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authorMaxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@mellanox.com>2019-11-13 18:07:29 +0200
committerSaeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com>2020-02-25 17:05:59 -0800
commit35a78ed4c351319e8840d99ba9032bf2d175e168 (patch)
treed209d4926c4085c4948e23cb6fd0f7d7885fee30 /drivers/net/ethernet
parent600a3952a2a6228246fa2acb084f2e4522ca9cb1 (diff)
net/mlx5e: Allow mlx5e_switch_priv_channels to fail and recover
Currently mlx5e_switch_priv_channels expects that the preactivate hook doesn't fail, however, it can fail, because it may set hardware parameters. This commit addresses this issue and provides a way to recover from failures of the preactivate hook: the old channels are not closed until the point where nothing can fail anymore, so in case preactivate fails, the driver can roll back the old channels and activate them again. Signed-off-by: Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@mellanox.com> Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c34
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index ceeb9faad9ef..0a71fe85d21e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -2937,33 +2937,45 @@ void mlx5e_deactivate_priv_channels(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
mlx5e_deactivate_channels(&priv->channels);
}
-static void mlx5e_switch_priv_channels(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
- struct mlx5e_channels *new_chs,
- mlx5e_fp_preactivate preactivate)
+static int mlx5e_switch_priv_channels(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
+ struct mlx5e_channels *new_chs,
+ mlx5e_fp_preactivate preactivate)
{
struct net_device *netdev = priv->netdev;
+ struct mlx5e_channels old_chs;
int carrier_ok;
+ int err = 0;
carrier_ok = netif_carrier_ok(netdev);
netif_carrier_off(netdev);
mlx5e_deactivate_priv_channels(priv);
- mlx5e_close_channels(&priv->channels);
+ old_chs = priv->channels;
priv->channels = *new_chs;
/* New channels are ready to roll, call the preactivate hook if needed
* to modify HW settings or update kernel parameters.
*/
- if (preactivate)
- preactivate(priv);
+ if (preactivate) {
+ err = preactivate(priv);
+ if (err) {
+ priv->channels = old_chs;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ }
+ mlx5e_close_channels(&old_chs);
priv->profile->update_rx(priv);
+
+out:
mlx5e_activate_priv_channels(priv);
/* return carrier back if needed */
if (carrier_ok)
netif_carrier_on(netdev);
+
+ return err;
}
int mlx5e_safe_switch_channels(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
@@ -2976,8 +2988,16 @@ int mlx5e_safe_switch_channels(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
if (err)
return err;
- mlx5e_switch_priv_channels(priv, new_chs, preactivate);
+ err = mlx5e_switch_priv_channels(priv, new_chs, preactivate);
+ if (err)
+ goto err_close;
+
return 0;
+
+err_close:
+ mlx5e_close_channels(new_chs);
+
+ return err;
}
int mlx5e_safe_reopen_channels(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)