netdev - Re: [PATCH v7 iwl-next 2/7] ice: pass reset type to PTP reset functions

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Message-ID: <20240123164830.GH254773@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:48:30 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Karol Kolacinski <karol.kolacinski@...el.com>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
	Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 iwl-next 2/7] ice: pass reset type to PTP reset
 functions

On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 11:51:26AM +0100, Karol Kolacinski wrote:
> From: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
> 
> The ice_ptp_prepare_for_reset() and ice_ptp_reset() functions currently
> check the pf->flags ICE_FLAG_PFR_REQ bit to determine if the current
> reset is a PF reset or not.
> 
> This is problematic, because it is possible that a PF reset and a higher
> level reset (CORE reset, GLOBAL reset, EMP reset) are requested
> simultaneously. In that case, the driver performs the highest level
> reset requested. However, the ICE_FLAG_PFR_REQ flag will still be set.
> 
> The main driver reset functions take an enum ice_reset_req indicating
> which reset is actually being performed. Pass this data into the PTP
> functions and rely on this instead of relying on the driver flags.
> 
> This ensures that the PTP code performs the proper level of reset that
> the driver is actually undergoing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Karol Kolacinski <karol.kolacinski@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>

Sorry, I sent this just now for v6, not realising that v7 had been posted.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>