RE: [PATCH v2 4/5] net: thunderx: Switchon carrier only upon interface link up

From: Pavel Fedin
Date: Wed Dec 02 2015 - 05:42:40 EST


Just a reminder, we have issue with this one too, which is not addressed yet.

Kind regards,
Pavel Fedin
Expert Engineer
Samsung Electronics Research center Russia


> -----Original Message-----
> From: netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sunil
> Goutham
> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 1:06 PM
> To: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> Sunil.Goutham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Sunil Goutham
> Subject: [PATCH v2 4/5] net: thunderx: Switchon carrier only upon interface link up
>
> From: Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Call netif_carrier_on() only if interface's link is up. Switching this on
> upon IFF_UP by default, is causing issues with ethernet channel bonding
> in LACP mode. Initial NETDEV_CHANGE notification was being skipped.
>
> Also fixed some issues with link/speed/duplex reporting via ethtool.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_ethtool.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c | 4 +---
> drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_ethtool.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_ethtool.c
> index af54c10..a12b2e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_ethtool.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_ethtool.c
> @@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ static int nicvf_get_settings(struct net_device *netdev,
>
> cmd->supported = 0;
> cmd->transceiver = XCVR_EXTERNAL;
> +
> + if (!nic->link_up) {
> + cmd->duplex = DUPLEX_UNKNOWN;
> + ethtool_cmd_speed_set(cmd, SPEED_UNKNOWN);
> + return 0;
> + }
> +
> if (nic->speed <= 1000) {
> cmd->port = PORT_MII;
> cmd->autoneg = AUTONEG_ENABLE;
> @@ -125,6 +132,13 @@ static int nicvf_get_settings(struct net_device *netdev,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static u32 nicvf_get_link(struct net_device *netdev)
> +{
> + struct nicvf *nic = netdev_priv(netdev);
> +
> + return nic->link_up;
> +}
> +
> static void nicvf_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
> struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
> {
> @@ -660,7 +674,7 @@ static int nicvf_set_channels(struct net_device *dev,
>
> static const struct ethtool_ops nicvf_ethtool_ops = {
> .get_settings = nicvf_get_settings,
> - .get_link = ethtool_op_get_link,
> + .get_link = nicvf_get_link,
> .get_drvinfo = nicvf_get_drvinfo,
> .get_msglevel = nicvf_get_msglevel,
> .set_msglevel = nicvf_set_msglevel,
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
> index 7f709cb..dde8dc7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
> @@ -1057,6 +1057,7 @@ int nicvf_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
>
> netif_carrier_off(netdev);
> netif_tx_stop_all_queues(nic->netdev);
> + nic->link_up = false;
>
> /* Teardown secondary qsets first */
> if (!nic->sqs_mode) {
> @@ -1211,9 +1212,6 @@ int nicvf_open(struct net_device *netdev)
> nic->drv_stats.txq_stop = 0;
> nic->drv_stats.txq_wake = 0;
>
> - netif_carrier_on(netdev);
> - netif_tx_start_all_queues(netdev);
> -
> return 0;
> cleanup:
> nicvf_disable_intr(nic, NICVF_INTR_MBOX, 0);
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c
> index 6534b73..d77e41a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c
> @@ -612,6 +612,8 @@ static void bgx_poll_for_link(struct work_struct *work)
> lmac->last_duplex = 1;
> } else {
> lmac->link_up = 0;
> + lmac->last_speed = SPEED_UNKNOWN;
> + lmac->last_duplex = DUPLEX_UNKNOWN;
> }
>
> if (lmac->last_link != lmac->link_up) {
> --
> 1.7.1
>
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