netdev - Re: [PATCHv3 net 5/5] nfp: don't trust netif

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Date:	Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:51:35 +0100
From:	Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 net 5/5] nfp: don't trust netif_running() in debug code

On 2/20/16, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:38:13 +0000
>
>> Since change_mtu() can fail and leave us with netif_running()
>> returning true even though all rings were freed - we should
>> look at NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_ENABLE flag to determine if device
>> is really opened.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
>
> This is exactly why I don't like how you are doing your MTU change at
> all.
>
> You must not make the device inoperative if you simply cannot perform
> the MTU change.  I'm pretty sure I've told you this already, this
> whole ->close(), MTU change, ->open() OOPS THAT FAILED sequence is a
> non-starter.  You can't do this.

OK, I just wanted as little changes as possbile
here since we are at rc5 already. I should've
really caught that before upstreaming the driver :/

> You are leaving the netdev object in an illegal state when this
> happens.

After the net-next series this could only happen
if FW crashed and stopped responding to
commands. Since this is VF driver I dont see
anything I can do with crashed FW :(  Should I
close the device from the driver side?

Could you please look at the net-next series and
tell me if its a step in the right direction? I feel a
bit puzzled, I thought the next series does
exactly what you wanted.

Thank you for your patience...