Re: [RFC for-rc] IB/mlx4: Fix the fix for reading flow-counters

From: Haakon Bugge
Date: Tue Jan 11 2022 - 11:39:22 EST




> On 11 Jan 2022, at 17:38, Haakon Bugge <haakon.bugge@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On 11 Jan 2022, at 17:35, Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> It is not logical to call iboe_process_mad() when the link-layer is
>> Infiniband. Nevertheless, the commit message in commit 43bfb9729ea8
>> ("IB/mlx4: Fix use of flow-counters for process_mad") explicitly state
>> that iboe_process_mad() shall be called.
>>
>> Without this fix, reading:
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> # cat /sys/class/infiniband/mlx4_0/ports/2/counters_ext/port_xmit_data_64

should read:

# cat /sys/class/infiniband/mlx4_1/ports/1/counters_ext/port_xmit_data_64


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> (sorry, this line was of course taken as comment and was removed).
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> Thxs, Håkon
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>>
>> yields "Invalid argument", whereas with this commit, said counter can
>> be read.
>>
>> Please note that mlx4_1 is a VF.
>>
>> Fixes: 43bfb9729ea8 ("IB/mlx4: Fix use of flow-counters for process_mad")
>> Signed-off-by: Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c | 4 ++--
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
>> index d13ecbd..cc83782 100644
>> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
>> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
>> @@ -998,8 +998,8 @@ int mlx4_ib_process_mad(struct ib_device *ibdev, int mad_flags, u32 port_num,
>> (in->mad_hdr.attr_id == IB_PMA_PORT_COUNTERS ||
>> in->mad_hdr.attr_id == IB_PMA_PORT_COUNTERS_EXT ||
>> in->mad_hdr.attr_id == IB_PMA_CLASS_PORT_INFO)))
>> - return iboe_process_mad(ibdev, mad_flags, port_num,
>> - in_wc, in_grh, in, out);
>> + return ib_process_mad(ibdev, mad_flags, port_num,
>> + in_wc, in_grh, in, out);
>>
>> return ib_process_mad(ibdev, mad_flags, port_num, in_wc, in_grh,
>> in, out);
>> --
>> 1.8.3.1