Commit b608dd67 authored by Rahul Rameshbabu's avatar Rahul Rameshbabu Committed by Saeed Mahameed

net/mlx5: Consolidate devlink documentation in devlink/mlx5.rst

De-duplicate documentation by removing mellanox/mlx5/devlink.rst. Instead,
only use the generic devlink documentation directory to document mlx5
devlink parameters. Avoid providing general devlink tool usage information
in mlx5-specific documentation.
Signed-off-by: default avatarRahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarJiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarGal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSaeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
parent f3cc0030
......@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Contents:
:maxdepth: 2
kconfig
devlink
switchdev
tracepoints
counters
......
......@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ Parameters
* - ``enable_roce``
- driverinit
- Type: Boolean
If the device supports RoCE disablement, RoCE enablement state controls
device support for RoCE capability. Otherwise, the control occurs in the
driver stack. When RoCE is disabled at the driver level, only raw
ethernet QPs are supported.
* - ``io_eq_size``
- driverinit
- The range is between 64 and 4096.
......@@ -48,6 +53,9 @@ parameters.
* ``smfs`` Software managed flow steering. In SMFS mode, the HW
steering entities are created and manage through the driver without
firmware intervention.
SMFS mode is faster and provides better rule insertion rate compared to
default DMFS mode.
* - ``fdb_large_groups``
- u32
- driverinit
......@@ -71,7 +79,24 @@ parameters.
deprecated.
Default: disabled
* - ``esw_port_metadata``
- Boolean
- runtime
- When applicable, disabling eswitch metadata can increase packet rate up
to 20% depending on the use case and packet sizes.
Eswitch port metadata state controls whether to internally tag packets
with metadata. Metadata tagging must be enabled for multi-port RoCE,
failover between representors and stacked devices. By default metadata is
enabled on the supported devices in E-switch. Metadata is applicable only
for E-switch in switchdev mode and users may disable it when NONE of the
below use cases will be in use:
1. HCA is in Dual/multi-port RoCE mode.
2. VF/SF representor bonding (Usually used for Live migration)
3. Stacked devices
When metadata is disabled, the above use cases will fail to initialize if
users try to enable them.
* - ``hairpin_num_queues``
- u32
- driverinit
......@@ -104,3 +129,157 @@ The ``mlx5`` driver reports the following versions
* - ``fw.version``
- stored, running
- Three digit major.minor.subminor firmware version number.
Health reporters
================
tx reporter
-----------
The tx reporter is responsible for reporting and recovering of the following two error scenarios:
- tx timeout
Report on kernel tx timeout detection.
Recover by searching lost interrupts.
- tx error completion
Report on error tx completion.
Recover by flushing the tx queue and reset it.
tx reporter also support on demand diagnose callback, on which it provides
real time information of its send queues status.
User commands examples:
- Diagnose send queues status::
$ devlink health diagnose pci/0000:82:00.0 reporter tx
.. note::
This command has valid output only when interface is up, otherwise the command has empty output.
- Show number of tx errors indicated, number of recover flows ended successfully,
is autorecover enabled and graceful period from last recover::
$ devlink health show pci/0000:82:00.0 reporter tx
rx reporter
-----------
The rx reporter is responsible for reporting and recovering of the following two error scenarios:
- rx queues' initialization (population) timeout
Population of rx queues' descriptors on ring initialization is done
in napi context via triggering an irq. In case of a failure to get
the minimum amount of descriptors, a timeout would occur, and
descriptors could be recovered by polling the EQ (Event Queue).
- rx completions with errors (reported by HW on interrupt context)
Report on rx completion error.
Recover (if needed) by flushing the related queue and reset it.
rx reporter also supports on demand diagnose callback, on which it
provides real time information of its receive queues' status.
- Diagnose rx queues' status and corresponding completion queue::
$ devlink health diagnose pci/0000:82:00.0 reporter rx
.. note::
This command has valid output only when interface is up. Otherwise, the command has empty output.
- Show number of rx errors indicated, number of recover flows ended successfully,
is autorecover enabled, and graceful period from last recover::
$ devlink health show pci/0000:82:00.0 reporter rx
fw reporter
-----------
The fw reporter implements `diagnose` and `dump` callbacks.
It follows symptoms of fw error such as fw syndrome by triggering
fw core dump and storing it into the dump buffer.
The fw reporter diagnose command can be triggered any time by the user to check
current fw status.
User commands examples:
- Check fw heath status::
$ devlink health diagnose pci/0000:82:00.0 reporter fw
- Read FW core dump if already stored or trigger new one::
$ devlink health dump show pci/0000:82:00.0 reporter fw
.. note::
This command can run only on the PF which has fw tracer ownership,
running it on other PF or any VF will return "Operation not permitted".
fw fatal reporter
-----------------
The fw fatal reporter implements `dump` and `recover` callbacks.
It follows fatal errors indications by CR-space dump and recover flow.
The CR-space dump uses vsc interface which is valid even if the FW command
interface is not functional, which is the case in most FW fatal errors.
The recover function runs recover flow which reloads the driver and triggers fw
reset if needed.
On firmware error, the health buffer is dumped into the dmesg. The log
level is derived from the error's severity (given in health buffer).
User commands examples:
- Run fw recover flow manually::
$ devlink health recover pci/0000:82:00.0 reporter fw_fatal
- Read FW CR-space dump if already stored or trigger new one::
$ devlink health dump show pci/0000:82:00.1 reporter fw_fatal
.. note::
This command can run only on PF.
vnic reporter
-------------
The vnic reporter implements only the `diagnose` callback.
It is responsible for querying the vnic diagnostic counters from fw and displaying
them in realtime.
Description of the vnic counters:
- total_q_under_processor_handle
number of queues in an error state due to
an async error or errored command.
- send_queue_priority_update_flow
number of QP/SQ priority/SL update events.
- cq_overrun
number of times CQ entered an error state due to an overflow.
- async_eq_overrun
number of times an EQ mapped to async events was overrun.
comp_eq_overrun number of times an EQ mapped to completion events was
overrun.
- quota_exceeded_command
number of commands issued and failed due to quota exceeded.
- invalid_command
number of commands issued and failed dues to any reason other than quota
exceeded.
- nic_receive_steering_discard
number of packets that completed RX flow
steering but were discarded due to a mismatch in flow table.
- generated_pkt_steering_fail
number of packets generated by the VNIC experiencing unexpected steering
failure (at any point in steering flow).
- handled_pkt_steering_fail
number of packets handled by the VNIC experiencing unexpected steering
failure (at any point in steering flow owned by the VNIC, including the FDB
for the eswitch owner).
User commands examples:
- Diagnose PF/VF vnic counters::
$ devlink health diagnose pci/0000:82:00.1 reporter vnic
- Diagnose representor vnic counters (performed by supplying devlink port of the
representor, which can be obtained via devlink port command)::
$ devlink health diagnose pci/0000:82:00.1/65537 reporter vnic
.. note::
This command can run over all interfaces such as PF/VF and representor ports.
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