[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: fix MAT enable for VF in multicast
Zhao1, Wei
wei.zhao1 at intel.com
Fri Jan 4 09:34:46 CET 2019
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zhang, Qi Z
> Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 9:47 PM
> To: Zhao1, Wei <wei.zhao1 at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org; Wu, Jingjing <jingjing.wu at intel.com>; Zhao1, Wei
> <wei.zhao1 at intel.com>
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: fix MAT enable for VF in
> multicast
>
> Hi Wei
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Wei Zhao
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 2:33 PM
> > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > Cc: stable at dpdk.org; Wu, Jingjing <jingjing.wu at intel.com>; Zhao1, Wei
> > <wei.zhao1 at intel.com>
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: fix MAT enable for VF in
> > multicast
>
> What is MAT means ?
> >
> > In ixgbe PMD code, all vf ars set with bit IXGBE_VMOLR_ROMPE, which
> > make vf accept packets that match the MTA table, if some vf update
> > IXGBE_MTA in function ixgbe_vf_set_multicast, then all vf will receive
> > packets from these address.
> > So thhere is need to set VMOLR register bit ROPE onlty after this vf
> > has been set multicast address. If this bit is when pf host doing
> > initialization, this vf will receive multicast packets with address
> > written in MTA table. Align to ixgbe pf kernel 5.3.7 code to fix this bug.
>
> There are some typo in you commit log.
Sorry, v2 will commit.
>
> >
> > Fixes: 00e30184daa0 ("ixgbe: add PF support")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wei Zhao <wei.zhao1 at intel.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c | 6 +++++-
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
> > b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c index 4b833ff..0f4b96b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
> > @@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ ixgbe_vf_reset_event(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
> > uint16_t vf)
> > int rar_entry = hw->mac.num_rar_entries - (vf + 1);
> > uint32_t vmolr = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_VMOLR(vf));
> >
> > - vmolr |= (IXGBE_VMOLR_ROPE | IXGBE_VMOLR_ROMPE |
> > + vmolr |= (IXGBE_VMOLR_ROPE |
> > IXGBE_VMOLR_BAM | IXGBE_VMOLR_AUPE);
> > IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VMOLR(vf), vmolr);
> >
> > @@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ ixgbe_vf_set_multicast(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
> > uint32_t vf, uint32_t *msgbuf)
> > const uint32_t IXGBE_MTA_BIT_MASK = (0x1 <<
> IXGBE_MTA_BIT_SHIFT) -
> > 1;
> > uint32_t reg_val;
> > int i;
> > + u32 vmolr = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_VMOLR(vf));
> >
> > /* Disable multicast promiscuous first */
> > ixgbe_disable_vf_mc_promisc(dev, vf); @@ -525,6 +526,9 @@
> > ixgbe_vf_set_multicast(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t vf, uint32_t
> > *msgbuf)
> > IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_MTA(mta_idx), reg_val);
> > }
> >
> > + vmolr |= IXGBE_VMOLR_ROMPE;
> > + IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VMOLR(vf), vmolr);
>
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong
>
> My understand is MTA table is shared by all VFs (I guess also pf), but what if
Yes, vf share it but not pf, it is used in vf pool switch
> two VFs both enable multi-cast but with different address filter?
> Should we prevent the second one to enable multi-cast if any conflict be
> detected? Otherwise there still will be unexpected behavior.
Sorry, I do not known what is the confict.
Because IXGBE_VMOLR is vf specific, that is to say, each vf control itself for enable ROMPE.
>
> > +
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > --
> > 2.7.5
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