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Date:   Mon, 12 Jun 2017 12:35:04 -0500
From:   Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Client-initiated failover

The IBM vNIC protocol provides support for the user to initiate
a failover from the client LPAR in case the current backing infrastructure
is deemed inadequate or in an error state.

Support for two H_VIOCTL sub-commands for vNIC devices are required
to implement this function. These commands are H_GET_SESSION_TOKEN
and H_SESSION_ERR_DETECTED.

"[H_GET_SESSION_TOKEN] is used to obtain a session token from a VNIC client
adapter.  This token is opaque to the caller and is intended to be used in
tandem with the SESSION_ERROR_DETECTED vioctl subfunction."

"[H_SESSION_ERR_DETECTED] is used to report that the currently active
backing device for a VNIC client adapter is behaving poorly, and that
the hypervisor should attempt to fail over to a different backing device,
if one is available."

To provide tools access to this functionality the vNIC driver creates a
sysfs file that, when written to, will send a request to pHyp to failover
to a different backing device.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/hvcall.h  |  2 ++
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hvcall.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hvcall.h
index d73755f..57d38b5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hvcall.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hvcall.h
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@
 #define H_DISABLE_ALL_VIO_INTS	0x0A
 #define H_DISABLE_VIO_INTERRUPT	0x0B
 #define H_ENABLE_VIO_INTERRUPT	0x0C
+#define H_GET_SESSION_TOKEN	0x19
+#define H_SESSION_ERR_DETECTED	0x1A
 
 
 /* Platform specific hcalls, used by KVM */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 7d84e20..fd3ef30 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -3656,6 +3656,8 @@ static int ibmvnic_init(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static struct device_attribute dev_attr_failover;
+
 static int ibmvnic_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 {
 	struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter;
@@ -3712,9 +3714,16 @@ static int ibmvnic_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 
 	netdev->mtu = adapter->req_mtu - ETH_HLEN;
 
+	rc = device_create_file(&dev->dev, &dev_attr_failover);
+	if (rc) {
+		free_netdev(netdev);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
 	rc = register_netdev(netdev);
 	if (rc) {
 		dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to register netdev rc=%d\n", rc);
+		device_remove_file(&dev->dev, &dev_attr_failover);
 		free_netdev(netdev);
 		return rc;
 	}
@@ -3740,12 +3749,49 @@ static int ibmvnic_remove(struct vio_dev *dev)
 	adapter->state = VNIC_REMOVED;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&adapter->reset_lock);
+	device_remove_file(&dev->dev, &dev_attr_failover);
 	free_netdev(netdev);
 	dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, NULL);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static ssize_t failover_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+			      const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct net_device *netdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
+	unsigned long retbuf[PLPAR_HCALL_BUFSIZE];
+	__be64 session_token;
+	long rc;
+
+	if (!sysfs_streq(buf, "1"))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	rc = plpar_hcall(H_VIOCTL, retbuf, adapter->vdev->unit_address,
+			 H_GET_SESSION_TOKEN, 0, 0, 0);
+	if (rc) {
+		netdev_err(netdev, "Couldn't retrieve session token, rc %ld\n",
+			   rc);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	session_token = (__be64)retbuf[0];
+	netdev_dbg(netdev, "Initiating client failover, session id %llx\n",
+		   be64_to_cpu(session_token));
+	rc = plpar_hcall_norets(H_VIOCTL, adapter->vdev->unit_address,
+				H_SESSION_ERR_DETECTED, session_token, 0, 0);
+	if (rc) {
+		netdev_err(netdev, "Client initiated failover failed, rc %ld\n",
+			   rc);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(failover, 0200, NULL, failover_store);
+
 static unsigned long ibmvnic_get_desired_dma(struct vio_dev *vdev)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev = dev_get_drvdata(&vdev->dev);
-- 
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