[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/2] net/i40e: fix VF bonded device link down

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Mon Nov 7 17:48:33 CET 2016


2016-11-04 17:10, Qiming Yang:
> If VF device is used as slave of a bond device, it will be polled
> periodically through alarm. Interrupt is involved here. And then
> VF will send I40E_VIRTCHNL_OP_GET_LINK_STAT message to
> PF to query the status. The response is handled by interrupt
> callback. Interrupt is involved here again. That's why bond
> device cannot bring up.
> 
> This patch removes I40E_VIRTCHNL_OP_GET_LINK_STAT
> message. Link status in VF driver will be updated when PF driver
> notify it, and VF stores this link status locally. VF driver just
> returns the local status when being required.
> 
> Fixes: 4861cde46116 ("i40e: new poll mode driver")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qiming Yang <qiming.yang at intel.com>
> Acked-by: Jingjing Wu <jingjing.wu at intel.com>

Series applied, thanks and welcome Qiming!


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