_ops.mog_init_rings().

Move operation to macb_open(), mostly to allow it to fail early and
loudly rather than init the device with Rx mostly broken.

About `bool fail_early`:
 - When called from macb_open(), ring init fails as soon as a queue
   cannot be refilled.
 - When called from macb_hresp_error_task(), we do our best to reinit
   the device: we still iterate over all queues and try refilling all
   even if a previous queue failed.

Signed-off-by: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Valerio <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h      |  2 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h
index 87414a2ddf6e..2cb65ec37d44 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ struct macb_queue;
 struct macb_or_gem_ops {
 	int	(*mog_alloc_rx_buffers)(struct macb *bp);
 	void	(*mog_free_rx_buffers)(struct macb *bp);
-	void	(*mog_init_rings)(struct macb *bp);
+	int	(*mog_init_rings)(struct macb *bp, bool fail_early);
 	int	(*mog_rx)(struct macb_queue *queue, struct napi_struct *napi,
 			  int budget);
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index 43cd013bb70e..8cc16f2b4024 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -1247,13 +1247,14 @@ static int macb_tx_complete(struct macb_queue *queue, int budget)
 	return packets;
 }
 
-static void gem_rx_refill(struct macb_queue *queue)
+static int gem_rx_refill(struct macb_queue *queue)
 {
 	unsigned int		entry;
 	struct sk_buff		*skb;
 	dma_addr_t		paddr;
 	struct macb *bp = queue->bp;
 	struct macb_dma_desc *desc;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	while (CIRC_SPACE(queue->rx_prepared_head, queue->rx_tail,
 			bp->rx_ring_size) > 0) {
@@ -1270,6 +1271,7 @@ static void gem_rx_refill(struct macb_queue *queue)
 			if (unlikely(!skb)) {
 				netdev_err(bp->dev,
 					   "Unable to allocate sk_buff\n");
+				err = -ENOMEM;
 				break;
 			}
 
@@ -1319,6 +1321,7 @@ static void gem_rx_refill(struct macb_queue *queue)
 
 	netdev_vdbg(bp->dev, "rx ring: queue: %p, prepared head %d, tail %d\n",
 			queue, queue->rx_prepared_head, queue->rx_tail);
+	return err;
 }
 
 /* Mark DMA descriptors from begin up to and not including end as unused */
@@ -1771,7 +1774,7 @@ static void macb_hresp_error_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	netif_tx_stop_all_queues(dev);
 	netif_carrier_off(dev);
 
-	bp->macbgem_ops.mog_init_rings(bp);
+	bp->macbgem_ops.mog_init_rings(bp, false);
 
 	/* Initialize TX and RX buffers */
 	macb_init_buffers(bp);
@@ -2544,8 +2547,6 @@ static int macb_alloc_consistent(struct macb *bp)
 		if (!queue->tx_skb)
 			goto out_err;
 	}
-	if (bp->macbgem_ops.mog_alloc_rx_buffers(bp))
-		goto out_err;
 
 	/* Required for tie off descriptor for PM cases */
 	if (!(bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_QUEUE_DISABLE)) {
@@ -2557,6 +2558,11 @@ static int macb_alloc_consistent(struct macb *bp)
 			goto out_err;
 	}
 
+	if (bp->macbgem_ops.mog_alloc_rx_buffers(bp))
+		goto out_err;
+	if (bp->macbgem_ops.mog_init_rings(bp, true))
+		goto out_err;
+
 	return 0;
 
 out_err:
@@ -2577,11 +2583,13 @@ static void macb_init_tieoff(struct macb *bp)
 	desc->ctrl = 0;
 }
 
-static void gem_init_rings(struct macb *bp)
+static int gem_init_rings(struct macb *bp, bool fail_early)
 {
 	struct macb_queue *queue;
 	struct macb_dma_desc *desc = NULL;
+	int last_err = 0;
 	unsigned int q;
+	int err;
 	int i;
 
 	for (q = 0, queue = bp->queues; q < bp->num_queues; ++q, ++queue) {
@@ -2597,13 +2605,24 @@ static void gem_init_rings(struct macb *bp)
 		queue->rx_tail = 0;
 		queue->rx_prepared_head = 0;
 
-		gem_rx_refill(queue);
+		/* We get called in two cases:
+		 *  - open: we can propagate alloc errors (so fail early),
+		 *  - HRESP error: cannot propagate, we attempt to reinit
+		 *    all queues in case of failure.
+		 */
+		err = gem_rx_refill(queue);
+		if (err) {
+			last_err = err;
+			if (fail_early)
+				break;
+		}
 	}
 
 	macb_init_tieoff(bp);
+	return last_err;
 }
 
-static void macb_init_rings(struct macb *bp)
+static int macb_init_rings(struct macb *bp, bool fail_early)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct macb_dma_desc *desc = NULL;
@@ -2620,6 +2639,7 @@ static void macb_init_rings(struct macb *bp)
 	desc->ctrl |= MACB_BIT(TX_WRAP);
 
 	macb_init_tieoff(bp);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void macb_reset_hw(struct macb *bp)
@@ -2951,7 +2971,7 @@ static int macb_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		goto pm_exit;
 	}
 
-	bp->macbgem_ops.mog_init_rings(bp);
+	bp->macbgem_ops.mog_init_rings(bp, true);
 	macb_init_buffers(bp);
 
 	for (q = 0, queue = bp->queues; q < bp->num_queues; ++q, ++queue) {
-- 
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