netdev - [PATCH net 1/6] bnxt_en: Improve multicast address setup logic.

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Date:   Thu, 25 Apr 2019 22:31:50 -0400
From:   Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 1/6] bnxt_en: Improve multicast address setup logic.

The driver builds a list of multicast addresses and sends it to the
firmware when the driver's ndo_set_rx_mode() is called.  In rare
cases, the firmware can fail this call if internal resources to
add multicast addresses are exhausted.  In that case, we should
try the call again by setting the ALL_MCAST flag which is more
guaranteed to succeed.

Fixes: c0c050c58d84 ("bnxt_en: New Broadcom ethernet driver.")
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 4c586ba..42fd273 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -8961,8 +8961,15 @@ static int bnxt_cfg_rx_mode(struct bnxt *bp)

 skip_uc:
 	rc = bnxt_hwrm_cfa_l2_set_rx_mask(bp, 0);
+	if (rc && vnic->mc_list_count) {
+		netdev_info(bp->dev, "Failed setting MC filters rc: %d, turning on ALL_MCAST mode\n",
+			    rc);
+		vnic->rx_mask |= CFA_L2_SET_RX_MASK_REQ_MASK_ALL_MCAST;
+		vnic->mc_list_count = 0;
+		rc = bnxt_hwrm_cfa_l2_set_rx_mask(bp, 0);
+	}
 	if (rc)
-		netdev_err(bp->dev, "HWRM cfa l2 rx mask failure rc: %x\n",
+		netdev_err(bp->dev, "HWRM cfa l2 rx mask failure rc: %d\n",
 			   rc);

 	return rc;
-- 
2.5.1