[PATCH net-next v2 15/16] net/mlx5: Add support for devlink reload limit no reset

From: Moshe Shemesh
Date: Wed Oct 07 2020 - 02:14:15 EST


Add support for devlink reload action fw_activate with reload limit
no_reset which does firmware live patching, updating the firmware image
without reset, no downtime and no configuration lose. The driver checks
if the firmware is capable of handling the pending firmware changes as a
live patch. If it is then it triggers firmware live patching flow.

Signed-off-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1 ->v2:
- Shorten return flow in mlx5_devlink_trigger_fw_live_patch()
RFCv5 -> v1:
- Renamed reload_action_limit_level to reload_limit
RFCv3 -> RFCv4:
- Have action fw_activate with limit level no_reset instead of action
fw_activate_no_reset
RFCv2 -> RFCv3:
- Replace fw_live_patch action by fw_activate_no_reset
RFCv1 -> RFCv2:
- Have fw_live_patch action instead of level
---
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
index cbfb84d1cac2..a28f95df2901 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
@@ -111,6 +111,25 @@ static int mlx5_devlink_reload_fw_activate(struct devlink *devlink, struct netli
return err;
}

+static int mlx5_devlink_trigger_fw_live_patch(struct devlink *devlink,
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+ struct mlx5_core_dev *dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
+ u8 reset_level;
+ int err;
+
+ err = mlx5_fw_reset_query(dev, &reset_level, NULL);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ if (!(reset_level & MLX5_MFRL_REG_RESET_LEVEL0)) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+ "FW upgrade to the stored FW can't be done by FW live patching");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ return mlx5_fw_reset_set_live_patch(dev);
+}
+
static int mlx5_devlink_reload_down(struct devlink *devlink, bool netns_change,
enum devlink_reload_action action,
enum devlink_reload_limit limit,
@@ -123,6 +142,8 @@ static int mlx5_devlink_reload_down(struct devlink *devlink, bool netns_change,
mlx5_unload_one(dev, false);
return 0;
case DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_FW_ACTIVATE:
+ if (limit == DEVLINK_RELOAD_LIMIT_NO_RESET)
+ return mlx5_devlink_trigger_fw_live_patch(devlink, extack);
return mlx5_devlink_reload_fw_activate(devlink, extack);
default:
/* Unsupported action should not get to this function */
@@ -140,7 +161,10 @@ static int mlx5_devlink_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink, enum devlink_reload_a
*actions_performed = BIT(action);
switch (action) {
case DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT:
+ return mlx5_load_one(dev, false);
case DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_FW_ACTIVATE:
+ if (limit == DEVLINK_RELOAD_LIMIT_NO_RESET)
+ break;
/* On fw_activate action, also driver is reloaded and reinit performed */
*actions_performed |= BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT);
return mlx5_load_one(dev, false);
@@ -168,6 +192,7 @@ static const struct devlink_ops mlx5_devlink_ops = {
.info_get = mlx5_devlink_info_get,
.reload_actions = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT) |
BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_FW_ACTIVATE),
+ .reload_limits = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_LIMIT_NO_RESET),
.reload_down = mlx5_devlink_reload_down,
.reload_up = mlx5_devlink_reload_up,
};
--
2.18.2