forcedeth: allow to silence "TX timeout" debug messages

This adds a new module parameter "debug_tx_timeout" to silence most
debug messages in case of TX timeout. These messages don't provide a
signal/noise ratio high enough for production systems and, with ~30kB
logged each time, they tend to add to a cascade effect if the system
is already under stress (memory pressure, disk, etc.).

By default, the parameter is clear, meaning that only a single warning
will be reported.

Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <david.decotigny@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
Sameer Nanda 2011-11-16 12:15:12 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 8932878339
commit 1ec4f2d38b

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@ -891,6 +891,11 @@ enum {
};
static int dma_64bit = NV_DMA_64BIT_ENABLED;
/*
* Debug output control for tx_timeout
*/
static bool debug_tx_timeout = false;
/*
* Crossover Detection
* Realtek 8201 phy + some OEM boards do not work properly.
@ -2477,20 +2482,23 @@ static void nv_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
u32 status;
union ring_type put_tx;
int saved_tx_limit;
int i;
if (np->msi_flags & NV_MSI_X_ENABLED)
status = readl(base + NvRegMSIXIrqStatus) & NVREG_IRQSTAT_MASK;
else
status = readl(base + NvRegIrqStatus) & NVREG_IRQSTAT_MASK;
netdev_info(dev, "Got tx_timeout. irq: %08x\n", status);
netdev_warn(dev, "Got tx_timeout. irq status: %08x\n", status);
if (unlikely(debug_tx_timeout)) {
int i;
netdev_info(dev, "Ring at %lx\n", (unsigned long)np->ring_addr);
netdev_info(dev, "Dumping tx registers\n");
for (i = 0; i <= np->register_size; i += 32) {
netdev_info(dev,
"%3x: %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x\n",
"%3x: %08x %08x %08x %08x "
"%08x %08x %08x %08x\n",
i,
readl(base + i + 0), readl(base + i + 4),
readl(base + i + 8), readl(base + i + 12),
@ -2501,7 +2509,8 @@ static void nv_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
for (i = 0; i < np->tx_ring_size; i += 4) {
if (!nv_optimized(np)) {
netdev_info(dev,
"%03x: %08x %08x // %08x %08x // %08x %08x // %08x %08x\n",
"%03x: %08x %08x // %08x %08x "
"// %08x %08x // %08x %08x\n",
i,
le32_to_cpu(np->tx_ring.orig[i].buf),
le32_to_cpu(np->tx_ring.orig[i].flaglen),
@ -2513,7 +2522,10 @@ static void nv_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
le32_to_cpu(np->tx_ring.orig[i+3].flaglen));
} else {
netdev_info(dev,
"%03x: %08x %08x %08x // %08x %08x %08x // %08x %08x %08x // %08x %08x %08x\n",
"%03x: %08x %08x %08x "
"// %08x %08x %08x "
"// %08x %08x %08x "
"// %08x %08x %08x\n",
i,
le32_to_cpu(np->tx_ring.ex[i].bufhigh),
le32_to_cpu(np->tx_ring.ex[i].buflow),
@ -2529,6 +2541,7 @@ static void nv_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
le32_to_cpu(np->tx_ring.ex[i+3].flaglen));
}
}
}
spin_lock_irq(&np->lock);
@ -6157,6 +6170,9 @@ module_param(phy_cross, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(phy_cross, "Phy crossover detection for Realtek 8201 phy is enabled by setting to 1 and disabled by setting to 0.");
module_param(phy_power_down, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(phy_power_down, "Power down phy and disable link when interface is down (1), or leave phy powered up (0).");
module_param(debug_tx_timeout, bool, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug_tx_timeout,
"Dump tx related registers and ring when tx_timeout happens");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver");