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Date:      Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:15:44 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r307649 - head/sys/dev/e1000
Message-ID:  <201610191815.u9JIFi1d077437@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: kib
Date: Wed Oct 19 18:15:44 2016
New Revision: 307649
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/307649

Log:
  Partial workaround for Intel PCI adapters reading past the end of the
  host-programmed DMA regions.  This change seemingly fixes the
  descriptor fetches, but the packet memory accesses are left
  problematic.
  
  Reviewed by:	emaste, erj, sbruno
  Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
  MFC after:	2 weeks
  Differential revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D8282

Modified:
  head/sys/dev/e1000/if_lem.c

Modified: head/sys/dev/e1000/if_lem.c
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/dev/e1000/if_lem.c	Wed Oct 19 17:42:45 2016	(r307648)
+++ head/sys/dev/e1000/if_lem.c	Wed Oct 19 18:15:44 2016	(r307649)
@@ -543,8 +543,16 @@ lem_attach(device_t dev)
 	 */
 	adapter->hw.mac.report_tx_early = 1;
 
-	tsize = roundup2(adapter->num_tx_desc * sizeof(struct e1000_tx_desc),
-	    EM_DBA_ALIGN);
+	/*
+	 * It seems that the descriptor DMA engine on some PCI cards
+	 * fetches memory past the end of the last descriptor in the
+	 * ring.  These reads are problematic when VT-d (DMAR) busdma
+	 * is used.  Allocate the scratch space to avoid getting
+	 * faults from DMAR, by requesting scratch memory for one more
+	 * descriptor.
+	 */
+	tsize = roundup2((adapter->num_tx_desc + 1) *
+	    sizeof(struct e1000_tx_desc), EM_DBA_ALIGN);
 
 	/* Allocate Transmit Descriptor ring */
 	if (lem_dma_malloc(adapter, tsize, &adapter->txdma, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT)) {
@@ -555,8 +563,11 @@ lem_attach(device_t dev)
 	adapter->tx_desc_base = 
 	    (struct e1000_tx_desc *)adapter->txdma.dma_vaddr;
 
-	rsize = roundup2(adapter->num_rx_desc * sizeof(struct e1000_rx_desc),
-	    EM_DBA_ALIGN);
+	/*
+	 * See comment above txdma allocation for rationale behind +1.
+	 */
+	rsize = roundup2((adapter->num_rx_desc + 1) *
+	    sizeof(struct e1000_rx_desc), EM_DBA_ALIGN);
 
 	/* Allocate Receive Descriptor ring */
 	if (lem_dma_malloc(adapter, rsize, &adapter->rxdma, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT)) {



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