netdev - [PATCH net-next] liquidio: deprecate 1-bit flag indicating watchdog kernel thread is running

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Date:   Wed, 25 Oct 2017 18:04:56 -0700
From:   Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@...ium.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, raghu.vatsavayi@...ium.com,
        derek.chickles@...ium.com, satananda.burla@...ium.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: deprecate 1-bit flag indicating watchdog
 kernel thread is running

Deprecate the 1-bit flag (bit 2 in the SLI_SCRATCH_1 Octeon register) that
indicates that the liquidio watchdog kernel thread is running for this NIC.
Reason is:  it is incompatible with the firmware's use for SLI_SCRATCH_1.

In lieu of checking that now-deprecated flag, check the value of
oct_dev->adapter_refcount to determine whether or not to create the
watchdog kernel thread.

Signed-off-by: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@...ium.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghu Vatsavayi <raghu.vatsavayi@...ium.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c | 14 ++++----------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index 963803b..d1a755b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -1076,19 +1076,13 @@ liquidio_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	}
 
 	if (OCTEON_CN23XX_PF(oct_dev)) {
-		u64 scratch1;
 		u8 bus, device, function;
 
-		scratch1 = octeon_read_csr64(oct_dev, CN23XX_SLI_SCRATCH1);
-		if (!(scratch1 & 4ULL)) {
-			/* Bit 2 of SLI_SCRATCH_1 is a flag that indicates that
-			 * the lio watchdog kernel thread is running for this
-			 * NIC.  Each NIC gets one watchdog kernel thread.
+		if (atomic_read(oct_dev->adapter_refcount) == 1) {
+			/* Each NIC gets one watchdog kernel thread.  The first
+			 * PF (of each NIC) that gets pci_driver->probe()'d
+			 * creates that thread.
 			 */
-			scratch1 |= 4ULL;
-			octeon_write_csr64(oct_dev, CN23XX_SLI_SCRATCH1,
-					   scratch1);
-
 			bus = pdev->bus->number;
 			device = PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn);
 			function = PCI_FUNC(pdev->devfn);