Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: mana: Cache MANA_QUERY_LINK_CONFIG result to avoid repeated HWC queries

From: Erni Sri Satya Vennela <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 11:07:51 -0700

mana_query_link_cfg() sends an HWC command to firmware on every call,
but the link speed and QoS values it returns only change when the
driver explicitly calls mana_set_bw_clamp(). This function is called
not only by userspace via ethtool get_link_ksettings, but also
periodically by hv_netvsc through netvsc_get_link_ksettings and by
the sysfs speed_show attribute via dev_attr_show, resulting in
unnecessary HWC traffic every few minutes.

Add a link_cfg_error field to mana_port_context to cache the query
result. The field uses three states: 1 (not yet queried, initial
value set during mana_probe_port), 0 (success, speed/max_speed are
valid), or a negative errno for permanent errors like -EOPNOTSUPP
when the hardware does not support the command. Transient errors and
qos_unconfigured responses are not cached so that subsequent calls
will retry.

To prevent a concurrent mana_set_bw_clamp() from racing with an
in-flight query and publishing stale pre-clamp speed/max_speed,
serialize the firmware transaction and the cache update under a new
per-port mutex (link_cfg_mutex). The mutex covers both the HWC
request and the subsequent stores in mana_query_link_cfg(), and the
HWC request and invalidation in mana_set_bw_clamp(). With this lock
held, two queries can no longer interleave their speed/max_speed
stores, and an invalidation can no longer slip in between a query's
response and its publish.

Invalidate the cache inside mana_set_bw_clamp() on success, so all
current and future callers that change the link configuration
automatically trigger a fresh query on the next mana_query_link_cfg()
call. Also reset link_cfg_error during resume in mana_probe() under
link_cfg_mutex, so that any slow-path query already in flight cannot
later store 0 and silently overwrite the post-resume invalidation.

Signed-off-by: Erni Sri Satya Vennela <[email-masked]>
Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <[email-masked]>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c | 41 +++++++++++++++----
 include/net/mana/mana.h                       |  4 ++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
index 82f1461a48e9..43018bc13dc1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
@@ -1456,6 +1456,12 @@ int mana_query_link_cfg(struct mana_port_context *apc)
 	struct mana_query_link_config_req req = {};
 	int err;
 
+	mutex_lock(&apc->link_cfg_mutex);
+
+	err = apc->link_cfg_error;
+	if (err <= 0)
+		goto out;
+
 	mana_gd_init_req_hdr(&req.hdr, MANA_QUERY_LINK_CONFIG,
 			     sizeof(req), sizeof(resp));
 
@@ -1468,10 +1474,11 @@ int mana_query_link_cfg(struct mana_port_context *apc)
 	if (err) {
 		if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
 			netdev_info_once(ndev, "MANA_QUERY_LINK_CONFIG not supported\n");
-			return err;
+			apc->link_cfg_error = err;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		netdev_err(ndev, "Failed to query link config: %d\n", err);
-		return err;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	err = mana_verify_resp_hdr(&resp.hdr, MANA_QUERY_LINK_CONFIG,
@@ -1482,16 +1489,20 @@ int mana_query_link_cfg(struct mana_port_context *apc)
 			   resp.hdr.status);
 		if (!err)
 			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		return err;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (resp.qos_unconfigured) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		return err;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	apc->speed = resp.link_speed_mbps;
 	apc->max_speed = resp.qos_speed_mbps;
-	return 0;
+	apc->link_cfg_error = 0;
+	err = 0;
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&apc->link_cfg_mutex);
+	return err;
 }
 
 int mana_set_bw_clamp(struct mana_port_context *apc, u32 speed,
@@ -1508,17 +1519,19 @@ int mana_set_bw_clamp(struct mana_port_context *apc, u32 speed,
 	req.link_speed_mbps = speed;
 	req.enable_clamping = enable_clamping;
 
+	mutex_lock(&apc->link_cfg_mutex);
+
 	err = mana_send_request(apc->ac, &req, sizeof(req), &resp,
 				sizeof(resp));
 
 	if (err) {
 		if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
 			netdev_info_once(ndev, "MANA_SET_BW_CLAMP not supported\n");
-			return err;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		netdev_err(ndev, "Failed to set bandwidth clamp for speed %u, err = %d",
 			   speed, err);
-		return err;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	err = mana_verify_resp_hdr(&resp.hdr, MANA_SET_BW_CLAMP,
@@ -1529,13 +1542,18 @@ int mana_set_bw_clamp(struct mana_port_context *apc, u32 speed,
 			   resp.hdr.status);
 		if (!err)
 			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		return err;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (resp.qos_unconfigured)
 		netdev_info(ndev, "QoS is unconfigured\n");
 
-	return 0;
+	/* Invalidate the cache; next query will re-fetch from firmware. */
+	apc->link_cfg_error = 1;
+	err = 0;
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&apc->link_cfg_mutex);
+	return err;
 }
 
 int mana_create_wq_obj(struct mana_port_context *apc,
@@ -3430,6 +3448,8 @@ static int mana_probe_port(struct mana_context *ac, int port_idx,
 	apc->port_handle = INVALID_MANA_HANDLE;
 	apc->pf_filter_handle = INVALID_MANA_HANDLE;
 	apc->port_idx = port_idx;
+	apc->link_cfg_error = 1;
+	mutex_init(&apc->link_cfg_mutex);
 	apc->cqe_coalescing_enable = 0;
 
 	mutex_init(&apc->vport_mutex);
@@ -3750,6 +3770,9 @@ int mana_probe(struct gdma_dev *gd, bool resuming)
 			rtnl_lock();
 			apc = netdev_priv(ac->ports[i]);
 			enable_work(&apc->queue_reset_work);
+			mutex_lock(&apc->link_cfg_mutex);
+			apc->link_cfg_error = 1;
+			mutex_unlock(&apc->link_cfg_mutex);
 			err = mana_attach(ac->ports[i]);
 			rtnl_unlock();
 			/* Log the port for which the attach failed, stop
diff --git a/include/net/mana/mana.h b/include/net/mana/mana.h
index d9c27310fd04..af772b7297ec 100644
--- a/include/net/mana/mana.h
+++ b/include/net/mana/mana.h
@@ -555,6 +555,10 @@ struct mana_port_context {
 	u32 speed;
 	/* Maximum speed supported by the SKU (mbps) */
 	u32 max_speed;
+	/* 1 = not queried, 0 = cached success, negative = permanent error */
+	int link_cfg_error;
+	/* Serializes mana_query_link_cfg() and mana_set_bw_clamp(). */
+	struct mutex link_cfg_mutex;
 
 	bool port_is_up;
 	bool port_st_save; /* Saved port state */
-- 
2.34.1