Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] ath10k: add refcount for ath10k_core_restart

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>]

Wen Gong <wgong@codeaurora.org> writes:

> When it has more than one restart_work queued meanwhile, the 2nd
> restart_work is very esay to break the 1st restart work and lead
> recovery fail.
>
> Add a ref count to allow only one restart work running untill
> device successfully recovered.
>
> Tested with QCA6174 SDIO with firmware WLAN.RMH.4.4.1-00029.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <wgong@codeaurora.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c | 13 +++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h |  2 ++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c  |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> index 91f131b87efc..0e31846e6c89 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> @@ -2199,6 +2199,14 @@ static void ath10k_core_restart(struct work_struct *work)
>  {
>  	struct ath10k *ar = container_of(work, struct ath10k, restart_work);
>  	int ret;
> +	int restart_count;
> +
> +	restart_count = atomic_add_return(1, &ar->restart_count);
> +	if (restart_count > 1) {
> +		ath10k_warn(ar, "can not restart, count: %d\n", restart_count);
> +		atomic_dec(&ar->restart_count);
> +		return;
> +	}

I have been thinking a different approach for this. I think another
option is to have a function like this:

ath10k_core_firmware_crashed()
{
        queue_work(ar->workqueue, &ar->restart_work);
}

In patch 1 we would convert all existing callers to call that
function instead of queue_work() directly.

In patch 2 we would add a new flag to enum ath10k_dev_flags, or maybe
should actually use existing ATH10K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH? Don't know yet
which one is better. Now the function would do:

ath10k_core_firmware_crashed()
{
        if (test_bit(flag))
                return

        set_bit(flag)                                
	queue_work(ar->workqueue, &ar->restart_work);
}

That way restart_work queue would be called only one time.

Though I'm not sure how ATH10K_STATE_WEDGED would behave after this
change, it might get broken. Ah, actually I think even this patch breaks
the WEDGED state. This firmware restart is tricky, difficult to say what
is the best approach. Michal, are you reading? :) Any ideas?

And after looking more about this patch I don't see the need for the new
ar->restart_count atomic variable. Checking for ATH10K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH
would do the same thing AFAICS.

And related to this, (in a separate patch) I think we should utilise
ATH10K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH more. For example in ath10k_wmi_cmd_send() to
not even try to send a WMI command if the flag is set. Basically all
hardware access should be disabled except what is needed to restart the
firmware.

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