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Title:
  iavf: SR-IOV VFs error with no traffic flow when MTU greater than 1500

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in linux source package in Focal:
  Fix Committed
Status in linux source package in Jammy:
  Fix Committed
Status in linux source package in Kinetic:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1983656

  [Impact]

  Virtual Machines with SR-IOV VFs from an Intel E810-XXV [8086:159b]
  get no traffic flow and produce error messages in both the host and
  guest during network configuration.

  Environment: Ubuntu OpenStack Focal-Ussuri with OVN
  Host Kernel: v5.15.0-41-generic 20.04 Focal-HWE
  Guest Kernels: v5.4.x Focal, v5.15.0-41-generic Jammy

  Host Error Messages:
  ice 0000:98:00.1: VF 7 failed opcode 6, retval: -5

  Guest Error Messages:
  iavf 0000:00:05.0: PF returned error -5 (IAVF_ERR_PARAM) to our request 6

  In the context of these errors "6" refers to the value of
  VIRTCHNL_OP_CONFIG_VSI_QUEUES

  It was found in these cases that the VM is able to successfully
  transmit packets but never receives any and the RX packet drop
  counters for the VF in "ip link" on the host increase equal to the RX
  packet count.

  There is a prior commit e6ba5273d4ede03d075d7a116b8edad1f6115f4d
  claiming to resolve this error in some cases. It is already included
  in 5.15.0-41-generic and did not resolve the issue.

  The following conditions are required to trigger the bug:
  - A port VLAN must be assigned by the host
  - The MTU must be set >1500 by the guest

  There is no workaround, Intel E810 SR-IOV VFs with MTU >1500 cannot be
  used without these patches.

  [Fix]

  iavf currently sets the maximum packet size to IAVF_MAX_RXBUFFER, but
  on the previous ice driver, it was decremented by VLAN_HLEN to make
  some space to fit the VLAN header. This doesn't happen on iavf, and we
  end up trying to use a packet size larger than IAVF_MAX_RXBUFFER,
  causing the IAVF_ERR_PARAM error.

  The fix is to change the maximum packet size from IAVF_MAX_RXBUFFER to
  max_mtu received from the PF via GET_VF_RESOURCES msg.

  Also pick up a necessary commit for i40e to announce the correct
  maximum packet size by GET_VF_RESOURCES msg.

  This has been fixed by the following commits:

  commit 399c98c4dc50b7eb7e9f24da7ffdda6f025676ef
  Author: Michal Jaron <michalx.ja...@intel.com>
  Date:   Tue Sep 13 15:38:35 2022 +0200
  Subject: iavf: Fix set max MTU size with port VLAN and jumbo frames
  Link: 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/399c98c4dc50b7eb7e9f24da7ffdda6f025676ef

  commit 372539def2824c43b6afe2403045b140f65c5acc
  Author: Michal Jaron <michalx.ja...@intel.com>
  Date:   Tue Sep 13 15:38:36 2022 +0200
  Subject: i40e: Fix VF set max MTU size
  Link: 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/372539def2824c43b6afe2403045b140f65c5acc

  A test kernel is available in the following ppa:

  https://launchpad.net/~arif-ali/+archive/ubuntu/sf00343742

  If you install the test kernel to a compute host and VM, when you
  attach a VF and set the MTU to 9000, it succeeds, and traffic can
  flow.

  [Test Plan]

  Create a Focal VM and assign an Intel E810 (ice) SR-IOV VF with a port
  vlan:

  Openstack works, as does creating a VM directly with uvtool/libvirt.

  $ uvt-kvm create focal-test release=focal

  Using the document to understand SRIOV basics in the link below

  
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/configure-
  sr-iov-network-virtual-functions-in-linux-kvm.html

  The following command show all the bus info for all the network
  devices

  $ lshw -c network -businfo

  Choose one, as shown below

  pci@0000:17:01.4  ens2f0v4     network        Ethernet Adaptive
  Virtual Function

  We can then add the following into the XML definition via “virsh edit
  focal-test”

  <interface type='hostdev' managed='yes'>
        <source>
          <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x17' slot='0x01' 
function='0x4'/>
        </source>
       <vlan>
          <tag id='998'/>
        </vlan>
  </interface>

  Then we stop and start the VM via "virsh shutdown focal-test" and then
  "virsh start focal-test". We can then login to the VM using the
  command below

  $ uvt-kvm ssh focal-test

  Once you have logged in, run the following ip parameters

  $ sudo ip a a 192.168.1.7/24 dev enp7s0
  $ sudo ip link set up dev enp7s0
  $ sudo ip link set mtu 9000 dev enp7s0

  Now check dmesg, and we will find the error

  [   61.529605] iavf 0000:07:00.0: PF returned error -5
  (IAVF_ERR_PARAM) to our request 6

  Setting the IP and bringing the link up

  [   36.228877] iavf 0000:07:00.0 enp7s0: NIC Link is Up Speed is 25 Gbps Full 
Duplex
  [   36.228887] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): enp7s0: link becomes ready
  [   45.740100] crng init done
  [   45.740102] random: 7 urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting

  Then setting the MTU

  [   61.433706] iavf 0000:07:00.0: Received 16 queues, but can only have a max 
of 4
  [   61.433707] iavf 0000:07:00.0: Fixing by reducing queues to 4
  [   61.529605] iavf 0000:07:00.0: PF returned error -5 (IAVF_ERR_PARAM) to 
our request 6
  [   61.552890] iavf 0000:07:00.0 enp7s0: NIC Link is Up Speed is 25 Gbps Full 
Duplex

  There is a test kernel available in the following ppa:

  https://launchpad.net/~arif-ali/+archive/ubuntu/sf00343742

  If you install the test kernel, setting the MTU to 9000 works as
  expected and traffic can flow.

  [Where problems could occur]

  We are changing how maximum MTU is calculated and applied to VFs in
  the iavf and i40e drivers. Currently, any MTU over 1500 does not work
  at all when a port VLAN is enabled, but if someone has somehow got
  their setup to work, they may see a difference in MTU with these
  patches applied.

  The iavf and i40e drivers are a popular driver, and if a regression
  were to occur, initialisation and bringup of these network devices and
  VFs might fail.

  Most users currently using MTUs of 1500 are unlikely to see any
  difference or be at risk of regression.

  [Other Info]

  Both patches were developed by intel, and have been accepted into
  v6.0-rc7 and are already released into upstream stable v5.4.215,
  v5.15.71 and v5.19.12. These patches are well tested by the community
  and considered safe.

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