[dpdk-stable] patch 'net/mlx5: always use representor ifindex for ioctl' has been queued to stable release 18.08.1

Kevin Traynor ktraynor at redhat.com
Wed Nov 21 17:48:16 CET 2018


Hi,

FYI, your patch has been queued to stable release 18.08.1

Note it hasn't been pushed to http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable yet.
It will be pushed if I get no objections before 11/27/18. So please
shout if anyone has objections.

Also note that after the patch there's a diff of the upstream commit vs the patch applied
to the branch. If the code is different (ie: not only metadata diffs), due for example to
a change in context or macro names, please double check it.

Thanks.

Kevin Traynor

---
>From 086c64fbf3dfdc213df021771dbbf86950553355 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 09:28:17 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx5: always use representor ifindex for ioctl

[ upstream commit 7dd7be29b4cac1f8a1e7f5456585ab64ee0ccd68 ]

In the current code, on some cases the representor ethdev is using the
PF interface to query some link status information or pause parameters.

It was done because in previous kernel versions there was no support
from the kernel for the representor info.

Using the PF i/f for such ioctl is error prone and not always working
because:
 * On some cases there is no PF at all, only representors (e.g Bluefield
   with host representors)
 * Query the up/down status from representor and link status from PF
   is in-consist
 * PF link is down doesn't necessarily means representor is down.
 * setting different pause configuration for the PF and the
   representors will result on undefined behaviour

Making the code cleaner and more robust by using only the representor
i/f for the ioctl. whatever the kernel will provide on this query will
be used. No need to do W.A. for kernel missing functionality.

Note:
 1. Setting pause parameters will obviously won't work on representors
 2. Old kernel will not report all the possible representor info

Fixes: 2b7302638898 ("net/mlx5: probe all port representors")

Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h        |  5 +----
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c | 41 +++++++++++++---------------------
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c    |  2 +-
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c  |  6 ++---
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
index b4ba147ab..1c87ee35a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
@@ -252,10 +252,7 @@ int mlx5_getenv_int(const char *);
 /* mlx5_ethdev.c */
 
-int mlx5_get_master_ifname(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-			   char (*ifname)[IF_NAMESIZE]);
 int mlx5_get_ifname(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, char (*ifname)[IF_NAMESIZE]);
 unsigned int mlx5_ifindex(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
-int mlx5_ifreq(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int req, struct ifreq *ifr,
-	       int master);
+int mlx5_ifreq(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int req, struct ifreq *ifr);
 int mlx5_get_mtu(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t *mtu);
 int mlx5_set_flags(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, unsigned int keep,
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
index 5515fdbae..61eda537b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
@@ -130,5 +130,5 @@ struct ethtool_link_settings {
  *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
-int
+static int
 mlx5_get_master_ifname(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		       char (*ifname)[IF_NAMESIZE])
@@ -271,7 +271,4 @@ mlx5_ifindex(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
  * @param[out] ifr
  *   Interface request structure output buffer.
- * @param master
- *   When device is a port representor, perform request on master device
- *   instead.
  *
  * @return
@@ -279,6 +276,5 @@ mlx5_ifindex(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
  */
 int
-mlx5_ifreq(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int req, struct ifreq *ifr,
-	   int master)
+mlx5_ifreq(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int req, struct ifreq *ifr)
 {
 	int sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP);
@@ -289,8 +285,5 @@ mlx5_ifreq(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int req, struct ifreq *ifr,
 		return -rte_errno;
 	}
-	if (master)
-		ret = mlx5_get_master_ifname(dev, &ifr->ifr_name);
-	else
-		ret = mlx5_get_ifname(dev, &ifr->ifr_name);
+	ret = mlx5_get_ifname(dev, &ifr->ifr_name);
 	if (ret)
 		goto error;
@@ -322,5 +315,5 @@ mlx5_get_mtu(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t *mtu)
 {
 	struct ifreq request;
-	int ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCGIFMTU, &request, 0);
+	int ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCGIFMTU, &request);
 
 	if (ret)
@@ -346,5 +339,5 @@ mlx5_set_mtu(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t mtu)
 	struct ifreq request = { .ifr_mtu = mtu, };
 
-	return mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCSIFMTU, &request, 0);
+	return mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCSIFMTU, &request);
 }
 
@@ -366,5 +359,5 @@ mlx5_set_flags(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, unsigned int keep, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct ifreq request;
-	int ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &request, 0);
+	int ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &request);
 
 	if (ret)
@@ -372,5 +365,5 @@ mlx5_set_flags(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, unsigned int keep, unsigned int flags)
 	request.ifr_flags &= keep;
 	request.ifr_flags |= flags & ~keep;
-	return mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCSIFFLAGS, &request, 0);
+	return mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCSIFFLAGS, &request);
 }
 
@@ -628,5 +621,5 @@ mlx5_link_update_unlocked_gset(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr, 0);
+	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRV_LOG(WARNING, "port %u ioctl(SIOCGIFFLAGS) failed: %s",
@@ -641,5 +634,5 @@ mlx5_link_update_unlocked_gset(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		.ifr_data = (void *)&edata,
 	};
-	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr, 1);
+	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRV_LOG(WARNING,
@@ -670,6 +663,5 @@ mlx5_link_update_unlocked_gset(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	dev_link.link_autoneg = !(dev->data->dev_conf.link_speeds &
 			ETH_LINK_SPEED_FIXED);
-	if (!priv->representor &&
-	    ((dev_link.link_speed && !dev_link.link_status) ||
+	if (((dev_link.link_speed && !dev_link.link_status) ||
 	     (!dev_link.link_speed && dev_link.link_status))) {
 		rte_errno = EAGAIN;
@@ -703,5 +695,5 @@ mlx5_link_update_unlocked_gs(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr, 0);
+	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRV_LOG(WARNING, "port %u ioctl(SIOCGIFFLAGS) failed: %s",
@@ -716,5 +708,5 @@ mlx5_link_update_unlocked_gs(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		.ifr_data = (void *)&gcmd,
 	};
-	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr, 1);
+	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRV_LOG(DEBUG,
@@ -733,5 +725,5 @@ mlx5_link_update_unlocked_gs(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	*ecmd = gcmd;
 	ifr.ifr_data = (void *)ecmd;
-	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr, 1);
+	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRV_LOG(DEBUG,
@@ -783,6 +775,5 @@ mlx5_link_update_unlocked_gs(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	dev_link.link_autoneg = !(dev->data->dev_conf.link_speeds &
 				  ETH_LINK_SPEED_FIXED);
-	if (!priv->representor &&
-	    ((dev_link.link_speed && !dev_link.link_status) ||
+	if (((dev_link.link_speed && !dev_link.link_status) ||
 	     (!dev_link.link_speed && dev_link.link_status))) {
 		rte_errno = EAGAIN;
@@ -897,5 +888,5 @@ mlx5_dev_get_flow_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_fc_conf *fc_conf)
 
 	ifr.ifr_data = (void *)ðpause;
-	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr, 1);
+	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRV_LOG(WARNING,
@@ -950,5 +941,5 @@ mlx5_dev_set_flow_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_fc_conf *fc_conf)
 	else
 		ethpause.tx_pause = 0;
-	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr, 0);
+	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRV_LOG(WARNING,
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c
index 12ee37f55..672a47619 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ mlx5_get_mac(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint8_t (*mac)[ETHER_ADDR_LEN])
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &request, 0);
+	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &request);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c
index f24c73617..a14d1e491 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c
@@ -156,5 +156,5 @@ mlx5_read_dev_counters(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint64_t *stats)
 	et_stats->n_stats = xstats_ctrl->stats_n;
 	ifr.ifr_data = (caddr_t)et_stats;
-	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr, 0);
+	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRV_LOG(WARNING,
@@ -204,5 +204,5 @@ mlx5_ethtool_get_stats_n(struct rte_eth_dev *dev) {
 	drvinfo.cmd = ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO;
 	ifr.ifr_data = (caddr_t)&drvinfo;
-	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr, 0);
+	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRV_LOG(WARNING, "port %u unable to query number of statistics",
@@ -255,5 +255,5 @@ mlx5_xstats_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	strings->len = dev_stats_n;
 	ifr.ifr_data = (caddr_t)strings;
-	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr, 0);
+	ret = mlx5_ifreq(dev, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRV_LOG(WARNING, "port %u unable to get statistic names",
-- 
2.19.0

---
  Diff of the applied patch vs upstream commit (please double-check if non-empty:
---
--- -	2018-11-21 16:44:32.646171652 +0000
+++ 0062-net-mlx5-always-use-representor-ifindex-for-ioctl.patch	2018-11-21 16:44:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-From 7dd7be29b4cac1f8a1e7f5456585ab64ee0ccd68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 086c64fbf3dfdc213df021771dbbf86950553355 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>
 Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 09:28:17 +0300
 Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx5: always use representor ifindex for ioctl
 
+[ upstream commit 7dd7be29b4cac1f8a1e7f5456585ab64ee0ccd68 ]
+
 In the current code, on some cases the representor ethdev is using the
 PF interface to query some link status information or pause parameters.
 
@@ -28,7 +30,6 @@
  2. Old kernel will not report all the possible representor info
 
 Fixes: 2b7302638898 ("net/mlx5: probe all port representors")
-Cc: stable at dpdk.org
 
 Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>
 ---
@@ -39,10 +40,10 @@
  4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
-index ab242980a..2dec88aef 100644
+index b4ba147ab..1c87ee35a 100644
 --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
 +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
-@@ -249,10 +249,7 @@ int mlx5_getenv_int(const char *);
+@@ -252,10 +252,7 @@ int mlx5_getenv_int(const char *);
  /* mlx5_ethdev.c */
  
 -int mlx5_get_master_ifname(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev,


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