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Message-ID: <933BEC2E04D6A5458F4B0239FB547F9A34CCE42B@fmsmsx118.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:10:14 +0000
From: "Dev, Vasu" <vasu.dev@...el.com>
To: ethan zhao <ethan.zhao@...cle.com>,
"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
CC: Ethan Zhao <ethan.kernel@...il.com>,
"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
"Wyborny, Carolyn" <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
"Skidmore, Donald C" <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
"Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>,
"Vick, Matthew" <matthew.vick@...el.com>,
"Williams, Mitch A" <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>,
"Parikh, Neerav" <neerav.parikh@...el.com>,
Linux NICS <Linux-nics@...tope.jf.intel.com>,
"e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net"
<e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"brian.maly@...cle.com" <brian.maly@...cle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] i40e: don't enable and init FCOE by default when do PF
reset
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ethan zhao [mailto:ethan.zhao@...cle.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 7:01 PM
> To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T
> Cc: Dev, Vasu; Ethan Zhao; Ronciak, John; Brandeburg, Jesse; Allan, Bruce W;
> Wyborny, Carolyn; Skidmore, Donald C; Rose, Gregory V; Vick, Matthew;
> Williams, Mitch A; Parikh, Neerav; Linux NICS; e1000-
> devel@...ts.sourceforge.net; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org; brian.maly@...cle.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] i40e: don't enable and init FCOE by default when do PF
> reset
>
> Vasu,
>
> What' your idea about the v2, any suggestion ? Jeff is looking forward to
> see it.
>
Jeff was asking for v2 in response to your last comment as "disable FCOE as default configuration as a temporary step" but I think that is the fix and user should n't enable FCoE until they have FCoE enabled X710 FCoE with either fabric or VN2VN mode FCoE setup.
Thanks,
Vasu
> Thanks,
> Ethan
>
>
> On 2015/1/16 22:47, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > On Fri, 2015-01-16 at 09:48 +0800, ethan zhao wrote:
> >> Vasu,
> >>
> >> OK, disable FCOE as default configuration as a temporary step to
> >> make it work.
> > Sounds like I should expect a v2 coming, correct?
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ethan
> >>
> >> On 2015/1/16 7:45, Dev, Vasu wrote:
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: ethan zhao [mailto:ethan.zhao@...cle.com]
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 6:41 PM
> >>>> To: Dev, Vasu
> >>>> Cc: Ethan Zhao; Ronciak, John; Kirsher, Jeffrey T; Brandeburg,
> >>>> Jesse; Allan, Bruce W; Wyborny, Carolyn; Skidmore, Donald C; Rose,
> >>>> Gregory V; Vick, Matthew; Williams, Mitch A; Parikh, Neerav; Linux
> >>>> NICS; e1000- devel@...ts.sourceforge.net; netdev@...r.kernel.org;
> >>>> linux- kernel@...r.kernel.org; brian.maly@...cle.com
> >>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH] i40e: don't enable and init FCOE by default
> >>>> when do PF reset
> >>>>
> >>>> Vasu,
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2015/1/14 3:38, Dev, Vasu wrote:
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> >>>>>>>>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> >>>>>>>>> index a5f2660..a2572cc 100644
> >>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> >>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> >>>>>>>>> @@ -6180,9 +6180,12 @@ static void
> >>>>>>>>> i40e_reset_and_rebuild(struct i40e_pf *pf, bool reinit)
> >>>>>>>>> }
> >>>>>>>>> #endif /* CONFIG_I40E_DCB */
> >>>>>>>>> #ifdef I40E_FCOE
> >>>>>>>>> - ret = i40e_init_pf_fcoe(pf);
> >>>>>>>>> - if (ret)
> >>>>>>>>> - dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev, "init_pf_fcoe failed: %d\n", ret);
> >>>>>>>>> + if (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED) {
> >>>>>>>>> + ret = i40e_init_pf_fcoe(pf);
> >>>>>>> Calling i40e_init_pf_fcoe() here conflicts with its
> >>>>>> I40E_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED pre-condition since
> >>>> I40E_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED is
> >>>>>> set by very same i40e_init_pf_fcoe(), in turn i40e_init_pf_fcoe()
> >>>>>> will never get called.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I don't think so, here ,i40e_reset_and_rebuild() is not the
> >>>>>> only and the first place that i40e_init_pf_fcoe() is called, see
> >>>>>> i40e_probe(), that is the first chance.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> i40e_probe()
> >>>>>> -->i40e_sw_init()
> >>>>>> -->i40e_init_pf_fcoe()
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> And the I40E_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED is possible be set by
> >>>>>> i40e_fcoe_enable() or i40e_fcoe_disable() interface before the
> >>>>>> reset action is to be done.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> It is set by i40e_init_pf_fcoe() and you are right that the
> >>>>> modified call flow
> >>>> by your patch won't impact setting of I40E_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED
> anyway
> >>>> which could have prevented calling i40e_init_pf_fcoe() as I
> >>>> described above, so this is not an issue with the patch.
> >>>>>> BTW, the reason I post this patch is that we hit a bug, after
> >>>>>> setup vlan, the PF is enabled to FCOE.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Then that BUG would still remain un-fixed and calling
> >>>>> i40e_init_pf_fcoe()
> >>>> under I40E_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED flag really won't affect call flow to
> >>>> fix anything. I mean I40E_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED condition will be true
> >>>> with "pf-
> >>>>> hw.func_caps.fcoe == true" and otherwise calling
> >>>>> i40e_init_pf_fcoe() simply
> >>>> returns back early on after checking "pf->hw.func_caps.fcoe ==
> >>>> false", so how that bug is fixed here by added
> I40E_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED condition ?
> >>>> What is the bug ?
> >>>> The func_caps.fcoe is assigned by following call path, under
> >>>> our test environment,
> >>>>
> >>>> i40e_probe()
> >>>> ->i40e_get_capabilities()
> >>>> ->i40e_aq_discover_capabilities()
> >>>> ->i40e_parse_discover_capabilities()
> >>>>
> >>>> Or
> >>>>
> >>>> i40e_reset_and_rebuild()
> >>>> ->i40e_get_capabilities()
> >>>> ->i40e_aq_discover_capabilities()
> >>>> ->i40e_parse_discover_capabilities()
> >>>>
> >>>> Under our test environment, the "pf->hw.func_caps.fcoe" is
> >>>> true. so if
> >>>> i40e_reset_and_rebuild() is called for VLAN setup, ethtool diagnostic
> test.
> >>>> And then i40e_init_pf_fcoe() is to be called,
> >>>>
> >>>> While if (!pf->hw.func_caps.fcoe) wouldn't return,
> >>>>
> >>> I said it would return with "pf->hw.func_caps.fcoe == false" in my last
> response, more details below.
> >>>
> >>>> So pf->flags is set to I40E_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED.
> >>>>
> >>>> With my patch, i40e_init_pf_fcoe() is only called after
> >>>> I40E_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED is set before reset.
> >>>>
> >>>> Enable FCOE in i40e_probe() or not is another issue.
> >>>>
> >>> Nope since both cases we should do i40e_init_pf_fcoe() or don't based
> on fcoe cap true or false.
> >>>
> >>> I don't have much to add as I described before with the your patch that
> "calling i40e_init_pf_fcoe() under I40E_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED flag really
> won't affect call flow to fix anything. I mean I40E_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED
> condition will be true with "pf->hw.func_caps.fcoe == true" and otherwise
> calling i40e_init_pf_fcoe() simply returns back early on after checking "pf-
> >hw.func_caps.fcoe == false".
> >>>
> >>> May be I'm missing something, I guess next either go with
> CONFIG_I40E_FCOE disable as I suggested before and now it in upstream
> kernel or we can have further off list discussion to fix the issue you are trying
> to fix with the patch.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Vasu
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Ethan
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>> Jeff Kirsher should be getting out a patch queued by me which
> >>>>>>> adds
> >>>>>> I40E_FCoE Kbuild option, in that FCoE is disabled by default and
> >>>>>> user could enable FCoE only if needed, that patch would do same
> >>>>>> of skipping
> >>>>>> i40e_init_pf_fcoe() whether FCoE capability in device enabled or
> >>>>>> not in default config.
> >>>>>> The following patch will not fix the above issue -- configuration
> >>>>>> of PF will be changed via reset.
> >>>>>> How about the FCOE is configured and disabled by
> >>>>>> i40e_fcoe_disable() , then reset happens ?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> May be but if the BUG is due to FCoE being enabled then having it
> >>>>> disabled
> >>>> in config will avoid the bug for non FCoE config option and once
> >>>> bug is understood then that has to be fixed for FCoE enabled config
> >>>> also as I asked above.
> >>>>> Thanks Ethan for detailed response.
> >>>>> Vasu
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> From patchwork Wed Oct 2 23:26:08 2013
> >>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >>>>>>> MIME-Version: 1.0
> >>>>>>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >>>>>>> Subject: [net] i40e: adds FCoE configure option
> >>>>>>> Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 07:26:08 -0000
> >>>>>>> From: Vasu Dev <vasu.dev@...el.com>
> >>>>>>> X-Patchwork-Id: 11797
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Adds FCoE config option I40E_FCOE, so that FCoE can be enabled
> >>>>>>> as needed but otherwise have it disabled by default.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> This also eliminate multiple FCoE config checks, instead now
> >>>>>>> just one config check for CONFIG_I40E_FCOE.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The I40E FCoE was added with 3.17 kernel and therefore this
> >>>>>>> patch shall be applied to stable 3.17 kernel also.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> CC: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> >>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Vasu Dev <vasu.dev@...el.com>
> >>>>>>> Tested-by: Jim Young <jamesx.m.young@...el.com>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/Kconfig | 11 +++++++++++
> >>>>>>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/Makefile | 2 +-
> >>>>>>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_osdep.h | 4 ++--
> >>>>>>> 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/Kconfig
> >>>>>>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/Kconfig
> >>>>>>> index 5b8300a..4d61ef5 100644
> >>>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/Kconfig
> >>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/Kconfig
> >>>>>>> @@ -281,6 +281,17 @@ config I40E_DCB
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> If unsure, say N.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> +config I40E_FCOE
> >>>>>>> + bool "Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)"
> >>>>>>> + default n
> >>>>>>> + depends on I40E && DCB && FCOE
> >>>>>>> + ---help---
> >>>>>>> + Say Y here if you want to use Fibre Channel over Ethernet
> (FCoE)
> >>>>>>> + in the driver. This will create new netdev for exclusive FCoE
> >>>>>>> + use with XL710 FCoE offloads enabled.
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>> + If unsure, say N.
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>> config I40EVF
> >>>>>>> tristate "Intel(R) XL710 X710 Virtual Function Ethernet
> support"
> >>>>>>> depends on PCI_MSI
> >>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/Makefile
> >>>>>>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/Makefile
> >>>>>>> index 4b94ddb..c405819 100644
> >>>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/Makefile
> >>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/Makefile
> >>>>>>> @@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ i40e-objs := i40e_main.o \
> >>>>>>> i40e_virtchnl_pf.o
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> i40e-$(CONFIG_I40E_DCB) += i40e_dcb.o i40e_dcb_nl.o
> >>>>>>> -i40e-$(CONFIG_FCOE:m=y) += i40e_fcoe.o
> >>>>>>> +i40e-$(CONFIG_I40E_FCOE) += i40e_fcoe.o
> >>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_osdep.h
> >>>>>>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_osdep.h
> >>>>>>> index 045b5c4..ad802dd 100644
> >>>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_osdep.h
> >>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_osdep.h
> >>>>>>> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ do { \
> >>>>>>> } while (0)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> typedef enum i40e_status_code i40e_status; -#if
> >>>>>>> defined(CONFIG_FCOE)
> >>>>>>> || defined(CONFIG_FCOE_MODULE)
> >>>>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_I40E_FCOE
> >>>>>>> #define I40E_FCOE
> >>>>>>> -#endif /* CONFIG_FCOE or CONFIG_FCOE_MODULE */
> >>>>>>> +#endif
> >>>>>>> #endif /* _I40E_OSDEP_H_ */
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> + if (ret)
> >>>>>>>>> + dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev,
> >>>>>>>>> + "init_pf_fcoe failed: %d\n", ret);
> >>>>>>>>> + }
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> #endif
> >>>>>>>>> /* do basic switch setup */
> >>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>> 1.8.3.1
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>> Ethan
> >
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