netdev - Re: Possible issue with Mellanox mlx4/port handling

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Date:	Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:45:13 -0300
From:	Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <mleitner@...hat.com>
To:	Yevgeny Petrilin <yevgenyp@...lanox.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: Possible issue with Mellanox mlx4/port handling

On 09/03/2012 02:32 PM, Yevgeny Petrilin wrote:
>> Commit
>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=4c41b3673759d096106e68bce586f103c51d4119
>> inserted changes like:
>>
>> @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static int add_promisc_qp(struct mlx4_dev *dev, u8
>> port,
>>           int err;
>>           struct mlx4_priv *priv = mlx4_priv(dev);
>>
>> -       s_steer =&mlx4_priv(dev)->steer[0];
>> +       s_steer =&mlx4_priv(dev)->steer[port - 1];
>>
>>           mutex_lock(&priv->mcg_table.mutex);
>>
>> But I fear we missed one part of the deal. Concept patch:
>>
>> @@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int add_promisc_qp(struct mlx4_dev *dev, u8
>> port,
>>
>>           mutex_lock(&priv->mcg_table.mutex);
>>
>> -       if (get_promisc_qp(dev, 0, steer, qpn)) {
>> +       if (get_promisc_qp(dev, port - 1, steer, qpn)) {
>>                   err = 0;  /* Noting to do, already exists */
>>                   goto out_mutex;
>>           }
>>
> ...
>>
>> As far as I can understand, we are changing a list for a port and checking for
>> duplicates on the other list. Points marked as A, B and C for highlighting. Am I
>> missing something? What do you think?
>>
>> FWIW, this call get_promisc_qp(dev, 0, ...) happens in other places too.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Marcelo.
>
> Hi Marcelo,
> Thanks for this, You are absolutely right.
> We actually have a fix for this issue which we are now verifying, and it will be sent to the mailing list in a few days.

Hi Yevgeny,

Thanks for the fast confirmation.

If you can share, what can we expect it to be like? Like the chunk I 
suggested above or is there anything else needed? I could notice only 6 
places calling get_promisc_qp() that way and couldn't find any other 
issue like that.

Thanks,
Marcelo.
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