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authorMichael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>2026-07-31 12:09:36 -0700
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2026-08-04 19:54:33 -0700
commitc3faf548a00f4c17100cc9204746975fa46a73b9 (patch)
tree51082c10cf7c00fe32cabf4673363863cf6aacd6
parent0b137529a8997caf67190ca1d71ba8bbdb44fbfb (diff)
bnxt_en: Disable EOP for TPA on all chips to prevent data corruption
EOP (End of frame padding) on the AGG ring may cause overlapping of zero padding at the end of one segment with the next segment's data. If Relaxed Ordering (RO) is enabled, the zero padding may overwrite valid data in the next segment and corrupt the data. Older chips (P5 and older) do not automatically disable RO when EOP is enabled. On some ARM systems, data corruption was reported on 57508 (P5) chips with RO enabled. Always disable EOP on all chips on the AGG rings when TPA is enabled to fix the data corruption. Fixes: bfcd8d791ec1 ("bnxt_en: Add fast path logic for TPA on 57500 chips.") Reviewed-by: Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@broadcom.com> Reviewed-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260731190937.807270-5-michael.chan@broadcom.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 6deb8f348d07..25099077fe4f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -4611,11 +4611,14 @@ static void bnxt_init_one_rx_agg_ring_rxbd(struct bnxt *bp,
type = ((u32)rxr->rx_page_size << RX_BD_LEN_SHIFT) |
RX_BD_TYPE_RX_AGG_BD;
- /* On P7, setting EOP will cause the chip to disable
- * Relaxed Ordering (RO) for TPA data. Disable EOP for
- * potentially higher performance with RO.
+ /* Disable EOP if TPA is enabled to prevent overlapping zero
+ * padding with the next segment's data. On P7_PLUS, EOP will
+ * automatically disable Relaxed Ordering (RO) to prevent
+ * potential data corruption (and may degrade performance). On
+ * older chips, RO will not be automatically disabled and may
+ * cause corruption.
*/
- if (BNXT_CHIP_P5_AND_MINUS(bp) || !(bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_TPA))
+ if (!(bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_TPA))
type |= RX_BD_FLAGS_AGG_EOP;
bnxt_init_rxbd_pages(ring, type);