Re: [PATCH] e1000e: bump up timeout to wait when ME un-configure ULP mode

From: Kai-Heng Feng
Date: Wed Mar 25 2020 - 00:17:35 EST


Hi Aaron,

> On Mar 24, 2020, at 03:16, Aaron Ma <aaron.ma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ME takes 2+ seconds to un-configure ULP mode done after resume
> from s2idle on some ThinkPad laptops.
> Without enough wait, reset and re-init will fail with error.

Thanks, this patch solves the issue. We can drop the DMI quirk in favor of this patch.

>
> Fixes: f15bb6dde738cc8fa0 ("e1000e: Add support for S0ix")
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1865570
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Ma <aaron.ma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
> index b4135c50e905..147b15a2f8b3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
> @@ -1240,9 +1240,9 @@ static s32 e1000_disable_ulp_lpt_lp(struct e1000_hw *hw, bool force)
> ew32(H2ME, mac_reg);
> }
>
> - /* Poll up to 300msec for ME to clear ULP_CFG_DONE. */
> + /* Poll up to 2.5sec for ME to clear ULP_CFG_DONE. */
> while (er32(FWSM) & E1000_FWSM_ULP_CFG_DONE) {
> - if (i++ == 30) {
> + if (i++ == 250) {
> ret_val = -E1000_ERR_PHY;
> goto out;
> }

The return value was not caught by the caller, so the error ends up unnoticed.
Maybe let the caller check the return value of e1000_disable_ulp_lpt_lp()?

Kai-Heng

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