[PATCH mlx5-next 2/8] net/mlx5: Add silent mode set/query and VHCA RX IFC bits

From: Tariq Toukan

Date: Sun Mar 08 2026 - 01:58:34 EST


From: Shay Drory <shayd@xxxxxxxxxx>

Update the mlx5 IFC headers with newly defined capability and
command-layout bits:

- Add silent_mode_query and rename silent_mode to silent_mode_set cap
fields.
- Add forward_vhca_rx and MLX5_IFC_FLOW_DESTINATION_TYPE_VHCA_RX.
- Expose silent mode fields in the L2 table query command structures.

Update the SD support check to use the new capability name
(silent_mode_set) to match the updated IFC definition.

Signed-off-by: Shay Drory <shayd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mark Bloch <mbloch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_cmd.c | 2 +-
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/sd.c | 2 +-
include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_cmd.c
index c348ee62cd3a..16b28028609d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_cmd.c
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ int mlx5_fs_cmd_set_l2table_entry_silent(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u8 silent_mo
{
u32 in[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(set_l2_table_entry_in)] = {};

- if (silent_mode && !MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, silent_mode))
+ if (silent_mode && !MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, silent_mode_set))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;

MLX5_SET(set_l2_table_entry_in, in, opcode, MLX5_CMD_OP_SET_L2_TABLE_ENTRY);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/sd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/sd.c
index 954942ad93c5..762c783156b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/sd.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static bool mlx5_sd_is_supported(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u8 host_buses)
/* Disconnect secondaries from the network */
if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, eswitch_manager))
return false;
- if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, silent_mode))
+ if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, silent_mode_set))
return false;

/* RX steering from primary to secondaries */
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h b/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h
index a76c54bf1927..8fa4fb3d36cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h
@@ -469,7 +469,8 @@ struct mlx5_ifc_flow_table_prop_layout_bits {
u8 table_miss_action_domain[0x1];
u8 termination_table[0x1];
u8 reformat_and_fwd_to_table[0x1];
- u8 reserved_at_1a[0x2];
+ u8 forward_vhca_rx[0x1];
+ u8 reserved_at_1b[0x1];
u8 ipsec_encrypt[0x1];
u8 ipsec_decrypt[0x1];
u8 sw_owner_v2[0x1];
@@ -2012,12 +2013,14 @@ struct mlx5_ifc_cmd_hca_cap_bits {
u8 disable_local_lb_mc[0x1];
u8 log_min_hairpin_wq_data_sz[0x5];
u8 reserved_at_3e8[0x1];
- u8 silent_mode[0x1];
+ u8 silent_mode_set[0x1];
u8 vhca_state[0x1];
u8 log_max_vlan_list[0x5];
u8 reserved_at_3f0[0x3];
u8 log_max_current_mc_list[0x5];
- u8 reserved_at_3f8[0x3];
+ u8 reserved_at_3f8[0x1];
+ u8 silent_mode_query[0x1];
+ u8 reserved_at_3fa[0x1];
u8 log_max_current_uc_list[0x5];

u8 general_obj_types[0x40];
@@ -2279,6 +2282,7 @@ enum mlx5_ifc_flow_destination_type {
MLX5_IFC_FLOW_DESTINATION_TYPE_VPORT = 0x0,
MLX5_IFC_FLOW_DESTINATION_TYPE_FLOW_TABLE = 0x1,
MLX5_IFC_FLOW_DESTINATION_TYPE_TIR = 0x2,
+ MLX5_IFC_FLOW_DESTINATION_TYPE_VHCA_RX = 0x4,
MLX5_IFC_FLOW_DESTINATION_TYPE_FLOW_SAMPLER = 0x6,
MLX5_IFC_FLOW_DESTINATION_TYPE_UPLINK = 0x8,
MLX5_IFC_FLOW_DESTINATION_TYPE_TABLE_TYPE = 0xA,
@@ -6265,7 +6269,9 @@ struct mlx5_ifc_query_l2_table_entry_out_bits {

u8 reserved_at_40[0xa0];

- u8 reserved_at_e0[0x13];
+ u8 reserved_at_e0[0x11];
+ u8 silent_mode[0x1];
+ u8 reserved_at_f2[0x1];
u8 vlan_valid[0x1];
u8 vlan[0xc];

@@ -6281,7 +6287,10 @@ struct mlx5_ifc_query_l2_table_entry_in_bits {
u8 reserved_at_20[0x10];
u8 op_mod[0x10];

- u8 reserved_at_40[0x60];
+ u8 reserved_at_40[0x40];
+
+ u8 silent_mode_query[0x1];
+ u8 reserved_at_81[0x1f];

u8 reserved_at_a0[0x8];
u8 table_index[0x18];
--
2.44.0