net/ixgbe: fix setting VF MAC address

Message ID 20200310025836.70492-1-guinanx.sun@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: xiaolong ye
Headers
Series net/ixgbe: fix setting VF MAC address |

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Commit Message

Guinan Sun March 10, 2020, 2:58 a.m. UTC
This problem occurs because clear_rar is executed at the wrong time,
 so PF cannot receive data normally.
This patch is used to modify the calling logic of clear_rar.

Fixes: 3c4270187518 ("net/ixgbe: support VF MAC address add/remove")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Guinan Sun <guinanx.sun@intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
  

Comments

Xiaolong Ye March 11, 2020, 7:29 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi, Guinan

On 03/10, Guinan Sun wrote:
>This problem occurs because clear_rar is executed at the wrong time,
> so PF cannot receive data normally.

Could you elaborate what problem you've encountered, and how this patch solves it?

Thanks,
Xiaolong

>This patch is used to modify the calling logic of clear_rar.
>
>Fixes: 3c4270187518 ("net/ixgbe: support VF MAC address add/remove")
>Cc: stable@dpdk.org
>
>Signed-off-by: Guinan Sun <guinanx.sun@intel.com>
>---
> drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
>index afae21f81..67b5bef44 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
>@@ -783,8 +783,10 @@ ixgbe_set_vf_macvlan_msg(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t vf, uint32_t *msgbuf)
> 		hw->mac.ops.set_rar(hw, vf_info[vf].mac_count,
> 				new_mac, vf, IXGBE_RAH_AV);
> 	} else {
>-		hw->mac.ops.clear_rar(hw, vf_info[vf].mac_count);
>-		vf_info[vf].mac_count = 0;
>+		if (vf_info[vf].mac_count) {
>+			hw->mac.ops.clear_rar(hw, vf_info[vf].mac_count);
>+			vf_info[vf].mac_count = 0;
>+		}
> 	}
> 	return 0;
> }
>-- 
>2.17.1
>
  

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
index afae21f81..67b5bef44 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
@@ -783,8 +783,10 @@  ixgbe_set_vf_macvlan_msg(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t vf, uint32_t *msgbuf)
 		hw->mac.ops.set_rar(hw, vf_info[vf].mac_count,
 				new_mac, vf, IXGBE_RAH_AV);
 	} else {
-		hw->mac.ops.clear_rar(hw, vf_info[vf].mac_count);
-		vf_info[vf].mac_count = 0;
+		if (vf_info[vf].mac_count) {
+			hw->mac.ops.clear_rar(hw, vf_info[vf].mac_count);
+			vf_info[vf].mac_count = 0;
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }