Re: [PATCH 1/1] net/mlx5: update debug log level for remote access error syndromes

[Leon Romanovsky]

On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 02:22:01AM -0700, Arumugam Kolappan wrote:
> The mlx5 driver dumps the entire CQE buffer by default for few syndromes.
> Some syndromes are expected due to the application behavior [ex:
> MLX5_CQE_SYNDROME_REMOTE_ACCESS_ERR, MLX5_CQE_SYNDROME_REMOTE_OP_ERR and
> MLX5_CQE_SYNDROME_LOCAL_PROT_ERR]. Hence, for these syndromes, the patch
> converts the log level from KERN_WARNING to KERN_DEBUG. This enables the
> application to get the CQE buffer dump by changing to KERN_DEBUG level
> as and when needed.
> 
> Suggested-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arumugam Kolappan <aru.kolappan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
> index be189e0..d665129 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
> @@ -267,10 +267,25 @@ static void handle_responder(struct ib_wc *wc, struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe,
>  	wc->wc_flags |= IB_WC_WITH_NETWORK_HDR_TYPE;
>  }
>  
> -static void dump_cqe(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct mlx5_err_cqe *cqe)
> +static void dump_cqe(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct mlx5_err_cqe *cqe,
> +		     struct ib_wc *wc, int dump)
>  {
> -	mlx5_ib_warn(dev, "dump error cqe\n");
> -	mlx5_dump_err_cqe(dev->mdev, cqe);
> +	const char *level;
> +
> +	if (!dump)
> +		return;
> +
> +	mlx5_ib_warn(dev, "WC error: %d, Message: %s\n", wc->status,
> +		     ib_wc_status_msg(wc->status));

Aren't you interested "to hide" this print too? Right now, it will
be printed without relation to your "dump" variable value.

> +
> +	if (dump == 1)
> +		level = KERN_WARNING;
> +
> +	if (dump == 2)
> +		level = KERN_DEBUG;

Please change dump_cqe() arguments to receive level directly, so you
will set "dump = KERN_DEBUG" and not not "dump = 2" in
mlx5_handle_error_cqe().

Thanks