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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 13:12:34 +0200
commit21fe14fa3f42e27cd771acf108c4dd05f13a718c (patch)
tree2d5214b3118b8c4d21a4121ffb5478f70e5504b7 /drivers
parent3b8eeaed767a2dbb7577a10c44e05612a32711c6 (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')
-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 7dd7490fdac1..f3f2d66432ab 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 31287cec6e3a..2cd1dcd77559 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
@@ -1265,6 +1265,11 @@ 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);
@@ -2822,6 +2827,7 @@ 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 554c4086b3c6..54dab4eac804 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);