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Message-ID: <364c3d09-610c-4e37-9bb7-3ca46c3d4c2c@amd.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:43:07 -0700
From: "Nelson, Shannon" <shannon.nelson@....com>
To: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>, "Michael S. Tsirkin"
<mst@...hat.com>, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>, Eugenio PĂ©rez
<eperezma@...hat.com>
Cc: si-wei.liu@...cle.com, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
virtualization@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vdpa/mlx5: Use random MAC address when no nic vport MAC
set
On 8/27/2024 9:02 AM, Dragos Tatulea wrote:
>
> When the vdpa device is configured without a specific MAC
> address, the vport MAC address is used. However, this
> address can be 0 which prevents the driver from properly
> configuring the MPFS and breaks steering.
>
> The solution is to simply generate a random MAC address
> when no MAC is set on the nic vport.
>
> Now it's possible to create a vdpa device without a
> MAC address and run qemu with this device without needing
> to configure an explicit MAC address.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
> ---
> drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> index fa78e8288ebb..1c26139d02fe 100644
> --- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> @@ -3824,6 +3824,9 @@ static int mlx5_vdpa_dev_add(struct vdpa_mgmt_dev *v_mdev, const char *name,
> err = mlx5_query_nic_vport_mac_address(mdev, 0, 0, config->mac);
> if (err)
> goto err_alloc;
> +
> + if (is_zero_ether_addr(config->mac))
> + eth_random_addr(config->mac);
> }
>
> if (!is_zero_ether_addr(config->mac)) {
> --
> 2.45.1
>
>
Reviewed-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com>
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