ibmvnic: Return error code on TX scrq flush fail

jira LE-2742
Rebuild_History Non-Buildable kernel-5.14.0-503.35.1.el9_5
commit-author Nick Child <[email protected]>
commit 5cb431d

In ibmvnic_xmit() if ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush() returns H_CLOSED then
it will inform upper level networking functions to disable tx
queues. H_CLOSED signals that the connection with the vnic server is
down and a transport event is expected to recover the device.

Previously, ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush() was hard-coded to return success.
Therefore, the queues would remain active until ibmvnic_cleanup() is
called within do_reset().

The problem is that do_reset() depends on the RTNL lock. If several
ibmvnic devices are resetting then there can be a long wait time until
the last device can grab the lock. During this time the tx/rx queues
still appear active to upper level functions.

FYI, we do make a call to netif_carrier_off() outside the RTNL lock but
its calls to dev_deactivate() are also dependent on the RTNL lock.

As a result, large amounts of retransmissions were observed in a short
period of time, eventually leading to ETIMEOUT. This was specifically
seen with HNV devices, likely because of even more RTNL dependencies.

Therefore, ensure the return code of ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush() is
propagated to the xmit function to allow for an earlier (and lock-less)
response to a transport event.

	Signed-off-by: Nick Child <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
	Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
(cherry picked from commit 5cb431d)
	Signed-off-by: Jonathan Maple <[email protected]>

Author: PlaidCat

drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c

@@ -2166,7 +2166,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 		ibmvnic_tx_scrq_clean_buffer(adapter, tx_scrq);
 	else
 		ind_bufp->index = 0;
-	return 0;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
@@ -2218,7 +2218,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 		tx_dropped++;
 		tx_send_failed++;
 		ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
-		ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(adapter, tx_scrq);
+		lpar_rc = ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(adapter, tx_scrq);
+		if (lpar_rc != H_SUCCESS)
+			goto tx_err;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -2233,8 +2235,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		tx_send_failed++;
 		tx_dropped++;
-		ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(adapter, tx_scrq);
 		ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+		lpar_rc = ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush(adapter, tx_scrq);
+		if (lpar_rc != H_SUCCESS)
+			goto tx_err;
 		goto out;
 	}