On 2015/4/15 3:42, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The code sets the expiry value of the timer to a relative value and
> starts it with hrtimer_start_expires. That's fine, but that only works
> once. The timer is started in relative mode, so the expiry value gets
> overwritten with the absolut expiry time (now + expiry).
> 
> So once the timer expired, a new call to hrtimer_start_expires results
> in an immidiately expired timer, because the expiry value is
> already in the past.
> 
> Use the proper mechanisms to (re)start the timer in the intended way.
> 

Acked-by: Ding Tianhong <[email protected]>

> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <[email protected]>
> Cc: dingtianhong <[email protected]>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
> Cc: Zhangfei Gao <[email protected]>
> Cc: Dan Carpenter <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hip04_eth.c |   18 +++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hip04_eth.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hip04_eth.c
> +++ linux/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hip04_eth.c
> @@ -413,6 +413,15 @@ out:
>       return count;
>  }
>  
> +static void hip04_start_tx_timer(struct hip04_priv *priv)
> +{
> +     unsigned long ns = priv->tx_coalesce_usecs * NSEC_PER_USEC / 2;
> +
> +     /* allow timer to fire after half the time at the earliest */
> +     hrtimer_start_range_ns(&priv->tx_coalesce_timer, ns_to_ktime(ns),
> +                            ns, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
> +}
> +
>  static int hip04_mac_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
>  {
>       struct hip04_priv *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
> @@ -466,8 +475,7 @@ static int hip04_mac_start_xmit(struct s
>               }
>       } else if (!hrtimer_is_queued(&priv->tx_coalesce_timer)) {
>               /* cleanup not pending yet, start a new timer */
> -             hrtimer_start_expires(&priv->tx_coalesce_timer,
> -                                   HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
> +             hip04_start_tx_timer(priv);
>       }
>  
>       return NETDEV_TX_OK;
> @@ -549,7 +557,7 @@ done:
>       /* clean up tx descriptors and start a new timer if necessary */
>       tx_remaining = hip04_tx_reclaim(ndev, false);
>       if (rx < budget && tx_remaining)
> -             hrtimer_start_expires(&priv->tx_coalesce_timer, 
> HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
> +             hip04_start_tx_timer(priv);
>  
>       return rx;
>  }
> @@ -809,7 +817,6 @@ static int hip04_mac_probe(struct platfo
>       struct hip04_priv *priv;
>       struct resource *res;
>       unsigned int irq;
> -     ktime_t txtime;
>       int ret;
>  
>       ndev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct hip04_priv));
> @@ -846,9 +853,6 @@ static int hip04_mac_probe(struct platfo
>        */
>       priv->tx_coalesce_frames = TX_DESC_NUM * 3 / 4;
>       priv->tx_coalesce_usecs = 200;
> -     /* allow timer to fire after half the time at the earliest */
> -     txtime = ktime_set(0, priv->tx_coalesce_usecs * NSEC_PER_USEC / 2);
> -     hrtimer_set_expires_range(&priv->tx_coalesce_timer, txtime, txtime);
>       priv->tx_coalesce_timer.function = tx_done;
>  
>       priv->map = syscon_node_to_regmap(arg.np);
> 
> .
> 


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