Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:06:34 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" <freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org>, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CAMBRIA and more than one atheros card Message-ID: <CAJ-VmonQhYv_PiMWcnsMaokKzg-cJRw9wst110s%2BK74JH5dSLQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140714184209.GA21922@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> References: <20140707182814.GA75629@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <CAJ-VmokGC6-DHQP1V9exEq-VPW-oN972uYSbZQDuq4KiPb1SeA@mail.gmail.com> <CALCpEUG1hCqHW8dKxSzPeaAJW5aevY_wHwWzoF%2Bfv9ypju-8wg@mail.gmail.com> <20140707193252.GA79553@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <CAJ-VmonOuB89FjreKEjBPf_m03dv886k%2BDs_Eo=pigquLnJ%2B_w@mail.gmail.com> <20140708165438.GA83704@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <20140709044612.GA51378@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <20140710040227.GA73872@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <20140714080708.GA88464@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <CAJ-VmonwbQh3B6pOZpsa-3ri4=XnyJM0dm3LDb9Hd=vSizjpZQ@mail.gmail.com> <20140714184209.GA21922@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za>
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.. why's it need bounce buffers? -a On 14 July 2014 11:42, John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 09:48:56AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> Hm, it could be some bus related stupidity. It's allocating 2k or 4k >> mbufs for the receive path because wifi frames are bigger than >> ethernet frames. If you're not seeing failures in 4k mbuf allocations >> then I'm not sure what it could be. >> >> I'll see about firing it up locally and checking. > > I'm hunting a bit more and it looks like the fail is in the bounce pages. > It looks like the calls look like this: > > ath_legacy_rxbuf_init() > bus_dmamap_load_mbuf_sg() > _bus_dmamap_load_buffer() > _bus_dmamap_reserve_pages() > reserve_bounce_pages() > > I have added a printf at the start of alloc_bounce_pages() and it seems > that it is only called (twice) when ath0 is probed. Is bus_dma_tag_t dmat, > the first argument to alloc_bounce_pages(), common for the whole pci bus? > > The start of the boot, with my printf looks like this: > > #################### > FreeBSD ARM (Gateworks Cambria) boot2 v0.4 > - > Default: /boot/kernel/kernel > boot: > Copyright (c) 1992-2014 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. > FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #9 r268502M: Mon Jul 14 15:30:15 SAST 2014 > jhay@dolphin.meraka.csir.co.za:/usr/obj/arm.armeb/snaps/arm/11-tst/src/sys/S > MALL-CAMBRIA arm > gcc version 4.2.1 20070831 patched [FreeBSD] > CPU: IXP435 rev 1 (ARMv5TE) (XScale core) > Big-endian DC enabled IC enabled WB enabled LABT branch prediction enabled > 32KB/32B 32-way instruction cache > 32KB/32B 32-way write-back-locking data cache > real memory = 134213632 (127 MB) > avail memory = 124440576 (118 MB) > random device not loaded; using insecure entropy > wlan: mac acl policy registered > random: <Software, Yarrow> initialized > ixp0: <Intel IXP4XX> > ixp0: 37e7f<RCOMP,USB,HASH,AES,DES,HDLC,AAL,ETH0,ETH1,PCI> > pcib0: <IXP4XX PCI Bus> on ixp0 > pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 > ath0: <Atheros 9220> irq 28 at device 1.0 on pci0 > alloc_bounce_pages: numpages 63 > [ath] enabling AN_TOP2_FIXUP > alloc_bounce_pages: numpages 1 > ath0: AR9220 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0 > ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x00c0 > ath1: <Atheros 9220> irq 27 at device 2.0 on pci0 > [ath] enabling AN_TOP2_FIXUP > ath1: AR9220 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0 > ath1: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x00c0 > ath2: <Atheros 5413> irq 26 at device 3.0 on pci0 > ath2: AR5413 mac 10.5 RF5413 phy 6.1 > ath2: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x0063 > ixpclk0: <IXP4XX Timer> on ixp0 > #################### > > Interesting, with this boot, with the new kernel, the aths did not fail. > Could the printf have changed something or was it just coincidence? With > a reboot ath1 and ath2 failed again during configuration and a little > while later ath0 started to complain: > > ath0: ath_rx_proc: no mbuf! > > John > >> >> >> >> >> -a >> >> On 14 July 2014 01:07, John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za> wrote: >> > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 06:02:27AM +0200, John Hay wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 06:46:12AM +0200, John Hay wrote: >> >> > Hi Guys, >> >> > >> >> > The problem is back / still there. I initially saw the problem during >> >> > boot, with the interface configs in rc.conf, but because it is so >> >> > mixed with the rest, I took it out and put it in the script, then >> >> > after multi-user boot was finished, I did a login and ran the script, >> >> > with the output I showed in the initial post. >> >> > >> >> > So I put the interface configs back into rc.conf and I'm seeing the >> >> > same problem, here is a cut during boot: >> >> > >> >> > ############### >> >> > Starting file system checks: >> >> > /dev/ad0s1a: FILE SYSTEM CLEAN; SKIPPING CHECKS >> >> > /dev/ad0s1a: clean, 93385 free (33 frags, 11669 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation) >> >> > Mounting local file systems:. >> >> > Writing entropy file:. >> >> > Setting hostname: tst-cambria-11. >> >> > wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:21:a4:35:70:42 >> >> > wlan1: Ethernet address: 00:21:a4:35:6c:96 >> >> > ath1: unable to start recv logic >> >> > wlan2: Ethernet address: 00:21:a4:32:38:c2 >> >> > ath2: unable to start recv logic >> >> > ############### >> >> > >> >> > Looking at the vmstat -z output the 256 Bucket fail is much higher than >> >> > if I let it boot to multiuser and then configured the interfaces. It >> >> > was in the 6000, while now it is much higher: >> >> > >> >> > Without wlan configs in rc.conf, but configured afterwards: >> >> > 16 Bucket: 64, 0, 15, 300, 3139, 16, 0 >> >> > 256 Bucket: 1024, 0, 31, 1, 592,6062, 0 >> >> > vmem btag: 28, 0, 4496, 256, 4496, 32, 0 >> >> > >> >> > With wlan configs in rc.conf: >> >> > 16 Bucket: 64, 0, 16, 299, 8611, 16, 0 >> >> > 256 Bucket: 1024, 0, 26, 6, 773,16928, 0 >> >> > vmem btag: 28, 0, 4405, 59, 4405, 30, 0 >> >> > >> >> > Both of them boot from a ro compact-flash with md /etc and /var, but >> >> > they are small 4.3M and 2.1M. I have hacked in the use of tmpfs, but >> >> > that did not make a difference. >> >> > >> > >> > Friday I power cycled the board and it came up without an error. All 3 >> > atheros cards configured in rc.conf. So I left it on for the weekend >> > and by this morning there was still no errors, so I rebooted it and >> > again saw the "ath1: unable to start recv logic" message for ath1 and >> > ath2. I power cycled it, but still get the error, so Friday was just >> > lucky with some timing thing, maybe if the card receive while it is >> > still configuring? Also if I leave the board booted in this state, >> > ath0 also start to give problems: >> > >> > ################# >> > ath0: ath_rx_proc: no mbuf! >> > ath0: ath_rx_proc: no mbuf! >> > ... >> > ath0: device timeout >> > ath0: ath_reset: unable to start recv logic >> > ... >> > ################# >> > >> > In anycase it seems that memory allocation problem. How do I figure out >> > where it is? "netstat -m" does not seem to point to an error. The mbuf >> > info in vmstat -z also look ok. It is only "256 Bucket" in vmstat -z >> > that point to an alloc failure. How do I figure out where that is and >> > how do I fix it or work around it? >> > >> > ################### >> > tst-11-arm:~ # netstat -m >> > 128/382/510 mbufs in use (current/cache/total) >> > 127/129/256/7654 mbuf clusters in use (current/cache/total/max) >> > 127/126 mbuf+clusters out of packet secondary zone in use (current/cache) >> > 0/0/0/3827 4k (page size) jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max) >> > 0/0/0/1134 9k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max) >> > 0/0/0/637 16k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max) >> > 286K/353K/639K bytes allocated to network (current/cache/total) >> > 0/0/0 requests for mbufs denied (mbufs/clusters/mbuf+clusters) >> > 0/0/0 requests for mbufs delayed (mbufs/clusters/mbuf+clusters) >> > 0/0/0 requests for jumbo clusters delayed (4k/9k/16k) >> > 0/0/0 requests for jumbo clusters denied (4k/9k/16k) >> > 0/3/1488 sfbufs in use (current/peak/max) >> > 0 requests for sfbufs denied >> > 0 requests for sfbufs delayed >> > 0 requests for I/O initiated by sendfile >> > tst-11-arm:~ # vmstat -z | grep mbuf >> > mbuf_packet: 256, 48990, 127, 126, 2294, 0, 0 >> > mbuf: 256, 48990, 1, 256, 920, 0, 0 >> > mbuf_cluster: 2048, 7654, 253, 3, 253, 0, 0 >> > mbuf_jumbo_page: 4096, 3827, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 >> > mbuf_jumbo_9k: 9216, 1134, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 >> > mbuf_jumbo_16k: 16384, 637, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 >> > mbuf_ext_refcnt: 4, 0, 0, 504, 1, 0, 0 >> > tst-11-arm:~ # vmstat -z | grep Bucket >> > 4 Bucket: 16, 0, 7, 497, 1565, 0, 0 >> > 6 Bucket: 24, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 >> > 8 Bucket: 32, 0, 3, 375, 83, 0, 0 >> > 12 Bucket: 48, 0, 2, 334, 5, 0, 0 >> > 16 Bucket: 64, 0, 14, 301, 43687, 16, 0 >> > 32 Bucket: 128, 0, 7, 148, 196, 0, 0 >> > 64 Bucket: 256, 0, 19, 56, 77, 0, 0 >> > 128 Bucket: 512, 0, 16, 16, 48, 0, 0 >> > 256 Bucket: 1024, 0, 29, 3, 1521,86738, 0 >> > tst-11-arm:~ # >> > ################### >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > John >> > -- >> > John Hay -- jhay@meraka.csir.co.za / jhay@meraka.org.za / jhay@FreeBSD.org
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