From: Robert Malz <robert.malz@canonical.com>
To: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>,
Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>,
Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>,
Jesse Brandeburg <jbrandeb@kernel.org>
Cc: Robert Malz <robert.malz@canonical.com>,
intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH iwl] ice: acquire NVM lock around each flash read
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 12:32:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260703103245.374800-1-robert.malz@canonical.com> (raw)
FW caps the NVM read lock at a maximum of 3000ms regardless of the timeout
requested via ice_acquire_nvm(). ice_read_flat_nvm() splits a read into
multiple ice_aq_read_nvm() commands, one per 4KB sector, all issued under a
single lock taken by the caller. Reading a large region can exceed 3000ms,
so FW reclaims the lock mid-read and the remaining commands might fail.
Move the lock acquire/release into ice_read_flat_nvm() so it brackets each
individual ice_aq_read_nvm() command, ensuring the lock is never held
across more than one FW read. ice_release_nvm() issues its own AQ command
and would overwrite sq_last_status, so the read's AQ error is preserved
across the release for callers such as ice_discover_flash_size() that
inspect it.
Callers that previously took the lock around ice_read_flat_nvm(),
ice_read_sr_word() or ice_read_flash_module() now call them without it.
The per-block locking in ice_devlink_nvm_snapshot() is now redundant
and dropped.
Fixes: e94509906d6b ("ice: create function to read a section of the NVM and Shadow RAM")
Signed-off-by: Robert Malz <robert.malz@canonical.com>
---
.../net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/devlink.c | 21 -------
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c | 11 +---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c | 58 ++++++++++---------
3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/devlink.c
index 22b7d8e6bd9e..7c7fe3d2e9d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/devlink.c
@@ -1891,26 +1891,15 @@ static int ice_devlink_nvm_snapshot(struct devlink *devlink,
for (i = 0; i < num_blks; i++) {
u32 read_sz = min_t(u32, ICE_DEVLINK_READ_BLK_SIZE, left);
- status = ice_acquire_nvm(hw, ICE_RES_READ);
- if (status) {
- dev_dbg(dev, "ice_acquire_nvm failed, err %d aq_err %d\n",
- status, hw->adminq.sq_last_status);
- NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Failed to acquire NVM semaphore");
- vfree(nvm_data);
- return -EIO;
- }
-
status = ice_read_flat_nvm(hw, i * ICE_DEVLINK_READ_BLK_SIZE,
&read_sz, tmp, read_shadow_ram);
if (status) {
dev_dbg(dev, "ice_read_flat_nvm failed after reading %u bytes, err %d aq_err %d\n",
read_sz, status, hw->adminq.sq_last_status);
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Failed to read NVM contents");
- ice_release_nvm(hw);
vfree(nvm_data);
return -EIO;
}
- ice_release_nvm(hw);
tmp += read_sz;
left -= read_sz;
@@ -1966,24 +1955,14 @@ static int ice_devlink_nvm_read(struct devlink *devlink,
return -ERANGE;
}
- status = ice_acquire_nvm(hw, ICE_RES_READ);
- if (status) {
- dev_dbg(dev, "ice_acquire_nvm failed, err %d aq_err %d\n",
- status, hw->adminq.sq_last_status);
- NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Failed to acquire NVM semaphore");
- return -EIO;
- }
-
status = ice_read_flat_nvm(hw, (u32)offset, &size, data,
read_shadow_ram);
if (status) {
dev_dbg(dev, "ice_read_flat_nvm failed after reading %u bytes, err %d aq_err %d\n",
size, status, hw->adminq.sq_last_status);
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Failed to read NVM contents");
- ice_release_nvm(hw);
return -EIO;
}
- ice_release_nvm(hw);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
index 49371b065845..ddeca39d822b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
@@ -869,24 +869,15 @@ ice_get_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_eeprom *eeprom,
if (!buf)
return -ENOMEM;
- ret = ice_acquire_nvm(hw, ICE_RES_READ);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(dev, "ice_acquire_nvm failed, err %d aq_err %s\n",
- ret, libie_aq_str(hw->adminq.sq_last_status));
- goto out;
- }
-
ret = ice_read_flat_nvm(hw, eeprom->offset, &eeprom->len, buf,
false);
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev, "ice_read_flat_nvm failed, err %d aq_err %s\n",
ret, libie_aq_str(hw->adminq.sq_last_status));
- goto release;
+ goto out;
}
memcpy(bytes, buf, eeprom->len);
-release:
- ice_release_nvm(hw);
out:
kfree(buf);
return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c
index 7e187a804dfa..cb1541844242 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ int ice_aq_read_nvm(struct ice_hw *hw, u16 module_typeid, u32 offset,
* breaks read requests across Shadow RAM sectors and ensures that no single
* read request exceeds the maximum 4KB read for a single AdminQ command.
*
+ * FW caps the read lock at a maximum of 3000ms, so a read spanning multiple
+ * 4KB sectors cannot be done under a single lock without FW reclaiming it
+ * mid-read. The NVM lock is therefore acquired and released around each AQ
+ * read, so this function must be called without the lock held.
+ *
* Returns a status code on failure. Note that the data pointer may be
* partially updated if some reads succeed before a failure.
*/
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ int
ice_read_flat_nvm(struct ice_hw *hw, u32 offset, u32 *length, u8 *data,
bool read_shadow_ram)
{
+ enum libie_aq_err aq_err;
u32 inlen = *length;
u32 bytes_read = 0;
bool last_cmd;
@@ -92,12 +98,28 @@ ice_read_flat_nvm(struct ice_hw *hw, u32 offset, u32 *length, u8 *data,
last_cmd = !(bytes_read + read_size < inlen);
+ status = ice_acquire_nvm(hw, ICE_RES_READ);
+ if (status)
+ break;
+
status = ice_aq_read_nvm(hw, ICE_AQC_NVM_START_POINT,
offset, read_size,
data + bytes_read, last_cmd,
read_shadow_ram, NULL);
- if (status)
+ if (status) {
+ /* ice_release_nvm() issues an AQ command that would
+ * overwrite sq_last_status, which some callers
+ * inspect after a failed read. Preserve the read's
+ * AQ error across the release.
+ */
+ aq_err = hw->adminq.sq_last_status;
+
+ ice_release_nvm(hw);
+ hw->adminq.sq_last_status = aq_err;
break;
+ }
+
+ ice_release_nvm(hw);
bytes_read += read_size;
offset += read_size;
@@ -330,14 +352,8 @@ ice_read_flash_module(struct ice_hw *hw, enum ice_bank_select bank, u16 module,
return -EINVAL;
}
- status = ice_acquire_nvm(hw, ICE_RES_READ);
- if (status)
- return status;
-
status = ice_read_flat_nvm(hw, start + offset, &length, data, false);
- ice_release_nvm(hw);
-
return status;
}
@@ -419,24 +435,19 @@ ice_read_netlist_module(struct ice_hw *hw, enum ice_bank_select bank, u32 offset
}
/**
- * ice_read_sr_word - Reads Shadow RAM word and acquire NVM if necessary
+ * ice_read_sr_word - Reads Shadow RAM word
* @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 ice_read_sr_word_aq.
+ * Reads one 16 bit word from the Shadow RAM using ice_read_sr_word_aq.
+ *
+ * The NVM lock is acquired and released internally by ice_read_flat_nvm()
+ * around the FW read, so this function must be called without the lock held.
*/
int ice_read_sr_word(struct ice_hw *hw, u16 offset, u16 *data)
{
- int status;
-
- status = ice_acquire_nvm(hw, ICE_RES_READ);
- if (!status) {
- status = ice_read_sr_word_aq(hw, offset, data);
- ice_release_nvm(hw);
- }
-
- return status;
+ return ice_read_sr_word_aq(hw, offset, data);
}
/**
@@ -856,11 +867,7 @@ int ice_get_inactive_netlist_ver(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_netlist_info *net
static int ice_discover_flash_size(struct ice_hw *hw)
{
u32 min_size = 0, max_size = ICE_AQC_NVM_MAX_OFFSET + 1;
- int status;
-
- status = ice_acquire_nvm(hw, ICE_RES_READ);
- if (status)
- return status;
+ int status = 0;
while ((max_size - min_size) > 1) {
u32 offset = (max_size + min_size) / 2;
@@ -880,7 +887,7 @@ static int ice_discover_flash_size(struct ice_hw *hw)
min_size = offset;
} else {
/* an unexpected error occurred */
- goto err_read_flat_nvm;
+ return status;
}
}
@@ -888,9 +895,6 @@ static int ice_discover_flash_size(struct ice_hw *hw)
hw->flash.flash_size = max_size;
-err_read_flat_nvm:
- ice_release_nvm(hw);
-
return status;
}
--
2.34.1
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