[ 9/9 ] sfc: Fix timekeeping in efx_mcdi_poll()

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Apr 11 2013 - 19:16:54 EST


From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit ebf98e797b4e26ad52ace1511a0b503ee60a6cd4 ]

efx_mcdi_poll() uses get_seconds() to read the current time and to
implement a polling timeout. The use of this function was chosen
partly because it could easily be replaced in a co-sim environment
with a macro that read the simulated time.

Unfortunately the real get_seconds() returns the system time (real
time) which is subject to adjustment by e.g. ntpd. If the system time
is adjusted forward during a polled MCDI operation, the effective
timeout can be shorter than the intended 10 seconds, resulting in a
spurious failure. It is also possible for a backward adjustment to
delay detection of a areal failure.

Use jiffies instead, and change MCDI_RPC_TIMEOUT to be denominated in
jiffies. Also correct rounding of the timeout: check time > finish
(or rather time_after(time, finish)) and not time >= finish.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c
index 319a73e..8407d41 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
**************************************************************************
*/

-#define MCDI_RPC_TIMEOUT 10 /*seconds */
+#define MCDI_RPC_TIMEOUT (10 * HZ)

#define MCDI_PDU(efx) \
(efx_port_num(efx) ? MC_SMEM_P1_PDU_OFST : MC_SMEM_P0_PDU_OFST)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static void efx_mcdi_copyout(struct efx_nic *efx, u8 *outbuf, size_t outlen)
static int efx_mcdi_poll(struct efx_nic *efx)
{
struct efx_mcdi_iface *mcdi = efx_mcdi(efx);
- unsigned int time, finish;
+ unsigned long time, finish;
unsigned int respseq, respcmd, error;
unsigned int pdu = FR_CZ_MC_TREG_SMEM + MCDI_PDU(efx);
unsigned int rc, spins;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static int efx_mcdi_poll(struct efx_nic *efx)
* and poll once a jiffy (approximately)
*/
spins = TICK_USEC;
- finish = get_seconds() + MCDI_RPC_TIMEOUT;
+ finish = jiffies + MCDI_RPC_TIMEOUT;

while (1) {
if (spins != 0) {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int efx_mcdi_poll(struct efx_nic *efx)
schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
}

- time = get_seconds();
+ time = jiffies;

rmb();
efx_readd(efx, &reg, pdu);
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int efx_mcdi_poll(struct efx_nic *efx)
EFX_DWORD_FIELD(reg, MCDI_HEADER_RESPONSE))
break;

- if (time >= finish)
+ if (time_after(time, finish))
return -ETIMEDOUT;
}

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static int efx_mcdi_await_completion(struct efx_nic *efx)
if (wait_event_timeout(
mcdi->wq,
atomic_read(&mcdi->state) == MCDI_STATE_COMPLETED,
- msecs_to_jiffies(MCDI_RPC_TIMEOUT * 1000)) == 0)
+ MCDI_RPC_TIMEOUT) == 0)
return -ETIMEDOUT;

/* Check if efx_mcdi_set_mode() switched us back to polled completions.
--
1.7.10.4


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