netdev - [PATCH iwl-net 2/2] ice: fix retry for AQ command 0x06EE

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Message-ID: <20260113193817.582-3-dawid.osuchowski@linux.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:38:17 +0100
From: Dawid Osuchowski <dawid.osuchowski@...ux.intel.com>
To: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Jakub Staniszewski <jakub.staniszewski@...ux.intel.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Dawid Osuchowski <dawid.osuchowski@...ux.intel.com>,
	Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>,
	Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH iwl-net 2/2] ice: fix retry for AQ command 0x06EE

From: Jakub Staniszewski <jakub.staniszewski@...ux.intel.com>

Executing ethtool -m can fail reporting a netlink I/O error while firmware
link management holds the i2c bus used to communicate with the module.

According to Intel(R) Ethernet Controller E810 Datasheet Rev 2.8 [1]
Section 3.3.10.4 Read/Write SFF EEPROM (0x06EE)
request should to be retried upon receiving EBUSY from firmware.

Commit e9c9692c8a81 ("ice: Reimplement module reads used by ethtool")
implemented it only for part of ice_get_module_eeprom(), leaving all other
calls to ice_aq_sff_eeprom() vulnerable to returning early on getting
EBUSY without retrying.

Remove the retry loop from ice_get_module_eeprom() and add Admin Queue
(AQ) command with opcode 0x06EE to the list of commands that should be
retried on receiving EBUSY from firmware.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: e9c9692c8a81 ("ice: Reimplement module reads used by ethtool")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Staniszewski <jakub.staniszewski@...ux.intel.com>
Co-developed-by: Dawid Osuchowski <dawid.osuchowski@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dawid Osuchowski <dawid.osuchowski@...ux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
Link: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/content-details/613875/intel-ethernet-controller-e810-datasheet.html [1]
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c  |  1 +
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c | 35 ++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
index aab00c44e9b2..26eb8e05498b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
@@ -1854,6 +1854,7 @@ static bool ice_should_retry_sq_send_cmd(u16 opcode)
 	case ice_aqc_opc_lldp_stop:
 	case ice_aqc_opc_lldp_start:
 	case ice_aqc_opc_lldp_filter_ctrl:
+	case ice_aqc_opc_sff_eeprom:
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
index 3565a5d96c6d..478876908db1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
@@ -4496,7 +4496,7 @@ ice_get_module_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
 	u8 addr = ICE_I2C_EEPROM_DEV_ADDR;
 	struct ice_hw *hw = &pf->hw;
 	bool is_sfp = false;
-	unsigned int i, j;
+	unsigned int i;
 	u16 offset = 0;
 	u8 page = 0;
 	int status;
@@ -4538,26 +4538,19 @@ ice_get_module_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
 		if (page == 0 || !(data[0x2] & 0x4)) {
 			u32 copy_len;
 
-			/* If i2c bus is busy due to slow page change or
-			 * link management access, call can fail. This is normal.
-			 * So we retry this a few times.
-			 */
-			for (j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
-				status = ice_aq_sff_eeprom(hw, 0, addr, offset, page,
-							   !is_sfp, value,
-							   SFF_READ_BLOCK_SIZE,
-							   0, NULL);
-				netdev_dbg(netdev, "SFF %02X %02X %02X %X = %02X%02X%02X%02X.%02X%02X%02X%02X (%X)\n",
-					   addr, offset, page, is_sfp,
-					   value[0], value[1], value[2], value[3],
-					   value[4], value[5], value[6], value[7],
-					   status);
-				if (status) {
-					usleep_range(1500, 2500);
-					memset(value, 0, SFF_READ_BLOCK_SIZE);
-					continue;
-				}
-				break;
+			status = ice_aq_sff_eeprom(hw, 0, addr, offset, page,
+						   !is_sfp, value,
+						   SFF_READ_BLOCK_SIZE,
+						   0, NULL);
+			netdev_dbg(netdev, "SFF %02X %02X %02X %X = %02X%02X%02X%02X.%02X%02X%02X%02X (%pe)\n",
+				   addr, offset, page, is_sfp,
+				   value[0], value[1], value[2], value[3],
+				   value[4], value[5], value[6], value[7],
+				   ERR_PTR(status));
+			if (status) {
+				netdev_err(netdev, "%s: error reading module EEPROM: status %pe\n",
+					   __func__, ERR_PTR(status));
+				return status;
 			}
 
 			/* Make sure we have enough room for the new block */
-- 
2.51.0