[dpdk-dev] [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2] net/qede: fix regression introduced by b10231aed1ed

[Rasesh Mody]

> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:21 AM
> 
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 7:47 PM Rasesh Mody <rmody at marvell.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Igor Russkikh
> > > Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021 6:15 PM
> > >
> > > > When calling rte_eth_promiscuous_enable(port_id) followed by
> > > > rte_eth_allmulticast_enable(port_id), the port is not in promisc
> > > > mode anymore. This patch ensures that promisc mode takes
> > > > precedence over allmulticast mode fixing the regression introduced by
> b10231aed1ed.
> 
> Please add Fixes:
> 
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Balazs Nemeth <bnemeth at redhat.com>
> 
> Rasesh, Devendra,
> 
> Waiting for your ack to merge this.
>
> 
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c | 2 ++
> > > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
> > > > b/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c index 549013557..3bec62d82
> 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
> > > > @@ -1885,6 +1885,8 @@ static int qede_allmulticast_enable(struct
> > > > rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
> > > >         QED_FILTER_RX_MODE_TYPE_MULTI_PROMISC;
> > > >     enum _ecore_status_t ecore_status;
> > > >
> > > > +   if (rte_eth_promiscuous_get(eth_dev->data->port_id) == 1)
> > > > +           type = QED_FILTER_RX_MODE_TYPE_PROMISC;
> > > >     ecore_status = qed_configure_filter_rx_mode(eth_dev, type);
> > > >
> > > >     return ecore_status >= ECORE_SUCCESS ? 0 : -EAGAIN;
> > >
> > > Hi Balazs, thanks for posting!
> > >
> > > I think we need Fixes tag here.
> >
> > Please Cc: stable at dpdk.org so that all the stable releases also integrate this
> change.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rasesh
> >
> > >
> > > Devendra, could you please check if thats enough? May be we should
> > > consider more of internal states here? What if we'll do
> > > promisc_disable() after that?
> > > Will allmulti state persist?
> > >

Even if promiscuous mode is disabled after the change, allmulti mode setting will persist.
Fix looks good to me.

Acked-by: Rasesh Mody <rmody at marvell.com>

Thanks,
Rasesh

> > > Igor