netdev - Re: mlx5 driver loading failing on v4.19 / net-next / bpf-next

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Date:   Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:52:35 +0200
From:   Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@....mellanox.co.il>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>,
        Eli Cohen <eli@...lanox.com>,
        Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>, brouer@...hat.com
Subject: Re: mlx5 driver loading failing on v4.19 / net-next / bpf-next

On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 01:22:15 -0700
Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@....mellanox.co.il> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 11:36 PM, Jesper Dangaard Brouer
> <brouer@...hat.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:55:29 -0700
> > Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> wrote:
> >  
> >> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 1:35 AM, Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com> wrote:  
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 29/08/2018 6:05 PM, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:  
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi Saeed,
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm having issues loading mlx5 driver on v4.19 kernels (tested both
> >> >> net-next and bpf-next), while kernel v4.18 seems to work.  It happens
> >> >> with a Mellanox ConnectX-5 NIC (and also a CX4-Lx but I removed that
> >> >> from the system now).
> >> >>  
> >> >
> >> > Hi Jesper,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your report!
> >> >
> >> > We are working to analyze and debug the issue.  
> >>
> >> looks like serious issue to me... while no news in 2 weeks.
> >> any update?  
> >
> > Mellanox took it offlist, and Sep 6th found that this is a regression
> > introduced by commit 269d26f47f6f ("net/mlx5: Reduce command polling
> > interval"), but only if CONFIG_PREEMPT is on.
> >
> > I can confirm that reverting this commit fixed the issue (and not the
> > firmware upgrade I also did).
> >
> > I think Moshe (Cc) is responsible for this case, and I expect to soon
> > see a revert or alternative solution to this!?
> >
> > Thanks for the kick Alexei :-)  
> 
> Thanks you Alexei and Jesper for following up,
> the fix is already being tested [1] and will be submitted tomorrow,
> as Jesper pointed out the issue happens only with 269d26f47f6f
> ("net/mlx5: Reduce command polling
> interval"), and only if CONFIG_PREEMPT is on.
> the only affected kernel is 4.19 which is not GA yet.
> 
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/saeed/linux.git/commit/?h=net-mlx5

Sound good.

I will appreciate if you add a:

Reported-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>

-- 
Best regards,
  Jesper Dangaard Brouer
  MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer