RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/7] octeon_ep: defer probe if firmware not ready

From: Veerasenareddy Burru
Date: Fri Feb 17 2023 - 03:21:31 EST




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> From: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@xxxxxxxxx>
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> To: Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Abhijit Ayarekar
> <aayarekar@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Sathesh B Edara <sedara@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> Satananda Burla <sburla@xxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; David S.
> Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/7] octeon_ep: defer probe if
> firmware not ready
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> On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 09:14:16PM -0800, Veerasenareddy Burru wrote:
> > Defer probe if firmware is not ready for device usage.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Abhijit Ayarekar <aayarekar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Satananda Burla <sburla@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v2 -> v3:
> > * fix review comments
> > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-
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> > - change get_fw_ready_status() to return bool
> > - fix the success oriented flow while looking for
> > PCI extended capability
> >
> > v1 -> v2:
> > * was scheduling workqueue task to wait for firmware ready,
> > to probe/initialize the device.
> > * now, removed the workqueue task; the probe returns EPROBE_DEFER,
> > if firmware is not ready.
> > * removed device status oct->status, as it is not required with the
> > modified implementation.
> >
> > .../ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c | 26
> +++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
> > index 5a898fb88e37..5620df4c6d55 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
> > @@ -1017,6 +1017,26 @@ static void octep_device_cleanup(struct
> octep_device *oct)
> > oct->conf = NULL;
> > }
> >
> > +static bool get_fw_ready_status(struct pci_dev *pdev) {
> > + u32 pos = 0;
> > + u16 vsec_id;
> > + u8 status;
> > +
> > + while ((pos = pci_find_next_ext_capability(pdev, pos,
> > + PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_VNDR))) {
> > + pci_read_config_word(pdev, pos + 4, &vsec_id); #define
> > +FW_STATUS_VSEC_ID 0xA3
> > + if (vsec_id != FW_STATUS_VSEC_ID)
> > + continue;
> > +
> > + pci_read_config_byte(pdev, (pos + 8), &status);
> > + dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Firmware ready status = %u\n",
> status);
> > + return status ? true : false;
>
> nit:
>
> return !!status;
>
> ?
>

Thank you for the feedback. Will update in next revision.

> > + }
> > + return false;
> > +}
> > +
> > /**
> > * octep_probe() - Octeon PCI device probe handler.
> > *
> > @@ -1053,6 +1073,12 @@ static int octep_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> const struct pci_device_id *ent)
> > pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting(pdev);
> > pci_set_master(pdev);
> >
> > + if (!get_fw_ready_status(pdev)) {
> > + dev_notice(&pdev->dev, "Firmware not ready; defer
> probe.\n");
> > + err = -EPROBE_DEFER;
> > + goto err_alloc_netdev;
> > + }
> > +
> > netdev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(struct octep_device),
> > OCTEP_MAX_QUEUES);
> > if (!netdev) {
> > --
> > 2.36.0
> >