[PATCH RFC net-next] net: stmmac: enable RPS and RBU interrupts
Maxime Chevallier
maxime.chevallier at bootlin.com
Sat Jan 17 05:52:39 PST 2026
Hi Russell,
On 17/01/2026 00:25, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> Enable receive process stopped and receive buffer unavailable
> interrupts, so that the statistic counters can be updated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk>
> ---
>
> Maxime,
>
> You may find this patch useful, as it makes the "rx_buf_unav_irq"
> and "rx_process_stopped_irq" ethtool statistic counters functional.
> This means that the lack of receive descriptors can still be detected
> even if the receive side doesn't actually stall.
Nice ! I'll give a test and take a deeper look after the weekend :)
Thanks,
Maxime
>
> I'm not sure why we publish these statistic counters if we don't
> enable the interrupts to allow them to ever be non-zero.
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.h | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.h
> index 9d9077a4ac9f..d7f86b398abe 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.h
> @@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ static inline u32 dma_chanx_base_addr(const struct dwmac4_addrs *addrs,
> #define DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_NIE_4_10 BIT(15)
> #define DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_AIE_4_10 BIT(14)
> #define DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_FBE BIT(12)
> +#define DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_RPS BIT(8)
> +#define DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_RBU BIT(7)
> #define DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_RIE BIT(6)
> #define DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_TIE BIT(0)
>
> @@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ static inline u32 dma_chanx_base_addr(const struct dwmac4_addrs *addrs,
> DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_TIE)
>
> #define DMA_CHAN_INTR_ABNORMAL (DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_AIE | \
> + DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_RPS | \
> + DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_RBU | \
> DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_FBE)
> /* DMA default interrupt mask for 4.00 */
> #define DMA_CHAN_INTR_DEFAULT_MASK (DMA_CHAN_INTR_NORMAL | \
> @@ -119,6 +123,8 @@ static inline u32 dma_chanx_base_addr(const struct dwmac4_addrs *addrs,
> DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_TIE)
>
> #define DMA_CHAN_INTR_ABNORMAL_4_10 (DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_AIE_4_10 | \
> + DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_RPS | \
> + DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_RBU | \
> DMA_CHAN_INTR_ENA_FBE)
> /* DMA default interrupt mask for 4.10a */
> #define DMA_CHAN_INTR_DEFAULT_MASK_4_10 (DMA_CHAN_INTR_NORMAL_4_10 | \
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