Re: [PATCH v2] igbvf: Regard vf reset nack as success

From: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
To: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org,
	Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>,
	Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Yan Vugenfirer <yan@daynix.com>,
	Yuri Benditovich <yuri.benditovich@daynix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] igbvf: Regard vf reset nack as success
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 10:04:22 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f2457229-865a-57a0-94a1-c5c63b2f30a5@daynix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y3z3Y5kpz2EgN3uq@boxer>

Hi,

On 2022/11/23 1:22, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 12:26:30AM +0900, Akihiko Odaki wrote:
>> vf reset nack actually represents the reset operation itself is
>> performed but no address is assigned. Therefore, e1000_reset_hw_vf
>> should fill the "perm_addr" with the zero address and return success on
>> such an occasion. This prevents its callers in netdev.c from saying PF
>> still resetting, and instead allows them to correctly report that no
>> address is assigned.
> 
> What's the v1->v2 diff?

Sorry, I mistakenly added you to CC (and didn't tell you the context). 
The diff is only in the message. For details, please look at:
https://patchew.org/linux/20221122092707.30981-1-akihiko.odaki@daynix.com/#647a4053-bae0-6c06-3049-274d389c2bdd@daynix.com

> Probably route to net and add fixes tag?
It is hard to determine the cause of the bug because it is about 
undocumented ABI. Linux introduced E1000_VF_RESET | 
E1000_VT_MSGTYPE_NACK response with commit 6ddbc4cf1f4d ("igb: Indicate 
failure on vf reset for empty mac address") so one can say it is the 
cause of the bug.

However, the PF may be driven by someone else Linux (Windows in 
particular), and if such system have already had E1000_VF_RESET | 
E1000_VT_MSGTYPE_NACK response defined, it can be said the bug existed 
even before Linux changes how the PF responds to E1000_VF_RESET request.

Regards,
Akihiko Odaki

> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/vf.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
>>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/vf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/vf.c
>> index b8ba3f94c363..2691ae2a8002 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/vf.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/vf.c
>> @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
>>   // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>   /* Copyright(c) 2009 - 2018 Intel Corporation. */
>>   
>> +#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
>> +
>>   #include "vf.h"
>>   
>>   static s32 e1000_check_for_link_vf(struct e1000_hw *hw);
>> @@ -131,11 +133,18 @@ static s32 e1000_reset_hw_vf(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>>   		/* set our "perm_addr" based on info provided by PF */
>>   		ret_val = mbx->ops.read_posted(hw, msgbuf, 3);
>>   		if (!ret_val) {
>> -			if (msgbuf[0] == (E1000_VF_RESET |
>> -					  E1000_VT_MSGTYPE_ACK))
>> +			switch (msgbuf[0]) {
>> +			case E1000_VF_RESET | E1000_VT_MSGTYPE_ACK:
>>   				memcpy(hw->mac.perm_addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
>> -			else
>> +				break;
>> +
>> +			case E1000_VF_RESET | E1000_VT_MSGTYPE_NACK:
>> +				eth_zero_addr(hw->mac.perm_addr);
>> +				break;
>> +
>> +			default:
>>   				ret_val = -E1000_ERR_MAC_INIT;
>> +			}
>>   		}
>>   	}
>>   
>> -- 
>> 2.38.1
>>