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authorSudarsana Reddy Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@cavium.com>2018-06-28 14:52:15 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2018-08-28 08:21:35 +0300
commit7af7d6ec76a6d71c399057c94dc23a5bfb7cbf2b (patch)
treefb213e51268ccdabeee871521cf7901772e582bf /drivers/net
parentf4ed9d9d640b2d80a796fbb24f3723af507100bd (diff)
downloadlinux-7af7d6ec76a6d71c399057c94dc23a5bfb7cbf2b.tar.xz
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')
-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 2559206d8704..2ce16ce5b796 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
@@ -1613,6 +1613,7 @@ 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 f41f53fe1340..82e6c7f12ec2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
@@ -1257,6 +1257,11 @@ 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);
@@ -2799,6 +2804,7 @@ 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 f8e8206d7620..8063e928827c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -10036,6 +10036,12 @@ 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);