netdev - [PATCH net 2/2] bnxt_en: Check status of firmware DCBX agent before setting DCB_CAP_DCBX

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Message-Id: <1494967184-12865-3-git-send-email-michael.chan@broadcom.com>
Date:   Tue, 16 May 2017 16:39:44 -0400
From:   Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 2/2] bnxt_en: Check status of firmware DCBX agent before setting DCB_CAP_DCBX_HOST.

Otherwise, all the host based DCBX settings from lldpad will fail if the
firmware DCBX agent is running.

Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c
index 46de2f8..5c6dd0c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c
@@ -553,8 +553,10 @@ static u8 bnxt_dcbnl_setdcbx(struct net_device *dev, u8 mode)
 	if ((mode & DCB_CAP_DCBX_VER_CEE) || !(mode & DCB_CAP_DCBX_VER_IEEE))
 		return 1;

-	if ((mode & DCB_CAP_DCBX_HOST) && BNXT_VF(bp))
-		return 1;
+	if (mode & DCB_CAP_DCBX_HOST) {
+		if (BNXT_VF(bp) || (bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_FW_LLDP_AGENT))
+			return 1;
+	}

 	if (mode == bp->dcbx_cap)
 		return 0;
-- 
1.8.3.1