[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH S28 2/9] ice: report link down for VF when PF's queues are not enabled

Bowers, AndrewX andrewx.bowers at intel.com
Wed Aug 28 17:02:49 UTC 2019


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Tony Nguyen
> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 6:14 AM
> To: intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH S28 2/9] ice: report link down for VF when
> PF's queues are not enabled
> 
> From: Lukasz Czapnik <lukasz.czapnik at intel.com>
> 
> This is port of a fix from i40e commit 2ad1274fa35a ("i40e: don't report link up
> for a VF who hasn't enabled queues")
> 
> Older VF drivers do not respond well to receiving a link up notification before
> queues are enabled. This can cause their state machine to think that it is safe
> to send traffic. This results in a Tx hang on the VF.
> 
> Record whether the PF has actually enabled queues for the VF. When
> reporting link status, always report link down if the queues aren't enabled. In
> this way, the VF driver will never receive a link up notification until after its
> queues are enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Czapnik <lukasz.czapnik at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_pf.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers at intel.com>




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