netdev - Re: [net-next 01/13] i40e: add checks for AQ error status bits

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Date:	Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:35:14 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@...el.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next 01/13] i40e: add checks for AQ error status bits

On Mon, 2014-06-09 at 17:21 +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> On 06/09/2014 12:49 PM, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> 
> > From: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@...el.com>
> 
> > Check for error status bits on the AdminQ event queue and announce them
> > if seen.  If the Firmware sets these bits, it will trigger an AdminQ
> > interrupt to get the driver's attention to process the ARQ, which will
> > likely be enough to clear the actual issue.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@...el.com>
> > Change-ID: I009e0ebc8be764e40e193b29aed2863f43eb5cb0
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >   1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> > index 8c16e18..ab0b6e1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> > @@ -5132,11 +5132,47 @@ static void i40e_clean_adminq_subtask(struct i40e_pf *pf)
> >   	u16 pending, i = 0;
> >   	i40e_status ret;
> >   	u16 opcode;
> > +	u32 oldval;
> >   	u32 val;
> >
> >   	if (!test_bit(__I40E_ADMINQ_EVENT_PENDING, &pf->state))
> >   		return;
> >
> > +	/* check for error indications */
> > +	val = rd32(&pf->hw, pf->hw.aq.arq.len);
> > +	oldval = val;
> > +	if (val & I40E_PF_ARQLEN_ARQVFE_MASK) {
> > +		dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev, "ARQ VF Error detected\n");
> 
>     Hm, why not dev_err() here and below?

The thought was that these should be more of "FYI..." type of messages
not "Oh Crap!..." messages.  So that is why dev_err() was not used,
although we are not opposed to changing it if you feel it warrants it in
a follow-up patch.

> 
> > +		val &= ~I40E_PF_ARQLEN_ARQVFE_MASK;
> > +	}
> > +	if (val & I40E_PF_ARQLEN_ARQOVFL_MASK) {
> > +		dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev, "ARQ Overflow Error detected\n");
> > +		val &= ~I40E_PF_ARQLEN_ARQOVFL_MASK;
> > +	}
> > +	if (val & I40E_PF_ARQLEN_ARQCRIT_MASK) {
> > +		dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev, "ARQ Critical Error detected\n");
> > +		val &= ~I40E_PF_ARQLEN_ARQCRIT_MASK;
> > +	}
> > +	if (oldval != val)
> > +		wr32(&pf->hw, pf->hw.aq.arq.len, val);
> > +
> > +	val = rd32(&pf->hw, pf->hw.aq.asq.len);
> > +	oldval = val;
> > +	if (val & I40E_PF_ATQLEN_ATQVFE_MASK) {
> > +		dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev, "ASQ VF Error detected\n");
> > +		val &= ~I40E_PF_ATQLEN_ATQVFE_MASK;
> > +	}
> > +	if (val & I40E_PF_ATQLEN_ATQOVFL_MASK) {
> > +		dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev, "ASQ Overflow Error detected\n");
> > +		val &= ~I40E_PF_ATQLEN_ATQOVFL_MASK;
> > +	}
> > +	if (val & I40E_PF_ATQLEN_ATQCRIT_MASK) {
> > +		dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev, "ASQ Critical Error detected\n");
> > +		val &= ~I40E_PF_ATQLEN_ATQCRIT_MASK;
> > +	}
> > +	if (oldval != val)
> > +		wr32(&pf->hw, pf->hw.aq.asq.len, val);
> > +
> 
> WBR, Sergei
> 



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