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

[Haakon Bugge]

> On 11 Jan 2022, at 17:39, Haakon Bugge <haakon.bugge@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> 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
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> should read:
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> # cat /sys/class/infiniband/mlx4_1/ports/1/counters_ext/port_xmit_data_64

Pleas ignore this RFC, as it is plain wrong. Sorry for the noise.


Thxs, Håkon

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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