From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754040AbdLMCIv (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Dec 2017 21:08:51 -0500 Received: from omzsmtpe01.verizonbusiness.com ([199.249.25.210]:42921 "EHLO omzsmtpe01.verizonbusiness.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753275AbdLMCCC (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Dec 2017 21:02:02 -0500 From: alexander.levin@verizon.com Cc: Jacob Keller , Jeff Kirsher , alexander.levin@verizon.com X-Host: mariner.tdc.vzwcorp.com To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "stable@vger.kernel.org" Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 3.18 39/40] fm10k: ensure we process SM mbx when processing VF mbx Thread-Topic: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 3.18 39/40] fm10k: ensure we process SM mbx when processing VF mbx Thread-Index: AQHTc7X99IzEKKopSEy3LQp0nbciMA== Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 01:59:20 +0000 Message-ID: <20171213015905.7059-39-alexander.levin@verizon.com> References: <20171213015905.7059-1-alexander.levin@verizon.com> In-Reply-To: <20171213015905.7059-1-alexander.levin@verizon.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-ms-exchange-messagesentrepresentingtype: 1 x-ms-exchange-transport-fromentityheader: Hosted x-originating-ip: [10.144.60.250] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by nfs id vBD28uOM016368 From: Jacob Keller [ Upstream commit 17a91809942ca32c70026d2d5ba3348a2c4fdf8f ] When we process VF mailboxes, the driver is likely going to also queue up messages to the switch manager. This process merely queues up the FIFO, but doesn't actually begin the transmission process. Because we hold the mailbox lock during this VF processing, the PF<->SM mailbox is not getting processed at this time. Ensure that we actually process the PF<->SM mailbox in between each PF<->VF mailbox. This should ensure prompt transmission of the messages queued up after each VF message is received and handled. Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller Tested-by: Krishneil Singh Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_iov.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_iov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_iov.c index 060190864238..682d99350342 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_iov.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_iov.c @@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ s32 fm10k_iov_mbx(struct fm10k_intfc *interface) struct fm10k_mbx_info *mbx = &vf_info->mbx; u16 glort = vf_info->glort; + /* process the SM mailbox first to drain outgoing messages */ + hw->mbx.ops.process(hw, &hw->mbx); + /* verify port mapping is valid, if not reset port */ if (vf_info->vf_flags && !fm10k_glort_valid_pf(hw, glort)) hw->iov.ops.reset_lport(hw, vf_info); -- 2.11.0