[PATCH v2] net/i40e: don't check link status on device start

[Su, Simei]

Hi David,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 9:53 PM
> To: Zhang, Helin <helin.zhang at intel.com>
> Cc: Zhang, Yuying <yuying.zhang at intel.com>; Xing, Beilei
> <beilei.xing at intel.com>; Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara at intel.com>;
> dev at dpdk.org; stable at dpdk.org; Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>; Dapeng
> Yu <dapengx.yu at intel.com>; Wenxuan Wu <wenxuanx.wu at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/i40e: don't check link status on device start
> 
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 2:51 PM Zhang, Helin <helin.zhang at intel.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 9:47 PM
> > > To: Zhang, Helin <helin.zhang at intel.com>
> > > Cc: Zhang, Yuying <yuying.zhang at intel.com>; Xing, Beilei
> > > <beilei.xing at intel.com>; Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara at intel.com>;
> > > dev at dpdk.org; stable at dpdk.org; Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>;
> > > Dapeng Yu <dapengx.yu at intel.com>; Wenxuan Wu
> <wenxuanx.wu at intel.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/i40e: don't check link status on device
> > > start
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 2:39 PM Zhang, Helin <helin.zhang at intel.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
> > > > > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 9:33 PM
> > > > > To: Zhang, Yuying <yuying.zhang at intel.com>; Xing, Beilei
> > > > > <beilei.xing at intel.com>; Mcnamara, John
> > > > > <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
> > > > > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; stable at dpdk.org; Zhang, Qi Z
> > > > > <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>; Dapeng Yu <dapengx.yu at intel.com>;
> > > > > Wenxuan
> > > Wu
> > > > > <wenxuanx.wu at intel.com>
> > > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/i40e: don't check link status on
> > > > > device start
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello i40e maintainers, John,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 10:21 AM David Marchand
> > > > > <david.marchand at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 3:02 PM David Marchand
> > > > > <david.marchand at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi i40e maintainers,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 10:19 AM David Marchand
> > > > > > > <david.marchand at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The mentioned changes broke existing applications when the
> > > > > > > > link status of i40e ports is down at the time the port is started.
> > > > > > > > Revert those changes, the original issue will need a different fix.
> > > > Hi David
> > > >
> > > > Does it break all the application or just a specific application?
> > >
> > > I don't see how it would not affect all applications seeing how the
> > > original patch is dumb.
> > >
> > > > We may need to understand the issue you met, and try to fix it later.
> > >
> > > Just unplug the cable or fake a link down on your i40e port, start
> > > your application or port, then plug the cable back.
> > > The max frame size will never get applied to hw.
> > Got it, I will forward to a right expert to check. Thank you very much for
> reaching out to us!
> 
> I hope I get a reply _soon_.
> Or I will just apply those reverts.

If applying those reverts, some issues still exist on our side. I sent one patch to patchwork:
https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20230116105318.19412-1-simei.su@intel.com/.
You can try this patch to see whether it can solve the issue on your side.
At the same time, on our side, we need to do regression test further to check if this patch will affect other
cases, the regression takes some time.

Thanks,
Simei

> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --
> David Marchand