Some old PF drivers don't let VFs allocate counters, in that case, use
the sink counter so the VF can load and operate properly.
Fixes: 6de5f7f6a1fa ('net/mlx4_core: Allocate default counter per port')
Reported-by: Sebastian Ott <seb...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerl...@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Eran Ben Elisha <era...@mellanox.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index 12fbfcb..29c2a01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -2273,6 +2273,11 @@ static int mlx4_allocate_default_counters(struct
mlx4_dev *dev)
} else if (err == -ENOENT) {
err = 0;
continue;
+ } else if (mlx4_is_slave(dev) && err == -EINVAL) {
+ priv->def_counter[port] = MLX4_SINK_COUNTER_INDEX(dev);
+ mlx4_warn(dev, "can't allocate counter from old PF
driver, using index %d\n",
+ MLX4_SINK_COUNTER_INDEX(dev));
+ err = 0;
} else {
mlx4_err(dev, "%s: failed to allocate default counter
port %d err %d\n",
__func__, port + 1, err);
--
2.3.7
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
