[PATCH v12 2/2] IB/mlx5: Fix loopback threshold/accounting in regular path

From: Prathamesh Deshpande

Date: Sun May 10 2026 - 18:23:59 EST


In regular (non-MP) loopback enable/disable paths, threshold logic uses a
hardcoded user_td baseline and does not rollback counters when HW enable
fails.

Use a TD-capability-aware baseline for user_td transitions, and rollback
user_td/qps accounting if mlx5_nic_vport_update_local_lb() fails.

Per review, keep MP helper behavior unchanged.

Fixes: 08aae7860450 ("RDMA/mlx5: Fix vport loopback forcing for MPV device")
Signed-off-by: Prathamesh Deshpande <prathameshdeshpande7@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index f6d9841c2bcf..eda578029d28 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -2005,8 +2005,14 @@ static void mlx5_ib_disable_lb_mp(struct mlx5_core_dev *master,
lb_state->force_enable = false;
}

+static inline u32 mlx5_ib_lb_td_base(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
+{
+ return MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, log_max_transport_domain) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
int mlx5_ib_enable_lb(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, bool td, bool qp)
{
+ u32 td_base = mlx5_ib_lb_td_base(dev->mdev);
int err = 0;

if (dev->lb.force_enable)
@@ -2018,11 +2024,18 @@ int mlx5_ib_enable_lb(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, bool td, bool qp)
if (qp)
dev->lb.qps++;

- if (dev->lb.user_td == 2 ||
+ if (dev->lb.user_td == td_base + 1 ||
dev->lb.qps == 1) {
if (!dev->lb.enabled) {
err = mlx5_nic_vport_update_local_lb(dev->mdev, true);
- dev->lb.enabled = true;
+ if (err) {
+ if (td)
+ dev->lb.user_td--;
+ if (qp)
+ dev->lb.qps--;
+ } else {
+ dev->lb.enabled = true;
+ }
}
}

@@ -2033,6 +2046,8 @@ int mlx5_ib_enable_lb(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, bool td, bool qp)

void mlx5_ib_disable_lb(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, bool td, bool qp)
{
+ u32 td_base = mlx5_ib_lb_td_base(dev->mdev);
+
if (dev->lb.force_enable)
return;

@@ -2042,7 +2057,7 @@ void mlx5_ib_disable_lb(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, bool td, bool qp)
if (qp)
dev->lb.qps--;

- if (dev->lb.user_td == 1 &&
+ if (dev->lb.user_td <= td_base &&
dev->lb.qps == 0) {
if (dev->lb.enabled) {
mlx5_nic_vport_update_local_lb(dev->mdev, false);
--
2.43.0