[PATCH v2] net/iavf: fix to consolidate link change event handling

Loftus, Ciara ciara.loftus at intel.com
Wed Jun 10 11:43:21 CEST 2026


> Subject: [PATCH v2] net/iavf: fix to consolidate link change event handling
> 

[snip]

> +
>  /* Read data in admin queue to get msg from pf driver */
>  static enum iavf_aq_result
>  iavf_read_msg_from_pf(struct iavf_adapter *adapter, uint16_t buf_len,
> @@ -249,38 +310,15 @@ iavf_read_msg_from_pf(struct iavf_adapter
> *adapter, uint16_t buf_len,
>  	if (opcode == VIRTCHNL_OP_EVENT) {
>  		struct virtchnl_pf_event *vpe =
>  			(struct virtchnl_pf_event *)event.msg_buf;
> +		if (vpe == NULL) {
> +			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid PF event message");
> +			return IAVF_MSG_ERR;
> +		}

This check can be removed.
iavf_read_msg_from_pf is called from iavf_wait_for_msg which performs a
NULL check on the same location (args->out_buffer) before passing it to
iavf_read_msg_from_pf

> 
>  		result = IAVF_MSG_SYS;
>  		switch (vpe->event) {
>  		case VIRTCHNL_EVENT_LINK_CHANGE:
> -			vf->link_up =
> -				vpe->event_data.link_event.link_status;
> -			if (vf->vf_res != NULL &&
> -			    vf->vf_res->vf_cap_flags &
> VIRTCHNL_VF_CAP_ADV_LINK_SPEED) {
> -				vf->link_speed =
> -				    vpe-
> >event_data.link_event_adv.link_speed;
> -			} else {
> -				enum virtchnl_link_speed speed;
> -				speed = vpe-
> >event_data.link_event.link_speed;
> -				vf->link_speed =
> iavf_convert_link_speed(speed);
> -			}
> -			iavf_dev_link_update(vf->eth_dev, 0);
> -			iavf_dev_event_post(vf->eth_dev,
> RTE_ETH_EVENT_INTR_LSC, NULL, 0);
> -			if (vf->link_up && !vf->vf_reset) {
> -				iavf_dev_watchdog_disable(adapter);
> -			} else {
> -				if (!vf->link_up)
> -					iavf_dev_watchdog_enable(adapter);
> -			}
> -			if (adapter->devargs.no_poll_on_link_down) {
> -				iavf_set_no_poll(adapter, true);
> -				if (adapter->no_poll)
> -					PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "VF no poll
> turned on");
> -				else
> -					PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "VF no poll
> turned off");
> -			}
> -			PMD_DRV_LOG(INFO, "Link status update:%s",
> -					vf->link_up ? "up" : "down");
> +			iavf_handle_link_change_event(vf->eth_dev, vpe);
>  			break;
>  		case VIRTCHNL_EVENT_RESET_IMPENDING:
>  			vf->vf_reset = true;
> @@ -505,6 +543,12 @@ iavf_handle_pf_event_msg(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
> uint8_t *msg,
>  		PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Error event");
>  		return;
>  	}
> +
> +	if (pf_msg == NULL) {
> +		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid PF event message");
> +		return;
> +	}

This too can be removed.
pf_msg resolves to vf->aq_resp which is a fixed buffer allocated at
driver init time. It cannot be NULL here.

With those two changes I think the patch will be good to go.

> +
>  	switch (pf_msg->event) {
>  	case VIRTCHNL_EVENT_RESET_IMPENDING:
>  		PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG,
> "VIRTCHNL_EVENT_RESET_IMPENDING event");
> @@ -518,30 +562,7 @@ iavf_handle_pf_event_msg(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
> uint8_t *msg,
>  		break;
>  	case VIRTCHNL_EVENT_LINK_CHANGE:
>  		PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "VIRTCHNL_EVENT_LINK_CHANGE
> event");
> -		vf->link_up = pf_msg->event_data.link_event.link_status;
> -		if (vf->vf_res->vf_cap_flags &
> VIRTCHNL_VF_CAP_ADV_LINK_SPEED) {
> -			vf->link_speed =
> -				pf_msg-
> >event_data.link_event_adv.link_speed;
> -		} else {
> -			enum virtchnl_link_speed speed;
> -			speed = pf_msg->event_data.link_event.link_speed;
> -			vf->link_speed = iavf_convert_link_speed(speed);
> -		}
> -		iavf_dev_link_update(dev, 0);
> -		if (vf->link_up && !vf->vf_reset) {
> -			iavf_dev_watchdog_disable(adapter);
> -		} else {
> -			if (!vf->link_up)
> -				iavf_dev_watchdog_enable(adapter);
> -		}
> -		if (adapter->devargs.no_poll_on_link_down) {
> -			iavf_set_no_poll(adapter, true);
> -			if (adapter->no_poll)
> -				PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "VF no poll turned
> on");
> -			else
> -				PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "VF no poll turned
> off");
> -		}
> -		iavf_dev_event_post(dev, RTE_ETH_EVENT_INTR_LSC, NULL,
> 0);
> +		iavf_handle_link_change_event(dev, pf_msg);
>  		break;
>  	case VIRTCHNL_EVENT_PF_DRIVER_CLOSE:
>  		PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG,
> "VIRTCHNL_EVENT_PF_DRIVER_CLOSE event");
> --
> 2.34.1



More information about the dev mailing list