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qed: Support management-based resource locking
authorTomer Tayar <Tomer.Tayar@cavium.com>
Tue, 28 Mar 2017 12:12:54 +0000 (15:12 +0300)
committerChuck Anderson <chuck.anderson@oracle.com>
Wed, 26 Jul 2017 03:46:52 +0000 (20:46 -0700)
commite80f3bf5cc1288dbc26348277a89bb162c3ecd73
tree146665448382723de17a3c6f4de10f8d0cc7c270
parentf1677fcbee2595dcfb4f2bf7f1faa8febc928ea3
qed: Support management-based resource locking

Orabug: 2593305326439680

Global locking can't properly be used to synchronize between different
PFs in all scenarios, as those instances might reside in different
logical partitions [e.g., when a PF is assigned via PDA to some VM].

The management firmware provides a generic infrastructure for
device locks. For each 'resource', it's guaranteed it could be acquired
by at most a single PF at any given time [or by management firmware].

This patch adds the necessary logic in qed for utilizing said
infrastructure, implementing lock/unlock internal APIs.

Signed-off-by: Tomer Tayar <Tomer.Tayar@cavium.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@cavium.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Brian Maly <brian.maly@oracle.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_hsi.h
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.c
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.h