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RDMA/nes: Mitigate compatibility issue regarding PCIe write credits
authorChien Tung <chien.tin.tung@intel.com>
Mon, 3 Nov 2008 05:40:55 +0000 (21:40 -0800)
committerRoland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
Mon, 3 Nov 2008 05:40:55 +0000 (21:40 -0800)
Under heavy load, there is an compatibility issue regarding PCIe write
credits with certain chipsets.  It can be mitigated by limiting read
requests to 256 Bytes.

This workaround is always enabled for Tbird2 on Gladius.  We also add
a module parameter to enable workaround for non-Gladius cards.

Signed-off-by: Chien Tung <chien.tin.tung@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes.c
drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_hw.h

index a2b04d62b1a46d56efd056ad223ccdbc4e77abad..aa1dc41f04c8fae5a8765bc9eb6853d9c28f4bf0 100644 (file)
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ unsigned int wqm_quanta = 0x10000;
 module_param(wqm_quanta, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(wqm_quanta, "WQM quanta");
 
+static unsigned int limit_maxrdreqsz;
+module_param(limit_maxrdreqsz, bool, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(limit_maxrdreqsz, "Limit max read request size to 256 Bytes");
+
 LIST_HEAD(nes_adapter_list);
 static LIST_HEAD(nes_dev_list);
 
@@ -588,6 +592,18 @@ static int __devinit nes_probe(struct pci_dev *pcidev, const struct pci_device_i
                                                nesdev->nesadapter->port_count;
        }
 
+       if ((limit_maxrdreqsz ||
+            ((nesdev->nesadapter->phy_type[0] == NES_PHY_TYPE_GLADIUS) &&
+             (hw_rev == NE020_REV1))) &&
+           (pcie_get_readrq(pcidev) > 256)) {
+               if (pcie_set_readrq(pcidev, 256))
+                       printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Unable to set max read request"
+                               " to 256 bytes\n");
+               else
+                       nes_debug(NES_DBG_INIT, "Max read request size set"
+                               " to 256 bytes\n");
+       }
+
        tasklet_init(&nesdev->dpc_tasklet, nes_dpc, (unsigned long)nesdev);
 
        /* bring up the Control QP */
index 610b9d859597d2a1ecc9dca6ed54192025b6565c..bc0b4de04450f29243f2144b255e3345e5dbd434 100644 (file)
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #define NES_PHY_TYPE_ARGUS     4
 #define NES_PHY_TYPE_PUMA_1G   5
 #define NES_PHY_TYPE_PUMA_10G  6
+#define NES_PHY_TYPE_GLADIUS   7
 
 #define NES_MULTICAST_PF_MAX 8