netdev - Re: [PATCH V2 net] ibmvnic: Continue with reset if set link down failed

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Date:   Thu, 22 Apr 2021 00:12:04 -0500
From:   Lijun Pan <lijunp213@...il.com>
To:     Rick Lindsley <ricklind@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Lijun Pan <ljp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Dany Madden <drt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Tom Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 net] ibmvnic: Continue with reset if set link down failed

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 3:06 AM Rick Lindsley
<ricklind@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/20/21 2:42 PM, Lijun Pan wrote:
> >
> > This v2 does not adddress the concerns mentioned in v1.
> > And I think it is better to exit with error from do_reset, and schedule a thorough
> > do_hard_reset if the the adapter is already in unstable state.
>
> But the point is that the testing and analysis has indicated that doing a full
> hard reset is not necessary. We are about to take the very action which will fix
> this situation, but currently do not.

The testing was done on this patch. It was not performed on a full hard reset.
So I don't think you could even compare the two results.

>
> Please describe the advantage in deferring it further by routing it through
> do_hard_reset().  I don't see one.

It is not deferred. It exits with error and calls do_hard_reset.
See my reply to Suka's.