linux/drivers/net
Bruce Allan bdc125f73f e1000e: 82579 potential system hang on stress when ME enabled
Previously, a workaround was added to address a hardware bug in the
PCIm2PCI arbiter where a write by the driver of the Transmit/Receive
Descriptor Tail register could happen concurrently with a write of any
MAC CSR register by the Manageability Engine (ME) which could cause the
Tail register to have an incorrect value.  The arbiter is supposed to
prevent the concurrent writes but there is a bug that can cause the Host
(driver) access to be acknowledged later than it should.
After further investigation, it was discovered that a driver write access
of any MAC CSR register after being idle for some time can be lost when
ME is accessing a MAC CSR register.  When this happens, no further target
access is claimed by the MAC which could hang the system.
The workaround to check bit 24 in the FWSM register (set only when ME is
accessing a MAC CSR register) and delay for a limited amount of time until
it is cleared is now done for all driver writes of MAC CSR registers on
82579 with ME enabled.  In the rare case when the driver is writing the
Tail register and ME is accessing any MAC CSR register for a duration
longer than the maximum delay, write the register and verify it has the
correct value before continuing, otherwise reset the device.

This patch also moves some pre-existing macros from the hardware-specific
header file to the more appropriate generic driver header file.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Tested-by: Jeff Pieper <jeffrey.e.pieper@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
2012-04-27 02:25:13 -07:00
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appletalk Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
arcnet arcnet: rimi: Fix device name in debug output 2012-04-17 22:22:43 -04:00
bonding bonding: bond_update_speed_duplex() can return void since no callers check its return 2012-04-27 00:03:35 -04:00
caif caif: include linux/io.h 2012-04-21 15:28:47 -04:00
can Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-04-23 23:15:17 -04:00
cris Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
dsa
ethernet e1000e: 82579 potential system hang on stress when ME enabled 2012-04-27 02:25:13 -07:00
fddi
hamradio Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
hippi hippi: fix printk format in rrunner.c 2012-04-16 23:48:38 -04:00
hyperv Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-04-23 23:15:17 -04:00
irda NET: smsc-ircc2: mark non-experimental 2012-04-27 00:03:35 -04:00
phy Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-04-23 23:15:17 -04:00
plip Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
ppp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-04-15 13:19:04 -04:00
slip Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
team team: add per-port option for enabling/disabling ports 2012-04-21 16:26:33 -04:00
tokenring drivers/net: decouple ISA and ISA_DMA_API 2012-04-21 15:28:48 -04:00
usb Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-04-23 23:15:17 -04:00
vmxnet3 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-03-05 21:16:26 -05:00
wan Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-04-23 23:15:17 -04:00
wimax drivers/net: iwmc3200 depends on EXPERIMENTAL 2012-04-21 15:28:47 -04:00
wireless Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem 2012-04-26 15:03:48 -04:00
xen-netback
dummy.c dummy: Add ndo_uninit(). 2012-04-16 23:56:36 -04:00
eql.c eql: dont rely on HZ=100 2012-03-27 22:45:26 -04:00
ifb.c net: replace random_ether_addr() with eth_hw_addr_random() 2012-02-15 15:34:16 -05:00
Kconfig
LICENSE.SRC
loopback.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
macvlan.c macvlan: add FDB bridge ops and macvlan flags 2012-04-15 13:06:05 -04:00
macvtap.c
Makefile
mdio.c ethtool, mdio, mii: Specify MDIO information fields in struct ethtool_cmd 2012-03-01 16:41:26 -05:00
mii.c ethtool, mdio, mii: Specify MDIO information fields in struct ethtool_cmd 2012-03-01 16:41:26 -05:00
netconsole.c
rionet.c rionet: fix page allocation order of rionet_active 2012-04-01 23:17:16 -04:00
sb1000.c
Space.c
sungem_phy.c
tun.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
veth.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-02-19 16:03:15 -05:00
virtio_net.c virtio-net: send gratuitous packets when needed 2012-04-15 03:23:31 -04:00
xen-netfront.c Two fixes for regressions: 2012-04-06 17:54:53 -07:00