netdev - [PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Return error code on TX scrq flush fail

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Message-Id: <20240411203435.228559-1-nnac123@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:34:35 -0500
From: Nick Child <nnac123@...ux.ibm.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: haren@...ux.ibm.com, ricklind@...ibm.com, mmc@...ux.ibm.com,
        Nick Child <nnac123@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Return error code on TX scrq flush fail

In ibmvnic_xmit() if ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush() returns H_CLOSED then
it will inform upper level networking functions to disable tx
queues. H_CLOSED signals that the connection with the vnic server is
down and a transport event is expected to recover the device.

Previously, ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush() was hard-coded to return success.
Therefore, the queues would remain active until ibmvnic_cleanup() is
called within do_reset().

The problem is that do_reset() depends on the RTNL lock. If several
ibmvnic devices are resetting then there can be a long wait time until
the last device can grab the lock. During this time the tx/rx queues
still appear active to upper level functions.

FYI, we do make a call to netif_carrier_off() outside the RTNL lock but
its calls to dev_deactivate() are also dependent on the RTNL lock.

As a result, large amounts of retransmissions were observed in a short
period of time, eventually leading to ETIMEOUT. This was specifically
seen with HNV devices, likely because of even more RTNL dependencies.

Therefore, ensure the return code of ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush() is
propagated to the xmit function to allow for an earlier (and lock-less)
response to a transport event.

Signed-off-by: Nick Child <nnac123@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 30c47b8470ad..f5177f370354 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -2371,7 +2371,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 		ibmvnic_tx_scrq_clean_buffer(adapter, tx_scrq);
 	else
 		ind_bufp->index = 0;
-	return 0;
+	return rc;
 }

 static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
-- 
2.39.3