linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] i40e: Fix VF VLAN offloading when port VLAN is configured

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Date:   Thu, 7 Sep 2023 11:52:40 -0700
From:   Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
To:     Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        Catherine Sullivan <catherine.sullivan@...el.com>,
        Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>,
        "moderated list:INTEL ETHERNET DRIVERS" 
        <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ahmed Zaki <ahmed.zaki@...el.com>,
        Madhu Chittim <madhu.chittim@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] i40e: Fix VF VLAN offloading when port VLAN is
 configured

On 9/7/2023 8:44 AM, Ivan Vecera wrote:
> If port VLAN is configured on a VF then any other VLANs on top of this VF
> are broken.
> 
> During i40e_ndo_set_vf_port_vlan() call the i40e driver reset the VF and
> iavf driver asks PF (using VIRTCHNL_OP_GET_VF_RESOURCES) for VF capabilities
> but this reset occurs too early, prior setting of vf->info.pvid field
> and because this field can be zero during i40e_vc_get_vf_resources_msg()
> then VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN capability is reported to iavf driver.
> 
> This is wrong because iavf driver should not report VLAN offloading
> capability when port VLAN is configured as i40e does not support QinQ
> offloading.
> 
> Fix the issue by moving VF reset after setting of vf->port_vlan_id
> field.
> 
> Without this patch:
> $ echo 1 > /sys/class/net/enp2s0f0/device/sriov_numvfs
> $ ip link set enp2s0f0 vf 0 vlan 3
> $ ip link set enp2s0f0v0 up
> $ ip link add link enp2s0f0v0 name vlan4 type vlan id 4
> $ ip link set vlan4 up
> ...
> $ ethtool -k enp2s0f0v0 | grep vlan-offload
> rx-vlan-offload: on
> tx-vlan-offload: on
> $ dmesg -l err | grep iavf
> [1292500.742914] iavf 0000:02:02.0: Failed to add VLAN filter, error IAVF_ERR_INVALID_QP_ID
> 
> With this patch:
> $ echo 1 > /sys/class/net/enp2s0f0/device/sriov_numvfs
> $ ip link set enp2s0f0 vf 0 vlan 3
> $ ip link set enp2s0f0v0 up
> $ ip link add link enp2s0f0v0 name vlan4 type vlan id 4
> $ ip link set vlan4 up
> ...
> $ ethtool -k enp2s0f0v0 | grep vlan-offload
> rx-vlan-offload: off [requested on]
> tx-vlan-offload: off [requested on]
> $ dmesg -l err | grep iavf
> 
> Fixes: f9b4b6278d51ff ("i40e: Reset the VF upon conflicting VLAN configuration")
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>

Change looks reasonable to me and since it fixes your reproducer above,
then excellent! Thank you!

Reviewed-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>