Re: [PATCH v2 09/15] qed: use new module_firmware_crashed()

[Rafael Aquini]

On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 09:28:40PM +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: Ariel Elior <aelior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: GR-everest-linux-l2@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Reviewed-by: Igor Russkikh <irusskikh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.c
> index 9624616806e7..aea200d465ef 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.c
> @@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ _qed_mcp_cmd_and_union(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
>  		DP_NOTICE(p_hwfn,
>  			  "The MFW failed to respond to command 0x%08x [param 0x%08x].\n",
>  			  p_mb_params->cmd, p_mb_params->param);
> +		module_firmware_crashed();
>  		qed_mcp_print_cpu_info(p_hwfn, p_ptt);
>  
>  		spin_lock_bh(&p_hwfn->mcp_info->cmd_lock);
> -- 
> 2.26.2
> 
Acked-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx>