Re: [PATCH v2 14/15] brcm80211: use new module_firmware_crashed()
From: Rafael Aquini
Date: Sat May 16 2020 - 00:13:39 EST
On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 09:28:45PM +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: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: brcm80211-dev-list@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Franky Lin <franky.lin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Chi-Hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wright Feng <wright.feng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "RafaÅ MiÅecki" <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieter-paul.giesberts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
> index c88655acc78c..d623f83568b3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
> @@ -1393,6 +1393,7 @@ void brcmf_fw_crashed(struct device *dev)
> struct brcmf_pub *drvr = bus_if->drvr;
>
> bphy_err(drvr, "Firmware has halted or crashed\n");
> + module_firmware_crashed();
>
> brcmf_dev_coredump(dev);
>
> --
> 2.26.2
>
Acked-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx>