[PATCH 0/2] i40e: fix firmware update

[PATCH 0/2] i40e: fix firmware update

[Stefan Assmann]

The first patch fixes the firmware update which is currently broken and
results in a bad flash (corrupt firmware). Recovery is possible with a
fixed driver.
The second patch reverts a commit that causes the firmware checksum
verification to fail right after a successful flash. This is related to
a recent workqueue change. Haven't gotten to the bottom of this yet, but
for the sake of a smooth firmware update experience let's revert the
commit for now.

Stefan Assmann (2):
  i40e: use non-locking i40e_read_nvm_word() function during nvmupdate
  Revert "i40e: remove WQ_UNBOUND and the task limit of our workqueue"

 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 12 +++++-------
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c  | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

-- 
2.13.5

[PATCH 1/2] i40e: use non-locking i40e_read_nvm_word() function during nvmupdate

[Stefan Assmann]

During firmware update the adminq gets locked. Currently during the
update i40e_calc_nvm_checksum() calls i40e_read_nvm_word() which itself
tries to acquire the adminq lock. This fails as the lock is already
taken.
This results in the firmware update to fail, leaving the eeprom in a
corrupt state.

To fix this, introducing __i40e_read_nvm_word() which avoids locking and
replace the calls to i40e_read_nvm_word() in i40e_calc_nvm_checksum()
with the newly introduced function. The change matches the i40e
sourceforge driver as much as possible.

With this in place the firmware update is now working again.
Fixes: ("96a39aed25e6 i40e: Acquire NVM lock before reads on all devices")

Signed-off-by: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@kpanic.de>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
index 96afef98a08f..aa4cfdc51d2b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
@@ -322,6 +322,26 @@ i40e_status i40e_read_nvm_word(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 offset,
 }
 
 /**
+ * __i40e_read_nvm_word - Reads nvm word, assumes caller does the locking
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ * @offset: offset of the Shadow RAM word to read (0x000000 - 0x001FFF)
+ * @data: word read from the Shadow RAM
+ *
+ * Reads one 16 bit word from the Shadow RAM using the GLNVM_SRCTL register.
+ **/
+static i40e_status __i40e_read_nvm_word(struct i40e_hw *hw,
+					u16 offset, u16 *data)
+{
+	enum i40e_status_code ret_code = 0;
+
+	if (hw->flags & I40E_HW_FLAG_AQ_SRCTL_ACCESS_ENABLE)
+		ret_code = i40e_read_nvm_word_aq(hw, offset, data);
+	else
+		ret_code = i40e_read_nvm_word_srctl(hw, offset, data);
+	return ret_code;
+}
+
+/**
  * i40e_read_nvm_buffer_srctl - Reads Shadow RAM buffer via SRCTL register
  * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
  * @offset: offset of the Shadow RAM word to read (0x000000 - 0x001FFF).
@@ -516,14 +536,14 @@ static i40e_status i40e_calc_nvm_checksum(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 	data = (u16 *)vmem.va;
 
 	/* read pointer to VPD area */
-	ret_code = i40e_read_nvm_word(hw, I40E_SR_VPD_PTR, &vpd_module);
+	ret_code = __i40e_read_nvm_word(hw, I40E_SR_VPD_PTR, &vpd_module);
 	if (ret_code) {
 		ret_code = I40E_ERR_NVM_CHECKSUM;
 		goto i40e_calc_nvm_checksum_exit;
 	}
 
 	/* read pointer to PCIe Alt Auto-load module */
-	ret_code = i40e_read_nvm_word(hw, I40E_SR_PCIE_ALT_AUTO_LOAD_PTR,
+	ret_code = __i40e_read_nvm_word(hw, I40E_SR_PCIE_ALT_AUTO_LOAD_PTR,
 				      &pcie_alt_module);
 	if (ret_code) {
 		ret_code = I40E_ERR_NVM_CHECKSUM;
-- 
2.13.5

[PATCH 2/2] Revert "i40e: remove WQ_UNBOUND and the task limit of our workqueue"

[Stefan Assmann]

This reverts commit 4d5957cbdecdbb77d24c1465caadd801c07afa4a.

Due to this workqueue change the eeprom check right after flashing
firmware fails, although the flash itself completed successfully.
The error observed looks like this
i40e 0000:88:00.0: eeprom check failed (-62), Tx/Rx traffic disabled
The NIC is fully operational after the flash and even after a cold boot
any follow-up eeprom checks succeed.

This needs to be investigated, but for now it should be more important
to make sure the firmware update works as expected.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@kpanic.de>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 6498da8806cb..069b6683e1b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -12160,14 +12160,12 @@ static int __init i40e_init_module(void)
 		i40e_driver_string, i40e_driver_version_str);
 	pr_info("%s: %s\n", i40e_driver_name, i40e_copyright);
 
-	/* There is no need to throttle the number of active tasks because
-	 * each device limits its own task using a state bit for scheduling
-	 * the service task, and the device tasks do not interfere with each
-	 * other, so we don't set a max task limit. We must set WQ_MEM_RECLAIM
-	 * since we need to be able to guarantee forward progress even under
-	 * memory pressure.
+	/* we will see if single thread per module is enough for now,
+	 * it can't be any worse than using the system workqueue which
+	 * was already single threaded
 	 */
-	i40e_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0, i40e_driver_name);
+	i40e_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1,
+				  i40e_driver_name);
 	if (!i40e_wq) {
 		pr_err("%s: Failed to create workqueue\n", i40e_driver_name);
 		return -ENOMEM;
-- 
2.13.5

RE: [PATCH 0/2] i40e: fix firmware update

[Keller, Jacob E]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org]
> On Behalf Of Stefan Assmann
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 7:03 AM
> To: intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; davem@davemloft.net; Kirsher, Jeffrey T
> <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>; sassmann@kpanic.de
> Subject: [PATCH 0/2] i40e: fix firmware update
> 
> The first patch fixes the firmware update which is currently broken and
> results in a bad flash (corrupt firmware). Recovery is possible with a
> fixed driver.
> The second patch reverts a commit that causes the firmware checksum
> verification to fail right after a successful flash. This is related to
> a recent workqueue change. Haven't gotten to the bottom of this yet, but
> for the sake of a smooth firmware update experience let's revert the
> commit for now.

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for these patches, I apologize for the time it took for us to respond to this. 

The first patch is functionally correct, and I'm surprised we missed sending an equivalent ourselves. It looks like some related changes occurred around this code, and we failed to submit the patch.

I think Jeff would prefer if we send the version based directly on the out-of-tree code, which I will be reviving and submitting shortly.

The second issue I believe is not fixed correctly by the patch, I'm unsure why exactly changing the WQ would cause this but I believe that a similar patch which creates a non-locked version of i40e_nvm_read_buffer() will resolve this, and I will be sending that patch as well, which I believe is the real fix versus halting the work queue.

Thanks,
Jake

> 
> Stefan Assmann (2):
>   i40e: use non-locking i40e_read_nvm_word() function during nvmupdate
>   Revert "i40e: remove WQ_UNBOUND and the task limit of our workqueue"
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 12 +++++-------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c  | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> 2.13.5