[PATCH net-next 09/13] net/mlx5: E-switch, derive manager vport from device capability

From: Tariq Toukan

Date: Wed Sep 23 2026 - 06:57:51 EST


From: Shay Drory <shayd@xxxxxxxxxx>

mlx5_eswitch_manager_vport() hardcoded the e-switch manager vport as
either the ECPF or the host PF. Read esw_manager_vport_number from the
e-switch capability when esw_manager_vport_number_valid is set, so the
manager vport can be a VF - a prerequisite for VFs acting as e-switch
managers. Keep the previous mapping as fallback when the capability does
not report a number.

Signed-off-by: Shay Drory <shayd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Akiva Goldberger <agoldberger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c | 11 +++++++++--
include/linux/mlx5/eswitch.h | 3 +++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
index fc197d1dc9df..e7561f0f89b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
@@ -2460,13 +2460,20 @@ static int mlx5_esw_vports_init(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
}
}

- if (mlx5_ecpf_vport_exists(dev) ||
- mlx5_core_is_ecpf_esw_manager(dev)) {
+ if (mlx5_ecpf_vport_exists(dev)) {
err = mlx5_esw_vport_alloc(esw, idx, MLX5_VPORT_ECPF);
if (err)
goto err;
idx++;
}
+
+ if (!xa_load(&esw->vports, esw->manager_vport)) {
+ err = mlx5_esw_vport_alloc(esw, idx, esw->manager_vport);
+ if (err)
+ goto err;
+ idx++;
+ }
+
err = mlx5_esw_vport_alloc(esw, idx, MLX5_VPORT_UPLINK);
if (err)
goto err;
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/eswitch.h b/include/linux/mlx5/eswitch.h
index a0dd162baa78..03d3620141c8 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/eswitch.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/eswitch.h
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ static inline bool is_mdev_switchdev_mode(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
/* The returned number is valid only when the dev is eswitch manager. */
static inline u16 mlx5_eswitch_manager_vport(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
{
+ if (MLX5_CAP_ESW(dev, esw_manager_vport_number_valid))
+ return MLX5_CAP_ESW(dev, esw_manager_vport_number);
+
return mlx5_core_is_ecpf_esw_manager(dev) ?
MLX5_VPORT_ECPF : MLX5_VPORT_HOST_PF;
}
--
2.44.0