[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: fix probability of obtaining mailbox lock failure

[Wang, Haiyue]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Qiming Chen <chenqiming_huawei at 163.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 16:41
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang at intel.com>; Qiming Chen <chenqiming_huawei at 163.com>; stable at dpdk.org
> Subject: [PATCH] net/ixgbe: fix probability of obtaining mailbox lock failure
> 
> Ifconfig pf port up/down, after several times, the dpdk vf driver may fail
> to obtain the mailbox lock, resulting in configuration failure and
> functional failure. In order to increase the reliability of mailbox
> communication, the patch uses a trial strategy.
> 
> Fixes: abf7275bbaa2 ("ixgbe: move to drivers/net/")

Should be
 Fixes: af75078fece3 ("first public release")

> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qiming Chen <chenqiming_huawei at 163.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_mbx.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_mbx.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_mbx.c
> index 4dddff2c58..5a14fcc7b4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_mbx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_mbx.c
> @@ -370,15 +370,23 @@ STATIC s32 ixgbe_check_for_rst_vf(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, u16 mbx_id)
>  STATIC s32 ixgbe_obtain_mbx_lock_vf(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
>  {
>  	s32 ret_val = IXGBE_ERR_MBX;
> +	s32 timeout = hw->mbx.timeout;
> +	s32 usec = hw->mbx.usec_delay;
> 
>  	DEBUGFUNC("ixgbe_obtain_mbx_lock_vf");
> 
> -	/* Take ownership of the buffer */
> -	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFMAILBOX, IXGBE_VFMAILBOX_VFU);
> +	do {
> +		/* Take ownership of the buffer */
> +		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFMAILBOX, IXGBE_VFMAILBOX_VFU);
> 
> -	/* reserve mailbox for vf use */
> -	if (ixgbe_read_v2p_mailbox(hw) & IXGBE_VFMAILBOX_VFU)
> -		ret_val = IXGBE_SUCCESS;
> +		/* reserve mailbox for vf use */
> +		if (ixgbe_read_v2p_mailbox(hw) & IXGBE_VFMAILBOX_VFU) {
> +			ret_val = IXGBE_SUCCESS;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +
> +		usec_delay(usec);
> +	} while (timeout--);
> 
>  	return ret_val;
>  }
> --
> 2.30.1.windows.1