netdev - [PATCH net-next 1/1] bnx2x: Collect the device debug information during Tx timeout.

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Date:   Wed, 23 May 2018 23:21:45 -0700
From:   Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@...ium.com>
To:     <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/1] bnx2x: Collect the device debug information during Tx timeout.

Tx-timeout mostly happens due to some issue in the device. In such cases,
debug dump would be helpful for identifying the cause of the issue.
This patch adds support to spill debug data during the Tx timeout. Here
bnx2x_panic_dump() API is used instead of bnx2x_panic(), since we still
want to allow the Tx-timeout recovery a chance to succeed.

Please consider applying this to "net-next".

Signed-off-by: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <Sudarsana.Kalluru@...ium.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
index 95871576..182d5e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
@@ -4962,8 +4962,13 @@ void bnx2x_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct bnx2x *bp = netdev_priv(dev);

-#ifdef BNX2X_STOP_ON_ERROR
+	/* We want the information of the dump logged,
+	 * but calling bnx2x_panic() would kill all chances of recovery.
+	 */
 	if (!bp->panic)
+#ifdef BNX2X_STOP_ON_ERROR
+		bnx2x_panic_dump(bp, false);
+#else
 		bnx2x_panic();
 #endif

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