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authorSudarsana Reddy Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@cavium.com>2018-06-28 04:52:15 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2018-08-24 13:09:10 +0200
commit3baa3f9221e221fb9488929e5289b49bb8ee7d18 (patch)
tree88ca00e19b65026769a65bc5b861d5ab85a3a09c /drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x
parent441712f28d691b53b5871ac9d0a631e8a8afe2f6 (diff)
bnx2x: Fix receiving tx-timeout in error or recovery state.
[ Upstream commit 484c016d9392786ce5c74017c206c706f29f823d ] Driver performs the internal reload when it receives tx-timeout event from the OS. Internal reload might fail in some scenarios e.g., fatal HW issues. In such cases OS still see the link, which would result in undesirable functionalities such as re-generation of tx-timeouts. The patch addresses this issue by indicating the link-down to OS when tx-timeout is detected, and keeping the link in down state till the internal reload is successful. Please consider applying it to 'net' branch. Signed-off-by: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <Sudarsana.Kalluru@cavium.com> Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <ariel.elior@cavium.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h1
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c6
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c6
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
index 352beff796ae..828e2e56b75e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
@@ -1529,6 +1529,7 @@ struct bnx2x {
struct link_vars link_vars;
u32 link_cnt;
struct bnx2x_link_report_data last_reported_link;
+ bool force_link_down;
struct mdio_if_info mdio;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
index 6465414dad74..8498a357d389 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
@@ -1260,6 +1260,11 @@ void __bnx2x_link_report(struct bnx2x *bp)
{
struct bnx2x_link_report_data cur_data;
+ if (bp->force_link_down) {
+ bp->link_vars.link_up = 0;
+ return;
+ }
+
/* reread mf_cfg */
if (IS_PF(bp) && !CHIP_IS_E1(bp))
bnx2x_read_mf_cfg(bp);
@@ -2817,6 +2822,7 @@ int bnx2x_nic_load(struct bnx2x *bp, int load_mode)
bp->pending_max = 0;
}
+ bp->force_link_down = false;
if (bp->port.pmf) {
rc = bnx2x_initial_phy_init(bp, load_mode);
if (rc)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
index e855a271db48..bd3e3f080ebf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -10279,6 +10279,12 @@ static void bnx2x_sp_rtnl_task(struct work_struct *work)
bp->sp_rtnl_state = 0;
smp_mb();
+ /* Immediately indicate link as down */
+ bp->link_vars.link_up = 0;
+ bp->force_link_down = true;
+ netif_carrier_off(bp->dev);
+ BNX2X_ERR("Indicating link is down due to Tx-timeout\n");
+
bnx2x_nic_unload(bp, UNLOAD_NORMAL, true);
bnx2x_nic_load(bp, LOAD_NORMAL);