[PATCH] net/mana: fix Tx stall from send queue free-space unit mismatch

Rita Ruvinsky rita.ruvinsky at weka.io
Mon Sep 14 12:58:08 CEST 2026


gdma_post_work_request() subtracted a unit count from an entry count:

  queue_free_units = queue->count - (queue->head - queue->tail);

queue->count is in entries, while head and tail are in WQE alignment
units. On a 512-entry, 128KB send queue the check saw 512 units of
capacity instead of queue->size / GDMA_WQE_ALIGNMENT_UNIT_SIZE = 4096,
and returned -EBUSY with the queue one eighth full. A workload that
fills that window faster than it drains makes rte_eth_tx_burst() return
0 for long enough to look like a dead port.

Derive the capacity from queue->size, which is also what the ring wrap
in gdma_get_wqe_pointer() uses. Rx is unaffected: its WQEs occupy
exactly one unit, so entries and units coincide.

Fixes: 56dd45c0ce7b ("net/mana: implement hardware layer operations")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Rita Ruvinsky <rita.ruvinsky at weka.io>
---
Independent of patchwork 167383 and 167384 (net/mana MR length
truncation / Rx WQE double free) from the same author, currently in
awaiting-upstream: this touches gdma.c only and applies cleanly with or
without them.

 drivers/net/mana/gdma.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mana/gdma.c b/drivers/net/mana/gdma.c
index 7f66a7a7cf..c80fc25f21 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mana/gdma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mana/gdma.c
@@ -138,7 +138,12 @@ gdma_post_work_request(struct mana_gdma_queue *queue,
 				client_oob_size + sgl_data_size,
 			  GDMA_WQE_ALIGNMENT_UNIT_SIZE);
 	uint8_t *wq_buffer_pointer;
-	uint32_t queue_free_units = queue->count - (queue->head - queue->tail);
+	/* head/tail count WQE alignment units, so the capacity they are compared
+	 * against must too: queue->count is in entries and undercounts the
+	 * queue, stalling Tx well below capacity.
+	 */
+	uint32_t queue_free_units = queue->size / GDMA_WQE_ALIGNMENT_UNIT_SIZE -
+					(queue->head - queue->tail);
 
 	if (wqe_size / GDMA_WQE_ALIGNMENT_UNIT_SIZE > queue_free_units) {
 		DP_LOG(DEBUG, "WQE size %u queue count %u head %u tail %u",
-- 
2.43.0



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