Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 6/8] octeon_ep_vf: add Tx/Rx processing and interrupt support

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 19:30:29 -0800

On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 12:38:21 -0800 Shinas Rasheed wrote:
> +static int octep_vf_iq_full_check(struct octep_vf_iq *iq)
> +{
> +	if (likely((IQ_INSTR_SPACE(iq)) >
> +		   OCTEP_VF_WAKE_QUEUE_THRESHOLD))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	/* Stop the queue if unable to send */
> +	netif_stop_subqueue(iq->netdev, iq->q_no);
> +
> +	/* check again and restart the queue, in case NAPI has just freed
> +	 * enough Tx ring entries.
> +	 */
> +	if (unlikely(IQ_INSTR_SPACE(iq) >
> +		     OCTEP_VF_WAKE_QUEUE_THRESHOLD)) {
> +		netif_start_subqueue(iq->netdev, iq->q_no);
> +		iq->stats.restart_cnt++;
> +		return 0;
> +	}

Please use the macros from netdev_queues.h here as well.
Looks like you may be missing a memory barrier here.

And please call this function after queuing an skb to
make sure NETDEV_TX_BUSY is almost never returned.
See Documentation/networking/driver.rst