bnxt_en: Make PTP timestamp HWRM more silent

commit 056bce63c469 ("bnxt_en: Make PTP TX timestamp HWRM query silent")
changed a netdev_err() to netdev_WARN_ONCE().

netdev_WARN_ONCE() is it generates a kernel WARNING, which is bad, for
the following reasons:

 * You do not a kernel warning if the firmware queries are late
 * In busy networks, timestamp query failures fairly regularly
 * A WARNING message doesn't bring much value, since the code path
is clear.
(This was discussed in-depth in [1])

Transform the netdev_WARN_ONCE() into a netdev_warn_once(), and print a
more well-behaved message, instead of a full WARN().

	bnxt_en 0000:67:00.0 eth0: TS query for TX timer failed rc = fffffff5

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZbDj%2FFI4EJezcfd1@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reviewed-by: Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
Fixes: 056bce63c469 ("bnxt_en: Make PTP TX timestamp HWRM query silent")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240125134104.2045573-1-leitao@debian.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ptp.c
index adad188e38b8256ef5a1e051310abae2d5bd9b34..cc07660330f533b5e39efcb0f5dff6f865821315 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ptp.c
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ static void bnxt_stamp_tx_skb(struct bnxt *bp, struct sk_buff *skb)
                timestamp.hwtstamp = ns_to_ktime(ns);
                skb_tstamp_tx(ptp->tx_skb, &timestamp);
        } else {
-               netdev_WARN_ONCE(bp->dev,
+               netdev_warn_once(bp->dev,
                                 "TS query for TX timer failed rc = %x\n", rc);
        }