[PATCH v4 03/10] mpi3mr: Add early timestamp synchronization after driver load

Ranjan Kumar <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:36:27 +0530
Newsgroups gmane.linux.scsi
Message-ID <[email protected]>
When the driver is loaded from initramfs, the controller timestamp may
be initialized before the system clock has been synchronized. As a
result, the controller can operate with a stale timestamp until the
first periodic synchronization occurs.

Currently, the first controller timestamp synchronization occurs only
after the configured ts_update_interval expires (15 minutes by default).
Add an early timestamp synchronization 60 seconds after driver load,
followed by the existing periodic synchronization interval.

Signed-off-by: Ranjan Kumar <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr.h    |  3 +++
 drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr.h b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr.h
index 39096004c60a..1f2f0951b560 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ extern atomic64_t event_counter;
 #define MPI3MR_RESETTM_TIMEOUT			60
 #define MPI3MR_RESET_HOST_IOWAIT_TIMEOUT	5
 #define MPI3MR_TSUPDATE_INTERVAL		900
+#define MPI3MR_EARLY_TSUPDATE_SECONDS		60
 #define MPI3MR_DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_TIME		120
 #define	MPI3MR_RAID_ERRREC_RESET_TIMEOUT	180
 #define MPI3MR_PREPARE_FOR_RESET_TIMEOUT	180
@@ -1118,6 +1119,7 @@ struct scmd_priv {
  * @evtack_cmds_bitmap: Event Ack bitmap
  * @delayed_evtack_cmds_list: Delayed event acknowledgment list
  * @ts_update_counter: Timestamp update counter
+ * @early_ts_sync_done: Early (1 min) timestamp sync completed after load
  * @ts_update_interval: Timestamp update interval
  * @reset_in_progress: Reset in progress flag
  * @unrecoverable: Controller unrecoverable flag
@@ -1318,6 +1320,7 @@ struct mpi3mr_ioc {
 	struct list_head delayed_evtack_cmds_list;
 
 	u16 ts_update_counter;
+	u8 early_ts_sync_done;
 	u16 ts_update_interval;
 	u8 reset_in_progress;
 	u8 unrecoverable;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
index 59241038f689..434b66f7b502 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
@@ -2870,8 +2870,9 @@ static int mpi3mr_print_pkg_ver(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc)
  * @work: work struct
  *
  * Watch dog work periodically executed (1 second interval) to
- * monitor firmware fault and to issue periodic timer sync to
- * the firmware.
+ * monitor firmware fault and perform timestamp synchronization
+ * to firmware, with an early sync 1 minute after load followed
+ * by periodic updates at ts_update_interval seconds (default 15 minutes).
  *
  * Return: Nothing.
  */
@@ -2917,11 +2918,23 @@ static void mpi3mr_watchdog_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 
 	if (!(mrioc->facts.ioc_capabilities &
-		MPI3_IOCFACTS_CAPABILITY_NON_SUPERVISOR_IOC) &&
-		(mrioc->ts_update_counter++ >= mrioc->ts_update_interval)) {
+		MPI3_IOCFACTS_CAPABILITY_NON_SUPERVISOR_IOC)) {
+		if (!mrioc->early_ts_sync_done) {
+			/*
+			 * Send time sync 1 min after load
+			 */
+			if (mrioc->ts_update_counter++ >=
+					MPI3MR_EARLY_TSUPDATE_SECONDS) {
+				mrioc->early_ts_sync_done = 1;
+				mrioc->ts_update_counter = 0;
+				mpi3mr_sync_timestamp(mrioc);
+			}
+		} else if (mrioc->ts_update_counter++ >=
+				mrioc->ts_update_interval) {
+			mrioc->ts_update_counter = 0;
+			mpi3mr_sync_timestamp(mrioc);
+		}
 
-		mrioc->ts_update_counter = 0;
-		mpi3mr_sync_timestamp(mrioc);
 	}
 
 	if ((mrioc->prepare_for_reset) &&
-- 
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