netdev - Re: Potential regression/bug in net/mlx5 driver

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Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:19:53 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        Linux regressions mailing list <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>,
        Shay Drory <shayd@...dia.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        selinux@...r.kernel.org, Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: Potential regression/bug in net/mlx5 driver

On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 10:54 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 08:46:05 +0300 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > I haven't seen any updates from the mlx5 driver folks, although I may
> > > not have been CC'd?
> >
> > We are extremely slow these days due to combination of holidays
> > (Easter, Passover, Ramadan, spring break e.t.c).
>
> Let's get this fixed ASAP, please. I understand that there are
> holidays, but it's been over 2 weeks, and addressing regressions
> should be highest priority for any maintainer! :(
>
> From what I gather all we need here is to throw in an extra condition
> for "FW is hella old" into mlx5_core_is_management_pf(), no?

That's my gut feeling too, at least for a quick solution.  I'd offer
to cobble together a fix, but my kernel expertise ends well before I
get to the mlx5 driver :)

I have been running for a while now with that small patch reverted on
my test machines (so I can keep my tests running) and everything seems
to be okay, but there may be other issues caused by the revert that
I'm not seeing.

-- 
paul-moore.com