Re: [PATCH v2 15/15] mwl8k: use new module_firmware_crashed()

From: Rafael Aquini
Date: Sat May 16 2020 - 00:14:08 EST


On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 09:28:46PM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> This makes use of the new module_firmware_crashed() to help
> annotate when firmware for device drivers crash. When firmware
> crashes devices can sometimes become unresponsive, and recovery
> sometimes requires a driver unload / reload and in the worst cases
> a reboot.
>
> Using a taint flag allows us to annotate when this happens clearly.
>
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi.bhat@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c
> index 97f23f93f6e7..d609ef1bb879 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c
> @@ -1551,6 +1551,7 @@ static int mwl8k_tx_wait_empty(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
> * the firmware has crashed
> */
> if (priv->hw_restart_in_progress) {
> + module_firmware_crashed();
> if (priv->hw_restart_owner == current)
> return 0;
> else
> --
> 2.26.2
>
Acked-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx>