netdev - [PATCH 1/3] myri10ge: limit the number of recoveries

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:26:31 +0200
From:	Brice Goglin <brice@...i.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] myri10ge: limit the number of recoveries

Limit the number of recoveries from a NIC hw watchdog reset to 1 by default.
It enables detection of defective NICs immediately since these memory parity
errors are expected to happen very rarely (less than once per century*NIC).

Signed-off-by: Brice Goglin <brice@...i.com>
---
 drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c |   12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-rc/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
===================================================================
--- linux-rc.orig/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c	2007-05-30 20:58:22.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-rc/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c	2007-06-04 19:01:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@
 module_param(myri10ge_fill_thresh, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(myri10ge_fill_thresh, "Number of empty rx slots allowed\n");
 
+static int myri10ge_reset_recover = 1;
+
 static int myri10ge_wcfifo = 0;
 module_param(myri10ge_wcfifo, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(myri10ge_wcfifo, "Enable WC Fifo when WC is enabled\n");
@@ -2730,8 +2732,14 @@
 		 * For now, just report it */
 		reboot = myri10ge_read_reboot(mgp);
 		printk(KERN_ERR
-		       "myri10ge: %s: NIC rebooted (0x%x), resetting\n",
-		       mgp->dev->name, reboot);
+		       "myri10ge: %s: NIC rebooted (0x%x),%s resetting\n",
+		       mgp->dev->name, reboot,
+		       myri10ge_reset_recover ? " " : " not");
+		if (myri10ge_reset_recover == 0)
+			return;
+
+		myri10ge_reset_recover--;
+
 		/*
 		 * A rebooted nic will come back with config space as
 		 * it was after power was applied to PCIe bus.


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