[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/i40e: fix remove MAC/VLAN addresses error

[Zhang, RobinX]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 5:54 PM
> To: Zhang, RobinX <robinx.zhang at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Xing, Beilei <beilei.xing at intel.com>; Guo, Junfeng
> <junfeng.guo at intel.com>; Yang, SteveX <stevex.yang at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/i40e: fix remove MAC/VLAN addresses
> error
> 
> On 28/09/2021 09:40, Robin Zhang wrote:
> > Firmware will return I40E_AQ_RC_ENOENT when try to delete non-
> existent
> > MAC/VLAN addresses from the HW filtering, this should not be
> > considered as an Admin Queue error. But in i40e_asq_send_command, it
> > will return I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_ERROR if the return value of Admin
> > Queue command processed by Firmware is not I40E_AQ_RC_OK or
> I40E_AQ_RC_EBUSY.
> >
> > Use i40e_aq_remove_macvlan_v2 instead so that we can get the
> > corresponding Admin Queue status, and not report as an error in DPDK
> > when Firmware return I40E_AQ_RC_ENOENT.
> >
> > Fixes: 4861cde46116 ("i40e: new poll mode driver")
> >
> 
> Is it relevant to stable releases (20.11/19.11) with earlier firmware?
> https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tree/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst#n101
> 

No, i40e_aq_remove_macvlan_v2 is added in latest i40e share code.
So this patch cannot cc stable either.

> > Signed-off-by: Robin Zhang <robinx.zhang at intel.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> >   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
> > b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c index acbe7380b1..fdc9943034 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
> > @@ -7036,6 +7036,7 @@ i40e_remove_macvlan_filters(struct i40e_vsi *vsi,
> >   	int ret = I40E_SUCCESS;
> >   	struct i40e_hw *hw = I40E_VSI_TO_HW(vsi);
> >   	struct i40e_aqc_remove_macvlan_element_data *req_list;
> > +	enum i40e_admin_queue_err aq_status;
> >
> >   	if (filter == NULL  || total == 0)
> >   		return I40E_ERR_PARAM;
> > @@ -7083,11 +7084,17 @@ i40e_remove_macvlan_filters(struct i40e_vsi
> *vsi,
> >   			req_list[i].flags = rte_cpu_to_le_16(flags);
> >   		}
> >
> > -		ret = i40e_aq_remove_macvlan(hw, vsi->seid, req_list,
> > -						actual_num, NULL);
> > +		ret = i40e_aq_remove_macvlan_v2(hw, vsi->seid, req_list,
> > +						actual_num, NULL,
> &aq_status);
> > +
> >   		if (ret != I40E_SUCCESS) {
> > -			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to remove macvlan
> filter");
> > -			goto DONE;
> > +			/* Do not report as an error when firmware returns
> ENOENT */
> > +			if (aq_status == I40E_AQ_RC_ENOENT) {
> > +				ret = I40E_SUCCESS;
> > +			} else {
> > +				PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to remove
> macvlan filter");
> > +				goto DONE;
> > +			}
> >   		}
> >   		num += actual_num;
> >   	} while (num < total);
> >