DPDK Netvsc - RNDIS reports VF but device not found, retrying

[Oleksandr Nahnybida]

azureuser at dpdk0:~$ ethtool -i enP47056s2
driver: mlx5_core
version: 5.15.0-1053-azure
firmware-version: 16.30.1284 (MSF0000000012)
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: b7d0:00:02.0

I also installed rdma-core/libibverbs1 (dpdk was compiled
with  ibverbs_link=shared)

azureuser at dpdk0:~$ apt-cache policy rdma-core
rdma-core:
  Installed: 28.0-1ubuntu1
azureuser at dpdk0:~$ apt-cache policy libibverbs1
libibverbs1:
  Installed: 28.0-1ubuntu1

On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 6:32 PM Stephen Hemminger <
stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:34:12 +0200
> Oleksandr Nahnybida <oleksandrn at interfacemasters.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to set up dpdk with netvsc as master pmd on Azure following
> >
> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/setup-dpdk?tabs=ubuntu
> > and
> > https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-22.11/nics/netvsc.html
> >
> > but I have the following error messages
> >
> > EAL: VFIO support initialized
> > EAL: Probe PCI driver: mlx5_pci (15b3:1018) device: 8565:00:02.0 (socket
> 0)
> > mlx5_net: DV flow is not supported.
> > mlx5_common: Failed to allocate DevX UAR (BF/NC)
> > mlx5_common: Failed to allocate UAR.
> > mlx5_net: Failed to prepare Tx DevX UAR.
> > mlx5_net: probe of PCI device 8565:00:02.0 aborted after encountering an
> > error: Operation not permitted
> > mlx5_common: Failed to load driver mlx5_eth
> > EAL: Requested device 8565:00:02.0 cannot be used
> > EAL: Probe PCI driver: mlx5_pci (15b3:1018) device: d377:00:02.0 (socket
> 0)
> > mlx5_net: DV flow is not supported.
> > mlx5_common: Failed to allocate DevX UAR (BF/NC)
> > mlx5_common: Failed to allocate UAR.
> > mlx5_net: Failed to prepare Tx DevX UAR.
> > mlx5_net: probe of PCI device d377:00:02.0 aborted after encountering an
> > error: Operation not permitted
> > mlx5_common: Failed to load driver mlx5_eth
> > EAL: Requested device d377:00:02.0 cannot be used
> > EAL: Probe PCI driver: mlx5_pci (15b3:1018) device: f97e:00:02.0 (socket
> 0)
> > mlx5_net: DV flow is not supported.
> > mlx5_common: Failed to allocate DevX UAR (BF/NC)
> > mlx5_common: Failed to allocate UAR.
> > mlx5_net: Failed to prepare Tx DevX UAR.
> > mlx5_net: probe of PCI device f97e:00:02.0 aborted after encountering an
> > error: Operation not permitted
> > mlx5_common: Failed to load driver mlx5_eth
> > EAL: Requested device f97e:00:02.0 cannot be used
> > EAL: Bus (pci) probe failed.
> > hn_vf_attach(): Couldn't find port for VF
> > hn_vf_add(): RNDIS reports VF but device not found, retrying
> > hn_vf_attach(): Couldn't find port for VF
> > hn_vf_add(): RNDIS reports VF but device not found, retrying
> > and so on in a loop
> >
> > Also, with debug logs I see
> >
> > mlx5_common: DevX read access NIC register=0X9055 failed errno=22
> status=0
> > syndrome=0
> > mlx5_common: DevX read access NIC register=0X9055 failed errno=22
> status=0
> > syndrome=0
> > mlx5_common: DevX read access NIC register=0X9055 failed errno=22
> status=0
> > syndrome=0
> >
> >
> > The DPDK version is 22.11, running on
> > Linux dpdk0 5.15.0-1053-azure #61~20.04.1-Ubuntu
> > VM type D8ls v5, accelerated networking is on for two ports
> >
> > driverctl -b vmbus list-devices
> >
> > 000d3a1c-e0df-000d-3a1c-e0df000d3a1c hv_netvsc
> > 000d3a1e-4573-000d-3a1e-4573000d3a1e uio_hv_generic [*]
> > 000d3a1e-47da-000d-3a1e-47da000d3a1e uio_hv_generic [*]
> >
> >
> > Any, ideas what I might be doing wrong? I see the same behavior with
> > testpmd and my app.
>
> Looks like a mlx5 driver issue, which kernel driver are you using?
> The netvsc code sees a VF but can't use it because of the mlx5 errors.
>
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