netdev - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v3] ice: implement AQ download pkg retry

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Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 12:36:55 +0200
From: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
To: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@...el.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, jacob.e.keller@...el.com, kuba@...nel.org,
 intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v3] ice: implement AQ download
 pkg retry

Dear Wojciech,


Thank you for your patch.

Am 31.05.24 um 11:32 schrieb Wojciech Drewek:
> ice_aqc_opc_download_pkg (0x0C40) AQ sporadically returns error due
> to FW issue. Fix this by retrying five times before moving to
> Safe Mode.

Also mention the delay of 20 ms?

Please elaborate, what firmware version you tested with, and if there 
are plans to fix this in the firmware.

> Fixes: c76488109616 ("ice: Implement Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) download")
> Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@....com>
> ---
> v2: remove "failure" from log message
> v3: don't sleep in the last iteration of the wait loop
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
>   1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c
> index ce5034ed2b24..f182179529b7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c
> @@ -1339,6 +1339,7 @@ ice_dwnld_cfg_bufs_no_lock(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_buf *bufs, u32 start,
>   
>   	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
>   		bool last = false;
> +		int try_cnt = 0;
>   		int status;
>   
>   		bh = (struct ice_buf_hdr *)(bufs + start + i);
> @@ -1346,8 +1347,26 @@ ice_dwnld_cfg_bufs_no_lock(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_buf *bufs, u32 start,
>   		if (indicate_last)
>   			last = ice_is_last_download_buffer(bh, i, count);
>   
> -		status = ice_aq_download_pkg(hw, bh, ICE_PKG_BUF_SIZE, last,
> -					     &offset, &info, NULL);
> +		while (1) {
> +			status = ice_aq_download_pkg(hw, bh, ICE_PKG_BUF_SIZE,
> +						     last, &offset, &info,
> +						     NULL);
> +			if (hw->adminq.sq_last_status != ICE_AQ_RC_ENOSEC &&
> +			    hw->adminq.sq_last_status != ICE_AQ_RC_EBADSIG)
> +				break;
> +
> +			try_cnt++;
> +
> +			if (try_cnt == 5)
> +				break;
> +
> +			msleep(20);
> +		}
> +
> +		if (try_cnt)
> +			dev_dbg(ice_hw_to_dev(hw),
> +				"ice_aq_download_pkg number of retries: %d\n",
> +				try_cnt);

Should the firmware be fixed, a warning could be shown asking to update 
the firmware.

>   
>   		/* Save AQ status from download package */
>   		if (status) {


Kind regards,

Paul