[PATCH 4.9 45/72] ixgbe: Reduce I2C retry count on X550 devices

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun Nov 19 2017 - 09:55:58 EST


4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>


[ Upstream commit 3f0d646b720d541309b11e190db58086f446f41e ]

A retry count of 10 is likely to run into problems on X550 devices that
have to detect and reset unresponsive CS4227 devices. So, reduce the I2C
retry count to 3 for X550 and above. This should avoid any possible
regressions in existing devices.

Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static s32 ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_gener
u16 reg, u16 *val, bool lock)
{
u32 swfw_mask = hw->phy.phy_semaphore_mask;
- int max_retry = 10;
+ int max_retry = 3;
int retry = 0;
u8 csum_byte;
u8 high_bits;
@@ -1764,6 +1764,8 @@ static s32 ixgbe_read_i2c_byte_generic_i
u32 swfw_mask = hw->phy.phy_semaphore_mask;
bool nack = true;

+ if (hw->mac.type >= ixgbe_mac_X550)
+ max_retry = 3;
if (ixgbe_is_sfp_probe(hw, byte_offset, dev_addr))
max_retry = IXGBE_SFP_DETECT_RETRIES;