Re: [PATCH v2 08/15] ehea: use new module_firmware_crashed()

From: Rafael Aquini
Date: Sat May 16 2020 - 00:10:11 EST


On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 09:28:39PM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> This makes use of the new module_firmware_crashed() to help
> annotate when firmware for device drivers crash. When firmware
> crashes devices can sometimes become unresponsive, and recovery
> sometimes requires a driver unload / reload and in the worst cases
> a reboot.
>
> Using a taint flag allows us to annotate when this happens clearly.
>
> Cc: Douglas Miller <dougmill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
> index 0273fb7a9d01..6ae35067003f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
> @@ -3285,6 +3285,8 @@ static void ehea_crash_handler(void)
> {
> int i;
>
> + module_firmware_crashed();
> +
> if (ehea_fw_handles.arr)
> for (i = 0; i < ehea_fw_handles.num_entries; i++)
> ehea_h_free_resource(ehea_fw_handles.arr[i].adh,
> --
> 2.26.2
>
Acked-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx>