netdev - [net 04/12] net/mlx5e: ethtool, Avoid setting speed to 56GBASE when autoneg off

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Date:   Thu, 8 Aug 2019 20:22:06 +0000
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mohamad Heib <mohamadh@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Subject: [net 04/12] net/mlx5e: ethtool, Avoid setting speed to 56GBASE when
 autoneg off

From: Mohamad Heib <mohamadh@...lanox.com>

Setting speed to 56GBASE is allowed only with auto-negotiation enabled.

This patch prevent setting speed to 56GBASE when auto-negotiation disabled.

Fixes: f62b8bb8f2d3 ("net/mlx5: Extend mlx5_core to support ConnectX-4 Ethernet functionality")
Signed-off-by: Mohamad Heib <mohamadh@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
index ee9fa0c2c8b9..e89dba790a2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
@@ -1081,6 +1081,14 @@ int mlx5e_ethtool_set_link_ksettings(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	link_modes = autoneg == AUTONEG_ENABLE ? ethtool2ptys_adver_func(adver) :
 		mlx5e_port_speed2linkmodes(mdev, speed, !ext);
 
+	if ((link_modes & MLX5E_PROT_MASK(MLX5E_56GBASE_R4)) &&
+	    autoneg != AUTONEG_ENABLE) {
+		netdev_err(priv->netdev, "%s: 56G link speed requires autoneg enabled\n",
+			   __func__);
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	link_modes = link_modes & eproto.cap;
 	if (!link_modes) {
 		netdev_err(priv->netdev, "%s: Not supported link mode(s) requested",
-- 
2.21.0