Re: [PATCH net-next v2 13/14] sfc: update vdpa device MAC address

[Jason Wang]

On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 7:38 PM Gautam Dawar <gautam.dawar@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> As the VF MAC address can now be updated using `devlink port function set`

What happens if we run this while the vpda is being used by a VM?

> interface, fetch the vdpa device MAC address from the underlying VF during
> vdpa device creation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gautam Dawar <gautam.dawar@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_vdpa.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_vdpa.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_vdpa.c
> index 30ca4ab00175..32182a01f6a5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_vdpa.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_vdpa.c
> @@ -272,6 +272,18 @@ static int get_net_config(struct ef100_vdpa_nic *vdpa_nic)
>         vdpa_nic->net_config.max_virtqueue_pairs =
>                 cpu_to_efx_vdpa16(vdpa_nic, vdpa_nic->max_queue_pairs);
>
> +       rc = ef100_get_mac_address(efx, vdpa_nic->mac_address,
> +                                  efx->client_id, true);
> +       if (rc) {
> +               dev_err(&vdpa_nic->vdpa_dev.dev,
> +                       "%s: Get MAC for vf:%u failed:%d\n", __func__,
> +                       vdpa_nic->vf_index, rc);
> +               return rc;
> +       }

Can this override what is provisioned by the userspace?

Thanks


> +
> +       if (is_valid_ether_addr(vdpa_nic->mac_address))
> +               vdpa_nic->mac_configured = true;
> +
>         rc = efx_vdpa_get_mtu(efx, &mtu);
>         if (rc) {
>                 dev_err(&vdpa_nic->vdpa_dev.dev,
> --
> 2.30.1
>