> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
> Tony Nguyen
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2026 6:51 PM
> To: Loktionov, Aleksandr <[email protected]>; Korba,
> Przemyslaw <[email protected]>; intel-wired-
> [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]; Kitszel, Przemyslaw
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net] ice: fix posted write support
> for sideband queue operations
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/10/2026 4:17 AM, Loktionov, Aleksandr wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Intel-wired-lan <[email protected]> On Behalf
> >> Of Przemyslaw Korba
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 12:07 PM
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Cc: [email protected]; Nguyen, Anthony L
> >> <[email protected]>; Kitszel, Przemyslaw
> >> <[email protected]>; Korba, Przemyslaw
> >> <[email protected]>
> >> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net] ice: fix posted write
> >> support for sideband queue operations
> >>
> >> On E830, PTP time adjustment commands sent via SBQ don't generate
> >> completion responses, causing the driver to timeout waiting and return
> >> -EIO, when trying:
> >>
> >> phc_ctl eth8 get adj 2 get
> >> dmesg: ice 0000:1a:00.0: PTP failed to adjust time, err -5
> >>
> >> Add support for posted mode not to wait for completion response.
> >>
> >> Fixes: 8f5ee3c477a8 ("ice: add support for sideband messages")
> >> Signed-off-by: Przemyslaw Korba <[email protected]>
> >> ---
> >>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c   | 7 ++++++-
> >>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.c | 4 ++++
> >> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.h | 1 +
> >>   3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
> >> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
> >> index 8866902efb91..df9e5422b981 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
> >> @@ -1765,6 +1765,7 @@ int ice_sbq_rw_reg(struct ice_hw *hw, struct
> >> ice_sbq_msg_input *in, u16 flags)  {
> >>    struct ice_sbq_cmd_desc desc = {0};
> >>    struct ice_sbq_msg_req msg = {0};
> >> +  struct ice_sq_cd cd = {0};
> 
> Please init without the 0 i.e. {}
> 
> >>    u16 msg_len;
> >>    int status;
> >>
> >> @@ -1785,10 +1786,14 @@ int ice_sbq_rw_reg(struct ice_hw *hw, struct
> >> ice_sbq_msg_input *in, u16 flags)
> >>             */
> >>            msg_len -= sizeof(msg.data);
> >>
> >> +  if (in->opcode == ice_sbq_msg_wr)
> >> +          cd.postpone = 1;
> >> +
> >>    desc.flags = cpu_to_le16(flags);
> >>    desc.opcode = cpu_to_le16(ice_sbq_opc_neigh_dev_req);
> >>    desc.param0.cmd_len = cpu_to_le16(msg_len);
> >> -  status = ice_sbq_send_cmd(hw, &desc, &msg, msg_len, NULL);
> >> +  status = ice_sbq_send_cmd(hw, &desc, &msg, msg_len, &cd);
> >> +
> >>    if (!status && !in->opcode)
> >>            in->data = le32_to_cpu
> >>                    (((struct ice_sbq_msg_cmpl *)&msg)->data); diff -
> >> -git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.c
> >> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.c
> >> index dcb837cadd18..5fb3a8441beb 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.c
> >> @@ -1086,6 +1086,10 @@ ice_sq_send_cmd(struct ice_hw *hw, struct
> >> ice_ctl_q_info *cq,
> >>    wr32(hw, cq->sq.tail, cq->sq.next_to_use);
> >>    ice_flush(hw);
> >>
> >> +  /* If the message is posted, don't wait for completion. */
> >> +  if (cd && cd->postpone)
> >> +          goto sq_send_command_error;
> >> +
> >>    /* Wait for the command to complete. If it finishes within the
> >>     * timeout, copy the descriptor back to temp.
> >>     */
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.h
> >> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.h
> >> index 788040dd662e..7c98d3a0314e 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.h
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.h
> >> @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ struct ice_ctl_q_ring {
> >>   /* sq transaction details */
> >>   struct ice_sq_cd {
> >>    struct libie_aq_desc *wb_desc;
> >> +  u8 postpone : 1;
> > I'd recommend to rename postpone -> posted to match terminology /*
> posted write */.
> 
> I think the name is a bit misleading. To not wait, we need to set
> 'postpone'? I would think postpone means we want to wait. If we want to
> represent functionality, maybe something like 'skip_wait' or if we
> wanted to match the documentation, perhaps 'posted' as Alex suggested.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tony
> 
I went over the specification and 'posted' term is used consistently.
So I'm inclined to Alex's suggestion.

Thanks for the patch!
Grzegorz.

> > Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <[email protected]>
> >
> >>   };
> >>
> >>   /* rq event information */
> >>
> >> base-commit: acd2abc52dea91c3bc3d1b6dd8a92b9631d48bbf
> >> --
> >> 2.43.0
> >

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