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From: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
To: Brian Vazquez <brianvv@google.com>,
	Brian Vazquez <brianvv.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: 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@kernel.org>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	Madhu Chittim <madhu.chittim@intel.com>,
	Pavan Kumar Linga <pavan.kumar.linga@intel.com>,
	Joshua Hay <joshua.a.hay@intel.com>,
	Shailendra Bhatnagar <shailendra.bhatnagar@intel.com>,
	Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Decotigny <decot@google.com>,
	Li Li <boolli@google.com>,
	Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [iwl-net PATCH] idpf: wait for the reset completed state in idpf_check_reset_complete()
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 20:31:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <07ee6c66-034d-4cea-bce9-91c63a1aea86@molgen.mpg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261008173334.2881475-1-brianvv@google.com>

Dear Brian,


Thank you for your patch.

Am 08.10.26 um 19:33 schrieb Brian Vazquez:
> PFGEN_RSTAT[1:0] / VFGEN_RSTAT[1:0] (PFR_STATE / VFR_STATE) encode the
> function reset progress as a 2-bit state, not a flag:
> 
>    00b - reset in progress
>    01b - reset completed, written by the control plane
>    10b - function active, written by the control plane once the function
>          has completed VIRTCHNL2_OP_VERSION
>    11b - reserved

For me it’d be helpful if you mentioned the datasheet.

> idpf_check_reset_complete() tests (reg_val & rstat_m) as a boolean, with
> rstat_m = GENMASK(1, 0), so any non-zero state is taken as "completed",
> although only 01b carries that meaning.
> 
> That only works if hardware moves the field to 00b as soon as the reset
> is triggered. On the devices tested it does not: PFSWR transitions
> PFR_STATE to 00b only when the field currently reads 01b. When the
> function is active (10b) the field keeps its value until the control
> plane finishes the reset and writes 01b, which takes a few hundred
> milliseconds.

Please mention the device, so it’s easier to reproduce. Also, the 
command to trigger the reset.

> Consequently, on a hard reset of an active function
> (IDPF_HR_FUNC_RESET) the first poll sees 10b, returns immediately, the
> driver re-creates the mailbox and sends VIRTCHNL2_OP_VERSION while the
> reset is still being processed. The control plane tears the mailbox
> down underneath it, VERSION is never answered, and the driver sits in a
> 60 second virtchnl timeout (-ETIME) before going through a second hard
> reset which then succeeds.
> 
> Make idpf_check_reset_complete() wait for the state to be exactly 01b.
> This is the stricter reading of the register definition and it does not
> depend on how the field got to its current value: functions that are
> still in progress (00b) or active (10b) keep polling until the control
> plane reports completion.
> 
> Fixes: 8077c727561a ("idpf: add controlq init and reset checks")
> Signed-off-by: Brian Vazquez <brianvv@google.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h     | 2 ++
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c | 3 ++-
>   2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h
> index 470bc23c844c..ce8a1bd0ec8b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h
> @@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ struct idpf_netdev_priv {
>   	spinlock_t stats_lock;
>   };
>   
> +#define IDPF_RSTAT_COMPLETE		0x01
> +
>   /**
>    * struct idpf_reset_reg - Reset register offsets/masks
>    * @rstat: Reset status register
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
> index 2c148377540c..a827e0fa67c8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
> @@ -1870,7 +1870,8 @@ static int idpf_check_reset_complete(struct idpf_adapter *adapter,
>   		 * register for us yet and 0xFFFFFFFF is not a valid value for
>   		 * the register, so treat that as invalid.
>   		 */
> -		if (reg_val != 0xFFFFFFFF && (reg_val & reset_reg->rstat_m))
> +		if (reg_val != 0xFFFFFFFF &&
> +		    (reg_val & reset_reg->rstat_m) == IDPF_RSTAT_COMPLETE)
>   			return 0;
>   
>   		usleep_range(5000, 10000);

Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>


Kind regards,

Paul

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-08 18:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-08 17:33 Brian Vazquez
2026-10-08 17:39 ` netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-10-08 17:59 ` Tantilov, Emil S
2026-10-08 18:31 ` Paul Menzel [this message]
2026-10-08 20:43   ` Brian Vazquez
2026-10-08 19:15 ` Li Li

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