Re: [PATCH v2 05/15] bna: use new module_firmware_crashed()
From: Rafael Aquini
Date: Sat May 16 2020 - 00:07:29 EST
On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 09:28:36PM +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: Rasesh Mody <rmody@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sudarsana Kalluru <skalluru@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_ioc.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_ioc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_ioc.c
> index e17bfc87da90..b3f44a912574 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_ioc.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_ioc.c
> @@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ bfa_iocpf_sm_disabled(struct bfa_iocpf *iocpf, enum iocpf_event event)
> static void
> bfa_iocpf_sm_initfail_sync_entry(struct bfa_iocpf *iocpf)
> {
> + module_firmware_crashed();
> bfa_nw_ioc_debug_save_ftrc(iocpf->ioc);
> bfa_ioc_hw_sem_get(iocpf->ioc);
> }
> --
> 2.26.2
>
Acked-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx>