Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-21 Thread Serge Semin
On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 04:49:22PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > If in doubt, leaving the patch as is would be fine with me.
> 
> The patch is O.K. as is, no need to export something so simple for a
> single users. When the next user come along, we can reconsider.

Ok. Thanks for clarification. I performed some additional tests to
make sure the bug was on the PHY side. They proved my original
conclusion. It's indeed Realtek PHY to blame for the weird behavior. 
So I've added a few more words into the patch log regarding those
tests. The patch will be resent tomorrow together with the rest of the
STMMAC-driver-related bug-fixes detached from the original series of
the fixes and cleanups (as Andrew asked to do).

-Sergey

> 
>Andrew


Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-20 Thread Andrew Lunn
> If in doubt, leaving the patch as is would be fine with me.

The patch is O.K. as is, no need to export something so simple for a
single users. When the next user come along, we can reconsider.

   Andrew


Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-20 Thread Heiner Kallweit
On 20.02.2021 10:02, Serge Semin wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 10:39:41AM +, Russell King - ARM Linux admin 
> wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 07:47:20PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
>>> On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 10:56:46AM +, Russell King - ARM Linux admin 
>>> wrote:
 On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 11:37:29AM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Right, adding something like a genphy_{read,write}_mmd() doesn't make
> too much sense for now. What I meant is just exporting mmd_phy_indirect().
> Then you don't have to open-code the first three steps of a mmd 
> read/write.
> And it requires no additional code in phylib.

 ... but at the cost that the compiler can no longer inline that code,
 as I mentioned in my previous reply. (However, the cost of the accesses
 will be higher.) On the plus side, less I-cache footprint, and smaller
 kernel code.
>>>
>>> Just to note mmd_phy_indirect() isn't defined with inline specifier,
>>> but just as static and it's used twice in the
>>> drivers/net/phy/phy-core.c unit. So most likely the compiler won't
>>> inline the function code in there.
>>
>> You can't always tell whether the compiler will inline a static function
>> or not.
> 
> Andrew, Heiner, Russell, what is your final decision about this? Shall
> we export the mmd_phy_indirect() method, implement new
> genphy_{read,write}_mmd() or just leave the patch as is manually
> accessing the MMD register in the driver?
> 

If in doubt, leaving the patch as is would be fine with me.

> -Sergey
> 
>>
>>> Anyway it's up to the PHY
>>> library maintainers to decide. Please settle the issue with Heiner and
>>> Andrew then. I am ok with both solutions and will do as you decide.
>>
>> FYI, *I* am one of the phylib maintainers.
>>
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Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-20 Thread Serge Semin
On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 10:39:41AM +, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 07:47:20PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 10:56:46AM +, Russell King - ARM Linux admin 
> > wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 11:37:29AM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > > > Right, adding something like a genphy_{read,write}_mmd() doesn't make
> > > > too much sense for now. What I meant is just exporting 
> > > > mmd_phy_indirect().
> > > > Then you don't have to open-code the first three steps of a mmd 
> > > > read/write.
> > > > And it requires no additional code in phylib.
> > > 
> > > ... but at the cost that the compiler can no longer inline that code,
> > > as I mentioned in my previous reply. (However, the cost of the accesses
> > > will be higher.) On the plus side, less I-cache footprint, and smaller
> > > kernel code.
> > 
> > Just to note mmd_phy_indirect() isn't defined with inline specifier,
> > but just as static and it's used twice in the
> > drivers/net/phy/phy-core.c unit. So most likely the compiler won't
> > inline the function code in there.
> 
> You can't always tell whether the compiler will inline a static function
> or not.

Andrew, Heiner, Russell, what is your final decision about this? Shall
we export the mmd_phy_indirect() method, implement new
genphy_{read,write}_mmd() or just leave the patch as is manually
accessing the MMD register in the driver?

-Sergey

> 
> > Anyway it's up to the PHY
> > library maintainers to decide. Please settle the issue with Heiner and
> > Andrew then. I am ok with both solutions and will do as you decide.
> 
> FYI, *I* am one of the phylib maintainers.
> 
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Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-11 Thread Serge Semin
On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 10:39:41AM +, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 07:47:20PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 10:56:46AM +, Russell King - ARM Linux admin 
> > wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 11:37:29AM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > > > Right, adding something like a genphy_{read,write}_mmd() doesn't make
> > > > too much sense for now. What I meant is just exporting 
> > > > mmd_phy_indirect().
> > > > Then you don't have to open-code the first three steps of a mmd 
> > > > read/write.
> > > > And it requires no additional code in phylib.
> > > 
> > > ... but at the cost that the compiler can no longer inline that code,
> > > as I mentioned in my previous reply. (However, the cost of the accesses
> > > will be higher.) On the plus side, less I-cache footprint, and smaller
> > > kernel code.
> > 
> > Just to note mmd_phy_indirect() isn't defined with inline specifier,
> > but just as static and it's used twice in the
> > drivers/net/phy/phy-core.c unit. So most likely the compiler won't
> > inline the function code in there.
> 
> You can't always tell whether the compiler will inline a static function
> or not.
> 
> > Anyway it's up to the PHY
> > library maintainers to decide. Please settle the issue with Heiner and
> > Andrew then. I am ok with both solutions and will do as you decide.
> 

> FYI, *I* am one of the phylib maintainers.

Of course I saw you in the list of maintainers. My message was that
currently two maintainers claims contradicting requests. Thus in order
to go further with this patch first you need to get to some agreement
between yourself. That's why we need to have a response from Hainer
about your arguments against his suggestion.

-Sergey

> 
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Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-11 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux admin
On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 07:47:20PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 10:56:46AM +, Russell King - ARM Linux admin 
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 11:37:29AM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > > Right, adding something like a genphy_{read,write}_mmd() doesn't make
> > > too much sense for now. What I meant is just exporting mmd_phy_indirect().
> > > Then you don't have to open-code the first three steps of a mmd 
> > > read/write.
> > > And it requires no additional code in phylib.
> > 
> > ... but at the cost that the compiler can no longer inline that code,
> > as I mentioned in my previous reply. (However, the cost of the accesses
> > will be higher.) On the plus side, less I-cache footprint, and smaller
> > kernel code.
> 
> Just to note mmd_phy_indirect() isn't defined with inline specifier,
> but just as static and it's used twice in the
> drivers/net/phy/phy-core.c unit. So most likely the compiler won't
> inline the function code in there.

You can't always tell whether the compiler will inline a static function
or not.

> Anyway it's up to the PHY
> library maintainers to decide. Please settle the issue with Heiner and
> Andrew then. I am ok with both solutions and will do as you decide.

FYI, *I* am one of the phylib maintainers.

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Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-10 Thread Serge Semin
On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 10:56:46AM +, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 11:37:29AM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > Right, adding something like a genphy_{read,write}_mmd() doesn't make
> > too much sense for now. What I meant is just exporting mmd_phy_indirect().
> > Then you don't have to open-code the first three steps of a mmd read/write.
> > And it requires no additional code in phylib.
> 
> ... but at the cost that the compiler can no longer inline that code,
> as I mentioned in my previous reply. (However, the cost of the accesses
> will be higher.) On the plus side, less I-cache footprint, and smaller
> kernel code.

Just to note mmd_phy_indirect() isn't defined with inline specifier,
but just as static and it's used twice in the
drivers/net/phy/phy-core.c unit. So most likely the compiler won't
inline the function code in there. Anyway it's up to the PHY
library maintainers to decide. Please settle the issue with Heiner and
Andrew then. I am ok with both solutions and will do as you decide.

-Sergey

> 
> -- 
> RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/
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Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-09 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux admin
On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 11:37:29AM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Right, adding something like a genphy_{read,write}_mmd() doesn't make
> too much sense for now. What I meant is just exporting mmd_phy_indirect().
> Then you don't have to open-code the first three steps of a mmd read/write.
> And it requires no additional code in phylib.

... but at the cost that the compiler can no longer inline that code,
as I mentioned in my previous reply. (However, the cost of the accesses
will be higher.) On the plus side, less I-cache footprint, and smaller
kernel code.

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Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-09 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux admin
On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 01:15:28PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 09:14:02PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > Nice analysis. Alternatively to duplicating this code piece we could
> > export mmd_phy_indirect(). But up to you.
> 
> I also considered creating a generic method to access the MMD
> registers of a generic PHY, something like phy_read()/phy_write(), but
> for MMD (alas just exporting mmd_phy_indirect() would not be enough).
> But as I see it such methods need to be created only after we get to
> have at least several places with duplicating direct MMD-read/write
> patterns. Doing that just for a single place seems redundant. Anyway it's
> up to maintainers to decide whether they want to see a generic part
> of the phy_read_mmd()/phy_write_mmd() methods being detached and
> exported as something like genphy_{read,write}_mmd() methods. I can do
> that in v2 if you ask me to.

Please not genphy_* - that namespace is used for up-to-1G PHYs.

I thought about suggesting what you are proposing, but the problem is
this is just making things less and less efficient. Every time we
break a function up and export it, we increase the execution overhead
of the code. That said, the PHY accesses are relatively slow.

My opinion is that as this is just a single location at the moment,
it is not worth the effort - but if we get more of examples of this,
then it makes sense to provide the common accessor.

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Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-09 Thread Heiner Kallweit
On 09.02.2021 11:15, Serge Semin wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 09:14:02PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> On 08.02.2021 15:03, Serge Semin wrote:
>>> It has been noticed that RTL8211E PHY stops detecting and reporting events
>>> when EEE is successfully advertised and RXC stopping in LPI is enabled.
>>> The freeze happens right after 3.0.10 bit (PC1R "Clock Stop Enable"
>>> register) is set. At the same time LED2 stops blinking as if EEE mode has
>>> been disabled. Notably the network traffic still flows through the PHY
>>> with no obvious problem. Anyway if any MDIO read procedure is performed
>>> after the "RXC stop in LPI" mode is enabled PHY gets to be unfrozen, LED2
>>> starts blinking and PHY interrupts happens again. The problem has been
>>> noticed on RTL8211E PHY working together with DW GMAC 3.73a MAC and
>>> reporting its event via a dedicated IRQ signal. (Obviously the problem has
>>> been unnoticed in the polling mode, since it gets naturally fixed by the
>>> periodic MDIO read procedure from the PHY status register - BMSR.)
>>>
>>> In order to fix that problem we suggest to locally re-implement the MMD
>>> write method for RTL8211E PHY and perform a dummy read right after the
>>> PC1R register is accessed to enable the RXC stopping in LPI mode.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Serge Semin 
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/net/phy/realtek.c | 37 +
>>>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
>>> index 99ecd6c4c15a..cbb86c257aae 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
>>> @@ -559,6 +559,42 @@ static int rtl822x_write_mmd(struct phy_device 
>>> *phydev, int devnum, u16 regnum,
>>> return ret;
>>>  }
>>>  
>>> +static int rtl8211e_write_mmd(struct phy_device *phydev, int devnum, u16 
>>> regnum,
>>> + u16 val)
>>> +{
>>> +   int ret;
>>> +
>>> +   /* Write to the MMD registers by using the standard control/data pair.
>>> +* The only difference is that we need to perform a dummy read after
>>> +* the PC1R.CLKSTOP_EN bit is set. It's required to workaround an issue
>>> +* of a partial core freeze so LED2 stops blinking in EEE mode, PHY
>>> +* stops detecting the link change and raising IRQs until any read from
>>> +* its registers performed. That happens only if and right after the PHY
>>> +* is enabled to stop RXC in LPI mode.
>>> +*/
>>> +   ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_CTRL, devnum);
>>> +   if (ret)
>>> +   return ret;
>>> +
>>> +   ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_DATA, regnum);
>>> +   if (ret)
>>> +   return ret;
>>> +
>>> +   ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_CTRL, devnum | MII_MMD_CTRL_NOINCR);
>>> +   if (ret)
>>> +   return ret;
>>> +
>>
> 
>> Nice analysis. Alternatively to duplicating this code piece we could
>> export mmd_phy_indirect(). But up to you.
> 
> I also considered creating a generic method to access the MMD
> registers of a generic PHY, something like phy_read()/phy_write(), but
> for MMD (alas just exporting mmd_phy_indirect() would not be enough).
> But as I see it such methods need to be created only after we get to
> have at least several places with duplicating direct MMD-read/write
> patterns. Doing that just for a single place seems redundant. Anyway it's
> up to maintainers to decide whether they want to see a generic part
> of the phy_read_mmd()/phy_write_mmd() methods being detached and
> exported as something like genphy_{read,write}_mmd() methods. I can do
> that in v2 if you ask me to.
> 
Right, adding something like a genphy_{read,write}_mmd() doesn't make
too much sense for now. What I meant is just exporting mmd_phy_indirect().
Then you don't have to open-code the first three steps of a mmd read/write.
And it requires no additional code in phylib.
But that's not at all a showstopper here.

> -Sergey
> 
>>
>>> +   ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_DATA, val);
>>> +   if (ret)
>>> +   return ret;
>>> +
>>> +   if (devnum == MDIO_MMD_PCS && regnum == MDIO_CTRL1 &&
>>> +   val & MDIO_PCS_CTRL1_CLKSTOP_EN)
>>> +   ret =  __phy_read(phydev, MII_MMD_DATA);
>>> +
>>> +   return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>  static int rtl822x_get_features(struct phy_device *phydev)
>>>  {
>>> int val;
>>> @@ -725,6 +761,7 @@ static struct phy_driver realtek_drvs[] = {
>>> .resume = genphy_resume,
>>> .read_page  = rtl821x_read_page,
>>> .write_page = rtl821x_write_page,
>>> +   .write_mmd  = rtl8211e_write_mmd,
>>> }, {
>>> PHY_ID_MATCH_EXACT(0x001cc916),
>>> .name   = "RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet",
>>>
>>



Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-09 Thread Serge Semin
On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 09:14:02PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> On 08.02.2021 15:03, Serge Semin wrote:
> > It has been noticed that RTL8211E PHY stops detecting and reporting events
> > when EEE is successfully advertised and RXC stopping in LPI is enabled.
> > The freeze happens right after 3.0.10 bit (PC1R "Clock Stop Enable"
> > register) is set. At the same time LED2 stops blinking as if EEE mode has
> > been disabled. Notably the network traffic still flows through the PHY
> > with no obvious problem. Anyway if any MDIO read procedure is performed
> > after the "RXC stop in LPI" mode is enabled PHY gets to be unfrozen, LED2
> > starts blinking and PHY interrupts happens again. The problem has been
> > noticed on RTL8211E PHY working together with DW GMAC 3.73a MAC and
> > reporting its event via a dedicated IRQ signal. (Obviously the problem has
> > been unnoticed in the polling mode, since it gets naturally fixed by the
> > periodic MDIO read procedure from the PHY status register - BMSR.)
> > 
> > In order to fix that problem we suggest to locally re-implement the MMD
> > write method for RTL8211E PHY and perform a dummy read right after the
> > PC1R register is accessed to enable the RXC stopping in LPI mode.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Serge Semin 
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/phy/realtek.c | 37 +
> >  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> > index 99ecd6c4c15a..cbb86c257aae 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> > @@ -559,6 +559,42 @@ static int rtl822x_write_mmd(struct phy_device 
> > *phydev, int devnum, u16 regnum,
> > return ret;
> >  }
> >  
> > +static int rtl8211e_write_mmd(struct phy_device *phydev, int devnum, u16 
> > regnum,
> > + u16 val)
> > +{
> > +   int ret;
> > +
> > +   /* Write to the MMD registers by using the standard control/data pair.
> > +* The only difference is that we need to perform a dummy read after
> > +* the PC1R.CLKSTOP_EN bit is set. It's required to workaround an issue
> > +* of a partial core freeze so LED2 stops blinking in EEE mode, PHY
> > +* stops detecting the link change and raising IRQs until any read from
> > +* its registers performed. That happens only if and right after the PHY
> > +* is enabled to stop RXC in LPI mode.
> > +*/
> > +   ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_CTRL, devnum);
> > +   if (ret)
> > +   return ret;
> > +
> > +   ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_DATA, regnum);
> > +   if (ret)
> > +   return ret;
> > +
> > +   ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_CTRL, devnum | MII_MMD_CTRL_NOINCR);
> > +   if (ret)
> > +   return ret;
> > +
> 

> Nice analysis. Alternatively to duplicating this code piece we could
> export mmd_phy_indirect(). But up to you.

I also considered creating a generic method to access the MMD
registers of a generic PHY, something like phy_read()/phy_write(), but
for MMD (alas just exporting mmd_phy_indirect() would not be enough).
But as I see it such methods need to be created only after we get to
have at least several places with duplicating direct MMD-read/write
patterns. Doing that just for a single place seems redundant. Anyway it's
up to maintainers to decide whether they want to see a generic part
of the phy_read_mmd()/phy_write_mmd() methods being detached and
exported as something like genphy_{read,write}_mmd() methods. I can do
that in v2 if you ask me to.

-Sergey

> 
> > +   ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_DATA, val);
> > +   if (ret)
> > +   return ret;
> > +
> > +   if (devnum == MDIO_MMD_PCS && regnum == MDIO_CTRL1 &&
> > +   val & MDIO_PCS_CTRL1_CLKSTOP_EN)
> > +   ret =  __phy_read(phydev, MII_MMD_DATA);
> > +
> > +   return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static int rtl822x_get_features(struct phy_device *phydev)
> >  {
> > int val;
> > @@ -725,6 +761,7 @@ static struct phy_driver realtek_drvs[] = {
> > .resume = genphy_resume,
> > .read_page  = rtl821x_read_page,
> > .write_page = rtl821x_write_page,
> > +   .write_mmd  = rtl8211e_write_mmd,
> > }, {
> > PHY_ID_MATCH_EXACT(0x001cc916),
> > .name   = "RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet",
> > 
> 


Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-08 Thread Heiner Kallweit
On 08.02.2021 15:03, Serge Semin wrote:
> It has been noticed that RTL8211E PHY stops detecting and reporting events
> when EEE is successfully advertised and RXC stopping in LPI is enabled.
> The freeze happens right after 3.0.10 bit (PC1R "Clock Stop Enable"
> register) is set. At the same time LED2 stops blinking as if EEE mode has
> been disabled. Notably the network traffic still flows through the PHY
> with no obvious problem. Anyway if any MDIO read procedure is performed
> after the "RXC stop in LPI" mode is enabled PHY gets to be unfrozen, LED2
> starts blinking and PHY interrupts happens again. The problem has been
> noticed on RTL8211E PHY working together with DW GMAC 3.73a MAC and
> reporting its event via a dedicated IRQ signal. (Obviously the problem has
> been unnoticed in the polling mode, since it gets naturally fixed by the
> periodic MDIO read procedure from the PHY status register - BMSR.)
> 
> In order to fix that problem we suggest to locally re-implement the MMD
> write method for RTL8211E PHY and perform a dummy read right after the
> PC1R register is accessed to enable the RXC stopping in LPI mode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Serge Semin 
> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/realtek.c | 37 +
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> index 99ecd6c4c15a..cbb86c257aae 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> @@ -559,6 +559,42 @@ static int rtl822x_write_mmd(struct phy_device *phydev, 
> int devnum, u16 regnum,
>   return ret;
>  }
>  
> +static int rtl8211e_write_mmd(struct phy_device *phydev, int devnum, u16 
> regnum,
> +   u16 val)
> +{
> + int ret;
> +
> + /* Write to the MMD registers by using the standard control/data pair.
> +  * The only difference is that we need to perform a dummy read after
> +  * the PC1R.CLKSTOP_EN bit is set. It's required to workaround an issue
> +  * of a partial core freeze so LED2 stops blinking in EEE mode, PHY
> +  * stops detecting the link change and raising IRQs until any read from
> +  * its registers performed. That happens only if and right after the PHY
> +  * is enabled to stop RXC in LPI mode.
> +  */
> + ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_CTRL, devnum);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_DATA, regnum);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_CTRL, devnum | MII_MMD_CTRL_NOINCR);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +

Nice analysis. Alternatively to duplicating this code piece we could
export mmd_phy_indirect(). But up to you.

> + ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_DATA, val);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + if (devnum == MDIO_MMD_PCS && regnum == MDIO_CTRL1 &&
> + val & MDIO_PCS_CTRL1_CLKSTOP_EN)
> + ret =  __phy_read(phydev, MII_MMD_DATA);
> +
> + return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
> +}
> +
>  static int rtl822x_get_features(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  {
>   int val;
> @@ -725,6 +761,7 @@ static struct phy_driver realtek_drvs[] = {
>   .resume = genphy_resume,
>   .read_page  = rtl821x_read_page,
>   .write_page = rtl821x_write_page,
> + .write_mmd  = rtl8211e_write_mmd,
>   }, {
>   PHY_ID_MATCH_EXACT(0x001cc916),
>   .name   = "RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet",
> 



Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-08 Thread Andrew Lunn
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> I honestly tried to find any doc with a glimpse of errata for RTL8211E
> PHY, but with no luck. Official datasheet didn't have any info regarding
> possible hw bugs too. Thus I had no choice but to find a fix of the
> problem myself.
> 
> It took me some time to figure out why the events weren't reported after
> the very first link setup (turned out only a full HW reset clears the
> PC1R.10 bit state). I thought it could have been connected with some
> sleep/idle/power-safe mode. So I disabled the EEE initialization in the
> STMMAC driver. It worked. Then I left the EEE mode enabled, but called the
> phy_init_eee(phy, 0) method with "clk_stop_enable==0", so PHY wouldn't
> stop RXC in LPI mode. And it wonderfully worked. Then I started to dig in
> from another side. I left "RXC disable in LPI" mode enabled and tried to
> figure out what was going on with the PHY when it stopped reporting events
> just by reading from its CSR using phytool utility. It was curious to
> discover that any attempt to read from any PHY register caused the problem
> disappearance (LED2 started blinking, events got to be reported). Since I
> did nothing but a mere reading from a random even EEE-unrelated register I
> inferred that the problem must be in some HW/PHY bug. That's how I've got
> to the patch introduced here. If you have any better idea what could be a
> reason of that weird behavior I'd be glad to test it out on my device.

It is a reasonable explanation, and a read should not do any harm.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn 

Andrew
   


Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-08 Thread Serge Semin
On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 04:27:36PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 05:03:22PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> > It has been noticed that RTL8211E PHY stops detecting and reporting events
> > when EEE is successfully advertised and RXC stopping in LPI is enabled.
> > The freeze happens right after 3.0.10 bit (PC1R "Clock Stop Enable"
> > register) is set. At the same time LED2 stops blinking as if EEE mode has
> > been disabled. Notably the network traffic still flows through the PHY
> > with no obvious problem. Anyway if any MDIO read procedure is performed
> > after the "RXC stop in LPI" mode is enabled PHY gets to be unfrozen, LED2
> > starts blinking and PHY interrupts happens again. The problem has been
> > noticed on RTL8211E PHY working together with DW GMAC 3.73a MAC and
> > reporting its event via a dedicated IRQ signal. (Obviously the problem has
> > been unnoticed in the polling mode, since it gets naturally fixed by the
> > periodic MDIO read procedure from the PHY status register - BMSR.)
> > 
> > In order to fix that problem we suggest to locally re-implement the MMD
> > write method for RTL8211E PHY and perform a dummy read right after the
> > PC1R register is accessed to enable the RXC stopping in LPI mode.
> 
> Hi Serge
> 
> Is this listed in an Errata from Realtek?

Hi Andrew,

I honestly tried to find any doc with a glimpse of errata for RTL8211E
PHY, but with no luck. Official datasheet didn't have any info regarding
possible hw bugs too. Thus I had no choice but to find a fix of the
problem myself.

It took me some time to figure out why the events weren't reported after
the very first link setup (turned out only a full HW reset clears the
PC1R.10 bit state). I thought it could have been connected with some
sleep/idle/power-safe mode. So I disabled the EEE initialization in the
STMMAC driver. It worked. Then I left the EEE mode enabled, but called the
phy_init_eee(phy, 0) method with "clk_stop_enable==0", so PHY wouldn't
stop RXC in LPI mode. And it wonderfully worked. Then I started to dig in
from another side. I left "RXC disable in LPI" mode enabled and tried to
figure out what was going on with the PHY when it stopped reporting events
just by reading from its CSR using phytool utility. It was curious to
discover that any attempt to read from any PHY register caused the problem
disappearance (LED2 started blinking, events got to be reported). Since I
did nothing but a mere reading from a random even EEE-unrelated register I
inferred that the problem must be in some HW/PHY bug. That's how I've got
to the patch introduced here. If you have any better idea what could be a
reason of that weird behavior I'd be glad to test it out on my device.

-Sergey

> 
>Andrew


Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-08 Thread Andrew Lunn
On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 05:03:22PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> It has been noticed that RTL8211E PHY stops detecting and reporting events
> when EEE is successfully advertised and RXC stopping in LPI is enabled.
> The freeze happens right after 3.0.10 bit (PC1R "Clock Stop Enable"
> register) is set. At the same time LED2 stops blinking as if EEE mode has
> been disabled. Notably the network traffic still flows through the PHY
> with no obvious problem. Anyway if any MDIO read procedure is performed
> after the "RXC stop in LPI" mode is enabled PHY gets to be unfrozen, LED2
> starts blinking and PHY interrupts happens again. The problem has been
> noticed on RTL8211E PHY working together with DW GMAC 3.73a MAC and
> reporting its event via a dedicated IRQ signal. (Obviously the problem has
> been unnoticed in the polling mode, since it gets naturally fixed by the
> periodic MDIO read procedure from the PHY status register - BMSR.)
> 
> In order to fix that problem we suggest to locally re-implement the MMD
> write method for RTL8211E PHY and perform a dummy read right after the
> PC1R register is accessed to enable the RXC stopping in LPI mode.

Hi Serge

Is this listed in an Errata from Realtek?

   Andrew


[PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

2021-02-08 Thread Serge Semin
It has been noticed that RTL8211E PHY stops detecting and reporting events
when EEE is successfully advertised and RXC stopping in LPI is enabled.
The freeze happens right after 3.0.10 bit (PC1R "Clock Stop Enable"
register) is set. At the same time LED2 stops blinking as if EEE mode has
been disabled. Notably the network traffic still flows through the PHY
with no obvious problem. Anyway if any MDIO read procedure is performed
after the "RXC stop in LPI" mode is enabled PHY gets to be unfrozen, LED2
starts blinking and PHY interrupts happens again. The problem has been
noticed on RTL8211E PHY working together with DW GMAC 3.73a MAC and
reporting its event via a dedicated IRQ signal. (Obviously the problem has
been unnoticed in the polling mode, since it gets naturally fixed by the
periodic MDIO read procedure from the PHY status register - BMSR.)

In order to fix that problem we suggest to locally re-implement the MMD
write method for RTL8211E PHY and perform a dummy read right after the
PC1R register is accessed to enable the RXC stopping in LPI mode.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin 
---
 drivers/net/phy/realtek.c | 37 +
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
index 99ecd6c4c15a..cbb86c257aae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
@@ -559,6 +559,42 @@ static int rtl822x_write_mmd(struct phy_device *phydev, 
int devnum, u16 regnum,
return ret;
 }
 
+static int rtl8211e_write_mmd(struct phy_device *phydev, int devnum, u16 
regnum,
+ u16 val)
+{
+   int ret;
+
+   /* Write to the MMD registers by using the standard control/data pair.
+* The only difference is that we need to perform a dummy read after
+* the PC1R.CLKSTOP_EN bit is set. It's required to workaround an issue
+* of a partial core freeze so LED2 stops blinking in EEE mode, PHY
+* stops detecting the link change and raising IRQs until any read from
+* its registers performed. That happens only if and right after the PHY
+* is enabled to stop RXC in LPI mode.
+*/
+   ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_CTRL, devnum);
+   if (ret)
+   return ret;
+
+   ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_DATA, regnum);
+   if (ret)
+   return ret;
+
+   ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_CTRL, devnum | MII_MMD_CTRL_NOINCR);
+   if (ret)
+   return ret;
+
+   ret = __phy_write(phydev, MII_MMD_DATA, val);
+   if (ret)
+   return ret;
+
+   if (devnum == MDIO_MMD_PCS && regnum == MDIO_CTRL1 &&
+   val & MDIO_PCS_CTRL1_CLKSTOP_EN)
+   ret =  __phy_read(phydev, MII_MMD_DATA);
+
+   return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
+}
+
 static int rtl822x_get_features(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
int val;
@@ -725,6 +761,7 @@ static struct phy_driver realtek_drvs[] = {
.resume = genphy_resume,
.read_page  = rtl821x_read_page,
.write_page = rtl821x_write_page,
+   .write_mmd  = rtl8211e_write_mmd,
}, {
PHY_ID_MATCH_EXACT(0x001cc916),
.name   = "RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet",
-- 
2.29.2