Re: [PATCH V2 3/3] bnxt_en: Add support to collect crash dump via ethtool

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Fri Oct 18 2019 - 13:01:34 EST


On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:04:35 +0530, Vasundhara Volam wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 12:52 AM Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:31:22 +0530, Sheetal Tigadoli wrote:
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
> > > index 51c1404..1596221 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
> > > @@ -3311,6 +3311,23 @@ static int bnxt_get_coredump(struct bnxt *bp, void *buf, u32 *dump_len)
> > > return rc;
> > > }
> > >
> > > +static int bnxt_set_dump(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_dump *dump)
> > > +{
> > > + struct bnxt *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
> > > +
> > > +#ifndef CONFIG_TEE_BNXT_FW
> > > + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > > +#endif
> >
> > if (!IS_ENABLED(...))
> > return x;
> >
> > reads better IMHO
> Okay.
>
> >
> > But also you seem to be breaking live dump for systems with
> > CONFIG_TEE_BNXT_FW=n
> Yes, we are supporting set_dump only if crash dump is supported.

It's wrong.

> > > + if (dump->flag > BNXT_DUMP_CRASH) {
> > > + netdev_err(dev, "Supports only Live(0) and Crash(1) dumps.\n");
> >
> > more of an _info than _err, if at all
> I made this err, as we are returning error on invalid flag value. I
> can modify the log to
> something like "Invalid dump flag. Supports only Live(0) and Crash(1)
> dumps.\n" to make
> it more like error log.

Not an error.