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ixgbe: stop re-reading flash on every get_drvinfo for e610
authorAleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
Wed, 4 Mar 2026 08:42:32 +0000 (09:42 +0100)
committerTony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Mon, 6 Apr 2026 20:39:23 +0000 (13:39 -0700)
ixgbe_get_drvinfo() calls ixgbe_refresh_fw_version() on every ethtool
query for e610 adapters.  That ends up in ixgbe_discover_flash_size(),
which bisects the full 16 MB NVM space issuing one ACI command per
step (~20 ms each, ~24 steps total = ~500 ms).

Profiling on an idle E610-XAT2 system with telegraf scraping ethtool
stats every 10 seconds:

  kretprobe:ixgbe_get_drvinfo took 527603 us
  kretprobe:ixgbe_get_drvinfo took 523978 us
  kretprobe:ixgbe_get_drvinfo took 552975 us
  kretprobe:ice_get_drvinfo   took       3 us
  kretprobe:igb_get_drvinfo   took       2 us
  kretprobe:i40e_get_drvinfo  took       5 us

The half-second stall happens under the RTNL lock, causing visible
latency on ip-link and friends.

The FW version can only change after an EMPR reset.  All flash data is
already populated at probe time and the cached adapter->eeprom_id is
what get_drvinfo should be returning.  The only place that needs to
trigger a re-read is ixgbe_devlink_reload_empr_finish(), right after
the EMPR completes and new firmware is running.  Additionally, refresh
the FW version in ixgbe_reinit_locked() so that any PF that undergoes a
reinit after an EMPR (e.g. triggered by another PF's devlink reload)
also picks up the new version in adapter->eeprom_id.

ixgbe_devlink_info_get() keeps its refresh call for explicit
"devlink dev info" queries, which is fine given those are user-initiated.

Fixes: c9e563cae19e ("ixgbe: add support for devlink reload")
Co-developed-by: Jedrzej Jagielski <jedrzej.jagielski@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jedrzej Jagielski <jedrzej.jagielski@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Rinitha S <sx.rinitha@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/devlink/devlink.c
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c

index b0404f37271a815dc23df64f24b5d4c1fa6a5d37..cf8908b82f8a330873cf9f926f71b5a2cada853b 100644 (file)
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static int ixgbe_devlink_reload_empr_finish(struct devlink *devlink,
        adapter->flags2 &= ~(IXGBE_FLAG2_API_MISMATCH |
                             IXGBE_FLAG2_FW_ROLLBACK);
 
-       return 0;
+       return ixgbe_refresh_fw_version(adapter);
 }
 
 static const struct devlink_ops ixgbe_devlink_ops = {
index dce4936708eb4402d3573bbfd4a869dcc7d560e5..047f04045585a14b8701195c1d7c75f2e9fe8d8d 100644 (file)
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ int ixgbe_init_interrupt_scheme(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
 bool ixgbe_wol_supported(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, u16 device_id,
                         u16 subdevice_id);
 void ixgbe_set_fw_version_e610(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
-void ixgbe_refresh_fw_version(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
+int ixgbe_refresh_fw_version(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV
 void ixgbe_full_sync_mac_table(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
 #endif
index 56aabaa5caecac163b194c40d320609e2f5e24be..ba049b3a9609e88c12cfa1bb4f5bc22620ffa93a 100644 (file)
@@ -1155,12 +1155,17 @@ err:
        return ret_val;
 }
 
-void ixgbe_refresh_fw_version(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
+int ixgbe_refresh_fw_version(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 {
        struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+       int err;
+
+       err = ixgbe_get_flash_data(hw);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
 
-       ixgbe_get_flash_data(hw);
        ixgbe_set_fw_version_e610(adapter);
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static void ixgbe_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
@@ -1168,10 +1173,6 @@ static void ixgbe_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
 {
        struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = ixgbe_from_netdev(netdev);
 
-       /* need to refresh info for e610 in case fw reloads in runtime */
-       if (adapter->hw.mac.type == ixgbe_mac_e610)
-               ixgbe_refresh_fw_version(adapter);
-
        strscpy(drvinfo->driver, ixgbe_driver_name, sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
 
        strscpy(drvinfo->fw_version, adapter->eeprom_id,
index e4101c59074d685b202fd948e69b22be4bcf35e5..59801187a83925249e4a743d518727e7f456e96c 100644 (file)
@@ -6289,6 +6289,16 @@ void ixgbe_reinit_locked(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
        if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_SRIOV_ENABLED)
                msleep(2000);
        ixgbe_up(adapter);
+
+       /* E610 has no FW event to notify all PFs of an EMPR reset, so
+        * refresh the FW version here to pick up any new FW version after
+        * a hardware reset (e.g. EMPR triggered by another PF's devlink
+        * reload).  ixgbe_refresh_fw_version() updates both hw->flash and
+        * adapter->eeprom_id so ethtool -i reports the correct string.
+        */
+       if (adapter->hw.mac.type == ixgbe_mac_e610)
+               (void)ixgbe_refresh_fw_version(adapter);
+
        clear_bit(__IXGBE_RESETTING, &adapter->state);
 }