Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 13:59:03 -0700
From: Paul M Stillwell Jr <paul.m.stillwell.jr@...el.com>
To: "Keller, Jacob E" <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>, "Kitszel, Przemyslaw"
	<przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
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	"horms@...nel.org" <horms@...nel.org>, "Pucha, HimasekharX Reddy"
	<himasekharx.reddy.pucha@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/5] ice: configure FW logging

On 8/22/2023 1:45 PM, Keller, Jacob E wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Stillwell Jr, Paul M <paul.m.stillwell.jr@...el.com>
>> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2023 4:21 PM
>> To: Kitszel, Przemyslaw <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>; Leon Romanovsky
>> <leon@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>; davem@...emloft.net;
>> kuba@...nel.org; pabeni@...hat.com; edumazet@...gle.com;
>> netdev@...r.kernel.org; Keller, Jacob E <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>;
>> horms@...nel.org; Pucha, HimasekharX Reddy
>> <himasekharx.reddy.pucha@...el.com>
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/5] ice: configure FW logging
>>
>> On 8/18/2023 5:31 AM, Przemek Kitszel wrote:
>>> On 8/18/23 13:10, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 02:25:34PM -0700, Paul M Stillwell Jr wrote:
>>>>> On 8/15/2023 11:38 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 09:57:47AM -0700, Tony Nguyen wrote:
>>>>>>> From: Paul M Stillwell Jr <paul.m.stillwell.jr@...el.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Users want the ability to debug FW issues by retrieving the
>>>>>>> FW logs from the E8xx devices. Use debugfs to allow the user to
>>>>>>> read/write the FW log configuration by adding a 'fwlog/modules' file.
>>>>>>> Reading the file will show either the currently running
>>>>>>> configuration or
>>>>>>> the next configuration (if the user has changed the configuration).
>>>>>>> Writing to the file will update the configuration, but NOT enable the
>>>>>>> configuration (that is a separate command).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To see the status of FW logging then read the 'fwlog/modules' file
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> cat /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To change the configuration of FW logging then write to the
>>>>>>> 'fwlog/modules'
>>>>>>> file like this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> echo DCB NORMAL >
>> /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The format to change the configuration is
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> echo <fwlog_module> <fwlog_level> > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/<pci device
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This line is truncated, it is not clear where you are writing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good catch, I don't know how I missed this... Will fix
>>>>>
>>>>>> And more general question, a long time ago, netdev had a policy of
>>>>>> not-allowing writing to debugfs, was it changed?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I had this same thought and it seems like there were 2 concerns in
>>>>> the past
>>>>
>>>> Maybe, I'm not enough time in netdev world to know the history.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Having a single file that was read/write with lots of commands going
>>>>> through it
>>>>> 2. Having code in the driver to parse the text from the commands that
>>>>> was
>>>>> error/security prone
>>>>>
>>>>> We have addressed this in 2 ways:
>>>>> 1. Split the commands into multiple files that have a single purpose
>>>>> 2. Use kernel parsing functions for anything where we *have* to pass
>>>>> text to
>>>>> decode
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> where
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * fwlog_level is a name as described below. Each level includes the
>>>>>>>      messages from the previous/lower level
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>          * NONE
>>>>>>>          *    ERROR
>>>>>>>          *    WARNING
>>>>>>>          *    NORMAL
>>>>>>>          *    VERBOSE
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * fwlog_event is a name that represents the module to receive
>>>>>>> events for.
>>>>>>>      The module names are
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>          *    GENERAL
>>>>>>>          *    CTRL
>>>>>>>          *    LINK
>>>>>>>          *    LINK_TOPO
>>>>>>>          *    DNL
>>>>>>>          *    I2C
>>>>>>>          *    SDP
>>>>>>>          *    MDIO
>>>>>>>          *    ADMINQ
>>>>>>>          *    HDMA
>>>>>>>          *    LLDP
>>>>>>>          *    DCBX
>>>>>>>          *    DCB
>>>>>>>          *    XLR
>>>>>>>          *    NVM
>>>>>>>          *    AUTH
>>>>>>>          *    VPD
>>>>>>>          *    IOSF
>>>>>>>          *    PARSER
>>>>>>>          *    SW
>>>>>>>          *    SCHEDULER
>>>>>>>          *    TXQ
>>>>>>>          *    RSVD
>>>>>>>          *    POST
>>>>>>>          *    WATCHDOG
>>>>>>>          *    TASK_DISPATCH
>>>>>>>          *    MNG
>>>>>>>          *    SYNCE
>>>>>>>          *    HEALTH
>>>>>>>          *    TSDRV
>>>>>>>          *    PFREG
>>>>>>>          *    MDLVER
>>>>>>>          *    ALL
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The name ALL is special and specifies setting all of the modules to
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> specified fwlog_level.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If the NVM supports FW logging then the file 'fwlog' will be created
>>>>>>> under the PCI device ID for the ice driver. If the file does not exist
>>>>>>> then either the NVM doesn't support FW logging or debugfs is not
>>>>>>> enabled
>>>>>>> on the system.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In addition to configuring the modules, the user can also configure
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> number of log messages (resolution) to include in a single Admin
>>>>>>> Receive
>>>>>>> Queue (ARQ) event.The range is 1-128 (1 means push every log
>>>>>>> message, 128
>>>>>>> means push only when the max AQ command buffer is full). The suggested
>>>>>>> value is 10.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To see/change the resolution the user can read/write the
>>>>>>> 'fwlog/resolution' file. An example changing the value to 50 is
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> echo 50 > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/resolution
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Paul M Stillwell Jr <paul.m.stillwell.jr@...el.com>
>>>>>>> Tested-by: Pucha Himasekhar Reddy
>>>>>>> <himasekharx.reddy.pucha@...el.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>     drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/Makefile       |   4 +-
>>>>>>>     drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h          |  18 +
>>>>>>>     .../net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_adminq_cmd.h   |  80 ++++
>>>>>>>     drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c   |   5 +
>>>>>>>     drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_debugfs.c  | 450
>>>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>     drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fwlog.c    | 231 +++++++++
>>>>>>>     drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fwlog.h    |  55 +++
>>>>>>>     drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c     |  21 +
>>>>>>>     drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_type.h     |   4 +
>>>>>>>     9 files changed, 867 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>>     create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_debugfs.c
>>>>>>>     create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fwlog.c
>>>>>>>     create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fwlog.h
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/Makefile
>>>>>>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/Makefile
>>>>>>> index 960277d78e09..d43a59e5f8ee 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/Makefile
>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/Makefile
>>>>>>> @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ ice-y := ice_main.o    \
>>>>>>>          ice_lag.o    \
>>>>>>>          ice_ethtool.o  \
>>>>>>>          ice_repr.o    \
>>>>>>> -     ice_tc_lib.o
>>>>>>> +     ice_tc_lib.o    \
>>>>>>> +     ice_fwlog.o
>>>>>>>     ice-$(CONFIG_PCI_IOV) +=    \
>>>>>>>         ice_sriov.o        \
>>>>>>>         ice_virtchnl.o        \
>>>>>>> @@ -49,3 +50,4 @@ ice-$(CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL) += ice_arfs.o
>>>>>>>     ice-$(CONFIG_XDP_SOCKETS) += ice_xsk.o
>>>>>>>     ice-$(CONFIG_ICE_SWITCHDEV) += ice_eswitch.o ice_eswitch_br.o
>>>>>>>     ice-$(CONFIG_GNSS) += ice_gnss.o
>>>>>>> +ice-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) += ice_debugfs.o
>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
>>>>>>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
>>>>>>> index 5ac0ad12f9f1..e6dd9f6f9eee 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
>>>>>>> @@ -556,6 +556,8 @@ struct ice_pf {
>>>>>>>         struct ice_vsi_stats **vsi_stats;
>>>>>>>         struct ice_sw *first_sw;    /* first switch created by
>>>>>>> firmware */
>>>>>>>         u16 eswitch_mode;        /* current mode of eswitch */
>>>>>>> +    struct dentry *ice_debugfs_pf;
>>>>>>> +    struct dentry *ice_debugfs_pf_fwlog;
>>>>>>>         struct ice_vfs vfs;
>>>>>>>         DECLARE_BITMAP(features, ICE_F_MAX);
>>>>>>>         DECLARE_BITMAP(state, ICE_STATE_NBITS);
>>>>>>> @@ -861,6 +863,22 @@ static inline bool ice_is_adq_active(struct
>>>>>>> ice_pf *pf)
>>>>>>>         return false;
>>>>>>>     }
>>>>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is no need in this CONFIG_DEBUG_FS and code should be written
>>>>>> without debugfs stubs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't understand this comment... If the kernel is configured *without*
>>>>> debugfs, won't the kernel fail to compile due to missing functions if we
>>>>> don't do this?
>>>>
>>>> It will work fine, see include/linux/debugfs.h.
>>>
>>> Nice, as-is impl of ice_debugfs_fwlog_init() would just fail on first
>>> debugfs API call.
>>>
>>
>> I've thought about this some more and I am confused what to do. In the
>> Makefile there is a bit that removes ice_debugfs.o if CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is
>> not set. This would result in the stubs being needed (since the
>> functions are called from ice_fwlog.c). In this case the code would not
>> compile (since the functions would be missing). Should I remove the code
>> from the Makefile that deals with ice_debugfs.o (which doesn't make
>> sense since then there will be code in the driver that doesn't get used)
>> or do I leave the stubs in?
>>
> 
> Or, since ice_fwlog depends on debugfs support, also strip the fwlog.o object when CONFIG_DEBUGFS=n.
> 

We should do this as well I think. That makes sense to me, but doesn't 
solve all the issues since the code in question gets called from ice_main.c

> Thanks.
> Jake
> 

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