[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/7] i40e: ignore the failure of updating default filter settings

[Zhang, Helin]

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 10:16 PM
To: Zhang, Helin
Cc: dev at dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/7] i40e: ignore the failure of updating default filter settings

2014-06-20 14:14, Helin Zhang:
> The failure of updating the default filter setting should be ignored. 
> The updating is to change the default vlan filter behaviours 
> configured by firmware to expected.
> The failure happens on the firmware version of 4.2.2, while doesn't 
> happen on previous versions, as the default settings of firmware 
> changed.
[...]
>  		ret = i40e_update_default_filter_setting(vsi);
> -		if (ret != I40E_SUCCESS) {
> -			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to remove default "
> -						"filter setting\n");
> -			goto fail_msix_alloc;
> -		}
> -	}
> -	else if (type == I40E_VSI_SRIOV) {
> +		if (ret != I40E_SUCCESS)
> +			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failure of removing default filter "
> +						"setting can be ignored\n");
> +		/**
> +		 * The failure of updating default filter setting
> +		 * can be ignored
> +		 */
> +	} else if (type == I40E_VSI_SRIOV) {

The log is not clear and the log message doesn't include firmware explanation. 
Please reword.

By the way, there is already a log message in the function:
	PMD_DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Failed to remove default [mac,vlan] config\n");
	http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=9d7d8513b587d32b8f66

Will we see these error messages each time we configure an i40e device?
I think it's strange to have a log message saying it can be ignored.
Can it be a real error in some cases?

--
Thomas

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Hi Thomas

For recently firmware 4.2.2, the removing default macvlan filter will always fail during initialization. It is not an error.
For old firmware versions, the firmwares load a default macvlan filter which has wrong configurations, it needs to remove the default one and reload a macvlan filter with correct configurations.

So the return value at that moment should be ignored. I will write more detailed annotations to describe the issue and why we need it, and delete logs to prevent confusing users.

Regards,
Helin