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authorBruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>2012-03-20 07:47:52 +0400
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>2012-04-27 13:25:13 +0400
commitbdc125f73f3c810754e858b942d54faf4ba6bffe (patch)
treead071aff2b90fc56efcb9552bc503e515a7dff42 /REPORTING-BUGS
parent36ceeb43cecaf98a488b94bb318a1f3dd5a87033 (diff)
downloadlinux-bdc125f73f3c810754e858b942d54faf4ba6bffe.tar.xz
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>
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