net/mlx4_core: Return -EPROBE_DEFER when a VF is probed before PF is sufficiently initialized

In the PF initialization, SRIOV is enabled before the PF is fully initialized.
This allows the kernel to probe the newly-exposed VFs before the PF is ready
to handle them (nested probes).

Have the probe method return the -EPROBE_DEFER value in this situation (instead
of the VF probe method retrying its initialization in a loop, and returning -EIO
on failure). When -EPROBE_DEFER is returned by the VF probe method, the kernel
itself will retry the probe after a suitable delay.

Based upon a suggestion by Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Jack Morgenstein <jackm@dev.mellanox.co.il>
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c

@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ static int mlx4_comm_cmd_poll(struct mlx4_dev *dev, u8 cmd, u16 param,
 		 * FLR process. The only non-zero result in the RESET command
 		 * is MLX4_DELAY_RESET_SLAVE*/
 		if ((MLX4_COMM_CMD_RESET == cmd)) {
-			mlx4_warn(dev, "Got slave FLRed from Communication"
-				  " channel (ret:0x%x)\n", ret_from_pending);
 			err = MLX4_DELAY_RESET_SLAVE;
 		} else {
 			mlx4_warn(dev, "Communication channel timed out\n");

drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c

@@ -1290,7 +1290,6 @@ static int mlx4_init_slave(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct mlx4_priv *priv = mlx4_priv(dev);
 	u64 dma = (u64) priv->mfunc.vhcr_dma;
-	int num_of_reset_retries = NUM_OF_RESET_RETRIES;
 	int ret_from_reset = 0;
 	u32 slave_read;
 	u32 cmd_channel_ver;
@@ -1304,18 +1303,10 @@ static int mlx4_init_slave(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 	 * NUM_OF_RESET_RETRIES times before leaving.*/
 	if (ret_from_reset) {
 		if (MLX4_DELAY_RESET_SLAVE == ret_from_reset) {
-			msleep(SLEEP_TIME_IN_RESET);
-			while (ret_from_reset && num_of_reset_retries) {
-				mlx4_warn(dev, "slave is currently in the"
-					  "middle of FLR. retrying..."
-					  "(try num:%d)\n",
-					  (NUM_OF_RESET_RETRIES -
-					   num_of_reset_retries  + 1));
-				ret_from_reset =
-					mlx4_comm_cmd(dev, MLX4_COMM_CMD_RESET,
-						      0, MLX4_COMM_TIME);
-				num_of_reset_retries = num_of_reset_retries - 1;
-			}
+			mlx4_warn(dev, "slave is currently in the "
+				  "middle of FLR. Deferring probe.\n");
+			mutex_unlock(&priv->cmd.slave_cmd_mutex);
+			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 		} else
 			goto err;
 	}
@@ -1526,7 +1517,8 @@ static int mlx4_init_hca(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 	} else {
 		err = mlx4_init_slave(dev);
 		if (err) {
-			mlx4_err(dev, "Failed to initialize slave\n");
+			if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+				mlx4_err(dev, "Failed to initialize slave\n");
 			return err;
 		}