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… same VF

In some cases it could happen that nicvf_send_msg_to_pf() could be called
concurrently for the same NIC VF, and thus re-writing mailbox contents and
breaking messaging sequence with PF by re-writing NICVF data.

This commit is to implement mutex for NICVF to protect mailbox registers
and NICVF messaging control data from concurrent access.

Signed-off-by: Vadim Lomovtsev <vlomovtsev@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Vadim Lomovtsev authored and davem330 committed Feb 22, 2019
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic.h
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Expand Up @@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ struct nicvf {
spinlock_t rx_mode_wq_lock;
/* workqueue for handling kernel ndo_set_rx_mode() calls */
struct workqueue_struct *nicvf_rx_mode_wq;
/* mutex to protect VF's mailbox contents from concurrent access */
struct mutex rx_mode_mtx;

/* PTP timestamp */
struct cavium_ptp *ptp_clock;
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13 changes: 10 additions & 3 deletions drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
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Expand Up @@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ int nicvf_send_msg_to_pf(struct nicvf *nic, union nic_mbx *mbx)
{
int timeout = NIC_MBOX_MSG_TIMEOUT;
int sleep = 10;
int ret = 0;

mutex_lock(&nic->rx_mode_mtx);

nic->pf_acked = false;
nic->pf_nacked = false;
Expand All @@ -136,7 +139,8 @@ int nicvf_send_msg_to_pf(struct nicvf *nic, union nic_mbx *mbx)
netdev_err(nic->netdev,
"PF NACK to mbox msg 0x%02x from VF%d\n",
(mbx->msg.msg & 0xFF), nic->vf_id);
return -EINVAL;
ret = -EINVAL;
break;
}
msleep(sleep);
if (nic->pf_acked)
Expand All @@ -146,10 +150,12 @@ int nicvf_send_msg_to_pf(struct nicvf *nic, union nic_mbx *mbx)
netdev_err(nic->netdev,
"PF didn't ACK to mbox msg 0x%02x from VF%d\n",
(mbx->msg.msg & 0xFF), nic->vf_id);
return -EBUSY;
ret = -EBUSY;
break;
}
}
return 0;
mutex_unlock(&nic->rx_mode_mtx);
return ret;
}

/* Checks if VF is able to comminicate with PF
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nic->vf_id);
INIT_WORK(&nic->rx_mode_work.work, nicvf_set_rx_mode_task);
spin_lock_init(&nic->rx_mode_wq_lock);
mutex_init(&nic->rx_mode_mtx);

err = register_netdev(netdev);
if (err) {
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