[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/i40e: force promiscuous state after VF reset

[Eelco Chaudron]

On 17 Oct 2019, at 8:34, Xing, Beilei wrote:

>> On 17 Sep 2019, at 9:40, Eelco Chaudron wrote:
>>
>>> Even though the device reset is successful, disabling promiscuous 
>>> mode
>>> might not always succeed, causing enabling it after reset to fail.
>>> This would happen when the kernel driver requires a reset of the VF.
>>>
>>> This patch resets the internal state, so next time promiscuous mode 
>>> is
>>> configured it will be enabled.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Eelco Chaudron <echaudro at redhat.com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c | 10 ++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
>>> b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
>>> index 551f6fa..e0f99a4 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
>>> @@ -2276,11 +2276,21 @@ static int eth_i40evf_pci_remove(struct
>>> rte_pci_device *pci_dev)  i40evf_dev_reset(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)  
>>> {
>>>  	int ret;
>>> +	struct i40e_vf *vf =
>>> I40EVF_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_VF(dev->data->dev_private);
>>>
>>>  	ret = i40evf_dev_uninit(dev);
>>>  	if (ret)
>>>  		return ret;
>>>
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * Even though the device reset is successful disabling 
>>> promiscuous
>>> +	 * mode might not always succeed, causing enabling it after reset 
>>> to
>
> I think we need to root cause why fail to disable promiscuous mode and 
> try to fix it first.

I’ve copied in Xiao who helped me identify the issue in your driver.

The issue is because the change from kernel pf was not synced to DPDK vf 
during the closing period of reset, so we get this failure. Xiao can you 
add more details?


>>> +	 * fail. This would happen when the kernel driver requires a reset
>>> +	 * of the VF.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
>>> +		vf->promisc_unicast_enabled = FALSE;
>>> +
>>>  	ret = i40evf_dev_init(dev);
>>>
>>>  	return ret;
>>> --
>>> 1.8.3.1