On Tue, 30 Jun 2020, haver wrote:
> On 2020-06-30 11:10, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Jun 2020, haver wrote:
> >
> > > On 2020-06-29 16:04, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > 'fatal_err' is taken as an argument to a static function which is only
> > > > invoked once. During this invocation 'fatal_err' is not set. There
> > > > doesn't appear to be a good reason to keep it around.
> > > >
> > > > Also fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning:
> > > >
> > > > drivers/misc/genwqe/card_base.c:588: warning: Function parameter or
> > > > member 'fatal_err' not described in 'genwqe_recover_card'
> > > >
> > > > Cc: Michael Jung <mij...@gmx.net>
> > > > Cc: Michael Ruettger <mich...@ibmra.de>
> > > > Cc: Frank Haverkamp <ha...@linux.ibm.com>
> > > > Cc: Joerg-Stephan Vogt <jsv...@de.ibm.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jo...@linaro.org>
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/misc/genwqe/card_base.c | 18 +++---------------
> > > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_base.c
> > > > b/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_base.c
> > > > index bceebf49de2d5..809a6f46f6de3 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_base.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_base.c
> > > > @@ -569,30 +569,18 @@ static int genwqe_stop(struct genwqe_dev *cd)
> > > >
> > > > /**
> > > > * genwqe_recover_card() - Try to recover the card if it is possible
> > > > - *
> > > > - * If fatal_err is set no register access is possible anymore. It is
> > > > - * likely that genwqe_start fails in that situation. Proper error
> > > > - * handling is required in this case.
> > > > + * @cd: GenWQE device information
> > > > *
> > > > * genwqe_bus_reset() will cause the pci code to call genwqe_remove()
> > > > * and later genwqe_probe() for all virtual functions.
> > > > */
> > > > -static int genwqe_recover_card(struct genwqe_dev *cd, int fatal_err)
> > > > +static int genwqe_recover_card(struct genwqe_dev *cd)
> > > > {
> > > > int rc;
> > > > struct pci_dev *pci_dev = cd->pci_dev;
> > > >
> > > > genwqe_stop(cd);
> > > >
> > > > - /*
> > > > - * Make sure chip is not reloaded to maintain FFDC. Write SLU
> > > > - * Reset Register, CPLDReset field to 0.
> > > > - */
> > > > - if (!fatal_err) {
> > > > - cd->softreset = 0x70ull;
> > > > - __genwqe_writeq(cd, IO_SLC_CFGREG_SOFTRESET,
> > > > cd->softreset);
> > > > - }
> > > > -
> > > > rc = genwqe_bus_reset(cd);
> > > > if (rc != 0) {
> > > > dev_err(&pci_dev->dev,
> > > > @@ -958,7 +946,7 @@ static int genwqe_health_thread(void *data)
> > > >
> > > > cd->card_state = GENWQE_CARD_FATAL_ERROR;
> > > >
> > > > - rc = genwqe_recover_card(cd, 0);
> > > > + rc = genwqe_recover_card(cd);
> > > > if (rc < 0) {
> > > > /* FIXME Card is unusable and needs
> > > > unbind! */
> > > > goto fatal_error;
> > >
> > > I think this one I want to keep. Since fatal_err is 0, !fatal_error
> > > is 1 and
> > > the register write is actually executed.
> >
> > Ah yes, good catch.
> >
> > What if we *always* did instead then?
>
> I knew you would ask that ;-).
>
> >
> > > I also want to keep the parameter even though it is only used with
> > > 0. The
> > > register bit causes a less drastic recovery, but if we would
> > > discover that
> > > that is not working ok, we rather discard the debug data we get in
> > > this case
> > > instead of letting the recovery fail. I think it does not hurt to
> > > keep it.
> >
> > I'm not 100% against it, but it is dead code.
> >
> > > Maybe you can add a comment?
> >
> > If you really want to keep it, I can just update the kerneldoc
> > instead.
>
> I prefer that option. I want to indicate that there are two possible ways to
> recover on a problem. If we delete the currently not exploited parameter,
> this information gets lost.
That's fine. Will fix.
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