Re: [PATCH v2 06/15] liquidio: use new module_firmware_crashed()

[Rafael Aquini]

On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 09:28:37PM +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: Derek Chickles <dchickles@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Satanand Burla <sburla@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Felix Manlunas <fmanlunas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Derek Chickles <dchickles@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
> index 66d31c018c7e..f18085262982 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
> @@ -801,6 +801,7 @@ static int liquidio_watchdog(void *param)
>  			continue;
>  
>  		WRITE_ONCE(oct->cores_crashed, true);
> +		module_firmware_crashed();
>  		other_oct = get_other_octeon_device(oct);
>  		if (other_oct)
>  			WRITE_ONCE(other_oct->cores_crashed, true);
> -- 
> 2.26.2
> 
Acked-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx>