netdev - [PATCH v2] bnxt_en: use new module_firmware

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Date:   Sat, 16 May 2020 13:55:29 +0530
From:   Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>
To:     jeyu@...nel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        michael.chan@...adcom.com,
        Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] bnxt_en: use new module_firmware_crashed()

This makes use of the new module_firmware_crashed() to help
annotate when firmware for device drivers crash. When firmware
crashes devices can sometimes become unresponsive, and recovery
sometimes requires a driver unload / reload and in the worst cases
a reboot.

Using a taint flag allows us to annotate when this happens clearly.

Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>
---
v2: Move call module_firmware_crashed() to bnxt_fw_fatal_recover().
This will optimize to make the call at one central place.

Please append to the patchset:
("[PATCH v2 00/15] net: taint when the device driver firmware crashes")
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c
index a812beb..1e37938 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ static int bnxt_fw_fatal_recover(struct devlink_health_reporter *reporter,
 	if (!priv_ctx)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	module_firmware_crashed();
 	bp->fw_health->fatal = true;
 	event = fw_reporter_ctx->sp_event;
 	if (event == BNXT_FW_RESET_NOTIFY_SP_EVENT)
-- 
1.8.3.1