netdev - [PATCH net v2 2/3] ibmvnic: notify peers when failover and migration happen

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Date:   Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:40:12 -0600
From:   Lijun Pan <ljp@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     sukadev@...ux.ibm.com, drt@...ux.ibm.com,
        Lijun Pan <ljp@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Pradeep Satyanarayana <pradeeps@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v2 2/3] ibmvnic: notify peers when failover and migration happen

Commit 61d3e1d9bc2a ("ibmvnic: Remove netdev notify for failover resets")
excluded the failover case for notify call because it said
netdev_notify_peers() can cause network traffic to stall or halt.
Current testing does not show network traffic stall
or halt because of the notify call for failover event.
netdev_notify_peers may be used when a device wants to inform the
rest of the network about some sort of a reconfiguration
such as failover or migration.

It is unnecessary to call that in other events like
FATAL, NON_FATAL, CHANGE_PARAM, and TIMEOUT resets
since in those scenarios the hardware does not change.
If the driver must do a hard reset, it is necessary to notify peers.

Fixes: 61d3e1d9bc2a ("ibmvnic: Remove netdev notify for failover resets")
Suggested-by: Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Suggested-by: Pradeep Satyanarayana <pradeeps@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Dany Madden <drt@...ux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Lijun Pan <ljp@...ux.ibm.com>
---
v2: split from v1's 1/2
    explain why "notify peers" is needed for failover

 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index eface3543b2c..9665532a9ed2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -2074,7 +2074,8 @@ static int do_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->req_rx_queues; i++)
 		napi_schedule(&adapter->napi[i]);
 
-	if (adapter->reset_reason != VNIC_RESET_FAILOVER) {
+	if (adapter->reset_reason == VNIC_RESET_FAILOVER ||
+	    adapter->reset_reason == VNIC_RESET_MOBILITY) {
 		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, netdev);
 		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP, netdev);
 	}
@@ -2147,6 +2148,9 @@ static int do_hard_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 	if (rc)
 		return IBMVNIC_OPEN_FAILED;
 
+	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, netdev);
+	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP, netdev);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.23.0