Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] ath10k: add refcount for ath10k_core_restart

[Wen Gong <wgong@codeaurora.org>]

On 2020-08-15 01:19, Kalle Valo wrote:
...
> 
> I have been thinking a different approach for this. I think another
> option is to have a function like this:
> 
> ath10k_core_firmware_crashed()
> {
>         queue_work(ar->workqueue, &ar->restart_work);
> }
> 
> In patch 1 we would convert all existing callers to call that
> function instead of queue_work() directly.
> 
> In patch 2 we would add a new flag to enum ath10k_dev_flags, or maybe
> should actually use existing ATH10K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH? Don't know yet
> which one is better. Now the function would do:
> 
> ath10k_core_firmware_crashed()
> {
>         if (test_bit(flag))
>                 return
> 
>         set_bit(flag)
> 	queue_work(ar->workqueue, &ar->restart_work);
> }
> 
It is better to clear_bit ATH10K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH/new flag in 
ath10k_reconfig_complete
instead of ath10k_core_start because ieee80211_reconfig(called by 
ieee80211_restart_work)
of mac80211 do many things and drv_start is 1st thing and 
drv_reconfig_complete is last thing.

> That way restart_work queue would be called only one time.
> 
> Though I'm not sure how ATH10K_STATE_WEDGED would behave after this
> change, it might get broken. Ah, actually I think even this patch 
> breaks
> the WEDGED state. This firmware restart is tricky, difficult to say 
> what
> is the best approach. Michal, are you reading? :) Any ideas?
> 
> And after looking more about this patch I don't see the need for the 
> new
> ar->restart_count atomic variable. Checking for ATH10K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH
> would do the same thing AFAICS.
> 
> And related to this, (in a separate patch) I think we should utilise
> ATH10K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH more. For example in ath10k_wmi_cmd_send() to
> not even try to send a WMI command if the flag is set. Basically all
> hardware access should be disabled except what is needed to restart the
> firmware.