[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] ice: wait for EMP reset after firmware flash

Petr Oros poros at redhat.com
Wed Apr 13 15:38:56 UTC 2022


Jacob Keller píše v Út 12. 04. 2022 v 09:58 -0700:
> 
> 
> On 4/12/2022 3:27 AM, Petr Oros wrote:
> > We need to wait for EMP reset after firmware flash.
> > Code was extracted from OOT driver and without this wait
> > fw_activate let
> > card in inconsistent state recoverable only by second
> > flash/activate
> > 
> > Reproducer:
> > [root at host ~]# devlink dev flash pci/0000:ca:00.0 file
> > E810_XXVDA4_FH_O_SEC_FW_1p6p1p9_NVM_3p10_PLDMoMCTP_0.11_8000AD7B.bi
> > n
> > Preparing to flash
> > [fw.mgmt] Erasing
> > [fw.mgmt] Erasing done
> > [fw.mgmt] Flashing 100%
> > [fw.mgmt] Flashing done 100%
> > [fw.undi] Erasing
> > [fw.undi] Erasing done
> > [fw.undi] Flashing 100%
> > [fw.undi] Flashing done 100%
> > [fw.netlist] Erasing
> > [fw.netlist] Erasing done
> > [fw.netlist] Flashing 100%
> > [fw.netlist] Flashing done 100%
> > Activate new firmware by devlink reload
> > [root at host ~]# devlink dev reload pci/0000:ca:00.0 action
> > fw_activate
> > reload_actions_performed:
> >     fw_activate
> > [root at host ~]# ip link show ens7f0
> > 71: ens7f0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq
> > state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
> >     link/ether b4:96:91:dc:72:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >     altname enp202s0f0
> > 
> > dmesg after flash:
> > [   55.120788] ice: Copyright (c) 2018, Intel Corporation.
> > [   55.274734] ice 0000:ca:00.0: Get PHY capabilities failed status
> > = -5, continuing anyway
> > [   55.569797] ice 0000:ca:00.0: The DDP package was successfully
> > loaded: ICE OS Default Package version 1.3.28.0
> > [   55.603629] ice 0000:ca:00.0: Get PHY capability failed.
> > [   55.608951] ice 0000:ca:00.0: ice_init_nvm_phy_type failed: -5
> > [   55.647348] ice 0000:ca:00.0: PTP init successful
> > [   55.675536] ice 0000:ca:00.0: DCB is enabled in the hardware,
> > max number of TCs supported on this port are 8
> > [   55.685365] ice 0000:ca:00.0: FW LLDP is disabled, DCBx/LLDP in
> > SW mode.
> > [   55.692179] ice 0000:ca:00.0: Commit DCB Configuration to the
> > hardware
> > [   55.701382] ice 0000:ca:00.0: 126.024 Gb/s available PCIe
> > bandwidth, limited by 16.0 GT/s PCIe x8 link at 0000:c9:02.0
> > (capable of 252.048 Gb/s with 16.0 GT/s PCIe x16 link)
> > Reboot don't help, only second flash/activate with OOT or patched
> > driver put card back in consistent state
> > 
> > After patch:
> > [root at host ~]# devlink dev flash pci/0000:ca:00.0 file
> > E810_XXVDA4_FH_O_SEC_FW_1p6p1p9_NVM_3p10_PLDMoMCTP_0.11_8000AD7B.bi
> > n
> > Preparing to flash
> > [fw.mgmt] Erasing
> > [fw.mgmt] Erasing done
> > [fw.mgmt] Flashing 100%
> > [fw.mgmt] Flashing done 100%
> > [fw.undi] Erasing
> > [fw.undi] Erasing done
> > [fw.undi] Flashing 100%
> > [fw.undi] Flashing done 100%
> > [fw.netlist] Erasing
> > [fw.netlist] Erasing done
> > [fw.netlist] Flashing 100%
> > [fw.netlist] Flashing done 100%
> > Activate new firmware by devlink reload
> > [root at host ~]# devlink dev reload pci/0000:ca:00.0 action
> > fw_activate
> > reload_actions_performed:
> >     fw_activate
> > [root at host ~]# ip link show ens7f0
> > 19: ens7f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq
> > state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
> >     link/ether b4:96:91:dc:72:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >     altname enp202s0f0
> > 
> 
> Ahh.. good find. I checked a bunch of places, but didn't check here
> for
> differences. :(
> 
> For what its worth, I checked the source history of the out-of-tree
> driver this came from. It appears to be a workaround added for fixing
> a
> similar issue.
> 
> I haven't been able to dig up the full details yet. It appeares to be
> a
> collision with firmware finalizing recovery after the EMP reset.
> 
> Still trying to dig for any more information I can find.

Interesting time frame could be around this commit:
08771bce330036 ("ice: Continue probe on link/PHY errors")

Petr

> 
> > Fixes: 399e27dbbd9e94 ("ice: support immediate firmware activation
> > via devlink reload")
> > Signed-off-by: Petr Oros <poros at redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> > index d768925785ca79..90ea2203cdc763 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> > @@ -6931,12 +6931,15 @@ static void ice_rebuild(struct ice_pf *pf,
> > enum ice_reset_req reset_type)
> >  
> >         dev_dbg(dev, "rebuilding PF after reset_type=%d\n",
> > reset_type);
> >  
> > +#define ICE_EMP_RESET_SLEEP 5000
> >         if (reset_type == ICE_RESET_EMPR) {
> >                 /* If an EMP reset has occurred, any previously
> > pending flash
> >                  * update will have completed. We no longer know
> > whether or
> >                  * not the NVM update EMP reset is restricted.
> >                  */
> >                 pf->fw_emp_reset_disabled = false;
> > +
> > +               msleep(ICE_EMP_RESET_SLEEP);
> >         }
> >  
> >         err = ice_init_all_ctrlq(hw);
> 



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