[PATCH] common/cnxk: add NDC sync after NPA aura pool init

Amiya Ranjan Mohakud amiyaranjan.mohakud at gmail.com
Wed Sep 9 21:23:23 CEST 2026


After AF writes aura/pool contexts via AQ (AURA_INIT +
POOL_INIT), the LF data path reads them through NDC.
Without an explicit NDC sync, the first MMIO aura operation
(e.g. roc_npa_aura_op_free during SQB populate) can hit a
stale NDC entry, causing NPA_LF_ERR_INT[AURA_FAULT] (bit 12).

All teardown paths (npa_aura_pool_fini, npa_aura_fini,
roc_npa_pool_op_pc_reset) already perform NDC sync, but the
init path was missing it.

Add ndc_sync_op with npa_lf_sync after successful aura/pool
init to flush NDC-NPA LF entries before any data-path access. Skip
on CN20K which does not use NDC for NPA.

Fixes: 124ff1a4cbb3 ("common/cnxk: support NPA device")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Amiya Ranjan Mohakud <amiyaranjan.mohakud at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/common/cnxk/roc_npa.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/common/cnxk/roc_npa.c b/drivers/common/cnxk/roc_npa.c
index 4a3e96a97a..6339873638 100644
--- a/drivers/common/cnxk/roc_npa.c
+++ b/drivers/common/cnxk/roc_npa.c
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ npa_aura_pool_init(struct mbox *m_box, uint32_t aura_id, struct npa_aura_s *aura
 	struct npa_aq_enq_req *aura_init_req, *pool_init_req;
 	struct npa_aq_enq_rsp *aura_init_rsp, *pool_init_rsp;
 	struct mbox_dev *mdev = &m_box->dev[0];
+	struct ndc_sync_op *ndc_req;
 	int rc = -ENOSPC, off;
 	struct mbox *mbox;
 
@@ -128,10 +129,33 @@ npa_aura_pool_init(struct mbox *m_box, uint32_t aura_id, struct npa_aura_s *aura
 	off = mbox->rx_start + aura_init_rsp->hdr.next_msgoff;
 	pool_init_rsp = (struct npa_aq_enq_rsp *)((uintptr_t)mdev->mbase + off);
 
-	if (aura_init_rsp->hdr.rc == 0 && pool_init_rsp->hdr.rc == 0)
+	if (aura_init_rsp->hdr.rc != 0 || pool_init_rsp->hdr.rc != 0) {
+		rc = NPA_ERR_AURA_POOL_INIT;
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
+	/* CN20K does not use NDC for NPA */
+	if (roc_model_is_cn20k()) {
 		rc = 0;
-	else
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
+	/* Sync NDC-NPA for LF to ensure the new aura/pool contexts are
+	 * visible to the data path before any MMIO aura operations.
+	 */
+	ndc_req = mbox_alloc_msg_ndc_sync_op(mbox);
+	if (ndc_req == NULL) {
+		rc = -ENOSPC;
+		goto exit;
+	}
+	ndc_req->npa_lf_sync = 1;
+	rc = mbox_process(mbox);
+	if (rc) {
+		plt_err("Error on NDC-NPA LF sync after init, rc %d", rc);
 		rc = NPA_ERR_AURA_POOL_INIT;
+		goto exit;
+	}
+	rc = 0;
 exit:
 	mbox_put(mbox);
 	return rc;
-- 
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)



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