David Woodhouse <dw...@infradead.org> :
[...]
> And of course, even if I fix the TX timeout handling, I'd still like to
> know why it's happening in the first place...

So do I.

The TxDmaOkLowDesc register may tell if the Tx dma part is still making
any progress. I have added a TxPoll request. See below.

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
index d79e33b..963d2a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC (multicast_filter_limit, "8139cp: maximum 
number of filtered mu
 /* Time in jiffies before concluding the transmitter is hung. */
 #define TX_TIMEOUT             (6*HZ)
 
+/* TODO: calibrate. It ought to be related to the PCI bus frequency. */
+#define CP_EARLY_TIMEOUT       (16 * 1024)
+
 /* hardware minimum and maximum for a single frame's data payload */
 #define CP_MIN_MTU             60      /* TODO: allow lower, but pad */
 #define CP_MAX_MTU             4096
@@ -146,9 +149,11 @@ enum {
        TxConfig        = 0x40, /* Tx configuration */
        ChipVersion     = 0x43, /* 8-bit chip version, inside TxConfig */
        RxConfig        = 0x44, /* Rx configuration */
+       TimerCount      = 0x48, /* 32 bit general purpose timer. */
        RxMissed        = 0x4C, /* 24 bits valid, write clears */
        Cfg9346         = 0x50, /* EEPROM select/control; Cfg reg [un]lock */
        Config1         = 0x52, /* Config1 */
+       TimerInt        = 0x54, /* TimerCount IRQ triggering timeout value */
        Config3         = 0x59, /* Config3 */
        Config4         = 0x5A, /* Config4 */
        MultiIntr       = 0x5C, /* Multiple interrupt select */
@@ -157,6 +162,7 @@ enum {
        NWayAdvert      = 0x66, /* MII ADVERTISE */
        NWayLPAR        = 0x68, /* MII LPA */
        NWayExpansion   = 0x6A, /* MII Expansion */
+       TxDmaOkLowDesc  = 0x82, /* Low 16 bit address of a Tx descriptor. */
        Config5         = 0xD8, /* Config5 */
        TxPoll          = 0xD9, /* Tell chip to check Tx descriptors for work */
        RxMaxSize       = 0xDA, /* Max size of an Rx packet (8169 only) */
@@ -283,7 +289,8 @@ enum {
        LANWake         = (1 << 1),  /* Enable LANWake signal */
        PMEStatus       = (1 << 0),  /* PME status can be reset by PCI RST# */
 
-       cp_norx_intr_mask = PciErr | LinkChg | TxOK | TxErr | TxEmpty,
+       cp_norx_intr_mask = PciErr | TimerIntr | LinkChg |
+                           TxOK | TxErr | TxEmpty,
        cp_rx_intr_mask = RxOK | RxErr | RxEmpty | RxFIFOOvr,
        cp_intr_mask = cp_rx_intr_mask | cp_norx_intr_mask,
 };
@@ -608,6 +615,18 @@ static irqreturn_t cp_interrupt (int irq, void 
*dev_instance)
 
        if (status & (TxOK | TxErr | TxEmpty | SWInt))
                cp_tx(cp);
+
+       if ((status & TimerIntr) && (cp->tx_head != cp->tx_tail)) {
+               if (net_ratelimit()) {
+                       netdev_info(dev, "Timeout head=%08x, tail=%08x 
desc=%04x\n",
+                                   cp->tx_head, cp->tx_tail,
+                                   cpr16(TxDmaOkLowDesc));
+               }
+               cp_tx(cp);
+               if (cp->tx_head != cp->tx_tail)
+                       cpw8_f(TxPoll, NormalTxPoll);
+       }
+
        if (status & LinkChg)
                mii_check_media(&cp->mii_if, netif_msg_link(cp), false);
 
@@ -885,6 +904,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t cp_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb,
 out_unlock:
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cp->lock, intr_flags);
 
+       cpw32(TimerCount, CP_EARLY_TIMEOUT);
+
        cpw8(TxPoll, NormalTxPoll);
 
        return NETDEV_TX_OK;
@@ -1064,6 +1085,8 @@ static void cp_init_hw (struct cp_private *cp)
 
        cpw16(MultiIntr, 0);
 
+       cpw32(TimerInt, CP_EARLY_TIMEOUT);
+
        cpw8_f(Cfg9346, Cfg9346_Lock);
 }
 
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