netdev - Re: [PATCH net] sfc: fix error process in efx_ef100_pci_sriov

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Message-ID: <31833986-aec9-2cb7-ed1f-60465126d26c@huawei.com>
Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2022 17:10:49 +0800
From:   shaozhengchao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>
To:     Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <habetsm.xilinx@...il.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>, <pabeni@...hat.com>
CC:     <pieter.jansen-van-vuuren@....com>, <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>,
        <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] sfc: fix error process in
 efx_ef100_pci_sriov_enable()



On 2022/11/29 16:19, Edward Cree wrote:
> On 25/11/2022 07:19, Zhengchao Shao wrote:
>> There are two issues in efx_ef100_pci_sriov_enable():
>> 1. When it doesn't have MAE Privilege, it doesn't disable pci sriov.
>> 2. When creating VF successfully, it should return vf nums instead of 0.
> 
> A single patch should do one thing.  If these two issues were
>   valid, they ought to be fixed separately by two commits.
> 
>> Compiled test only.
>>
>> Fixes: 08135eecd07f ("sfc: add skeleton ef100 VF representors")
>> Fixes: 78a9b3c47bef ("sfc: add EF100 VF support via a write to sriov_numvfs")
>> Signed-off-by: Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_sriov.c | 6 ++++--
>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_sriov.c
>> index 94bdbfcb47e8..adf7fb09940e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_sriov.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_sriov.c
>> @@ -25,15 +25,17 @@ static int efx_ef100_pci_sriov_enable(struct efx_nic *efx, int num_vfs)
>>   	if (rc)
>>   		goto fail1;
>>   
>> -	if (!nic_data->grp_mae)
>> +	if (!nic_data->grp_mae) {
>> +		pci_disable_sriov(dev);
>>   		return 0;
>> +	}
> 
> NACK to this part; if we don't have MAE privilege, that means
>   someone else (e.g. the embedded SoC) is in charge of the MAE
>   and is responsible for configuring switching behaviour for any
>   VFs we create.
> Thus, the existing behaviour — create the VFs without creating
>   any corresponding representors — is intended.
> 
>>   
>>   	for (i = 0; i < num_vfs; i++) {
>>   		rc = efx_ef100_vfrep_create(efx, i);
>>   		if (rc)
>>   			goto fail2;
>>   	}
>> -	return 0;
>> +	return num_vfs;
> 
> NACK to this too: this is not returned directly to the PCI
>   core but to ef100_pci_sriov_configure(), which already does
>   the translation from 0 (success) to num_vfs.  So changing it
>   here is unnecessary.
> 
> -ed
> 
Thank you for your review. My misunderstood. You are right.
>>   
>>   fail2:
>>   	list_for_each_entry_safe(efv, next, &efx->vf_reps, list)
>>