netdev - Re: [patch for 2.6.27? 4/4] e1000e: prevent corruption of EEPROM/NVM

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Date:	Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:59:45 -0700
From:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
CC:	jeff@...zik.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, chrisl@...are.com,
	arvidjaar@...l.ru, bruce.w.allan@...el.com,
	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
	john.ronciak@...el.com, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com,
	pratap@...are.com, zach@...are.com
Subject: Re: [patch for 2.6.27? 4/4] e1000e: prevent corruption of EEPROM/NVM

akpm@...ux-foundation.org wrote:
> From: Christopher Li <chrisl@...are.com> 
> 
> Andrey reports e1000e corruption, and that a patch in vmware's ESX fixed
> it.

wrong subject? the patch applies to e1000, not e1000e...

> 
> The EEPROM corruption is triggered by concurrent access of the EEPROM
> read/write. Putting a lock around it solve the problem.
> 
> [akpm@...ux-foundation.org: use DEFINE_SPINLOCK to avoid confusing lockdep]
> Signed-off-by: Christopher Li <chrisl@...are.com>
> Reported-by: Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@...l.ru>
> Cc: Zach Amsden <zach@...are.com>
> Cc: Pratap Subrahmanyam <pratap@...are.com>
> Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> Cc: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> Cc: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
> Cc: PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
> Cc: John Ronciak <john.ronciak@...el.com>
> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
> 
> diff -puN drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c~e1000e-prevent-corruption-of-eeprom-nvm drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c
> --- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c~e1000e-prevent-corruption-of-eeprom-nvm
> +++ a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c
> @@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ static s32 e1000_host_if_read_cookie(str
>  static u8 e1000_calculate_mng_checksum(char *buffer, u32 length);
>  static s32 e1000_configure_kmrn_for_10_100(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 duplex);
>  static s32 e1000_configure_kmrn_for_1000(struct e1000_hw *hw);
> +static s32 e1000_do_read_eeprom(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 offset, u16 words, u16 *data);
> +static s32 e1000_do_write_eeprom(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 offset, u16 words, u16 *data);
>  
>  /* IGP cable length table */
>  static const
> @@ -168,6 +170,8 @@ u16 e1000_igp_2_cable_length_table[IGP02
>        83, 89, 95, 100, 105, 109, 113, 116, 119, 122, 124,
>        104, 109, 114, 118, 121, 124};
>  
> +static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(e1000_eeprom_lock);
> +
>  /******************************************************************************
>   * Set the phy type member in the hw struct.
>   *
> @@ -4904,6 +4908,15 @@ static s32 e1000_spi_eeprom_ready(struct
>   *****************************************************************************/
>  s32 e1000_read_eeprom(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 offset, u16 words, u16 *data)
>  {
> +    s32 ret;
> +    spin_lock(&e1000_eeprom_lock);
> +    ret = e1000_do_read_eeprom(hw, offset, words, data);
> +    spin_unlock(&e1000_eeprom_lock);
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static s32 e1000_do_read_eeprom(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 offset, u16 words, u16 *data)
> +{
>      struct e1000_eeprom_info *eeprom = &hw->eeprom;
>      u32 i = 0;
>  
> @@ -5236,6 +5249,16 @@ s32 e1000_update_eeprom_checksum(struct 
>   *****************************************************************************/
>  s32 e1000_write_eeprom(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 offset, u16 words, u16 *data)
>  {
> +    s32 ret;
> +    spin_lock(&e1000_eeprom_lock);
> +    ret = e1000_do_write_eeprom(hw, offset, words, data);
> +    spin_unlock(&e1000_eeprom_lock);
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
> +
> +static s32 e1000_do_write_eeprom(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 offset, u16 words, u16 *data)
> +{
>      struct e1000_eeprom_info *eeprom = &hw->eeprom;
>      s32 status = 0;
>  
> _
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