[PATCH net-next 15/15] net/mlx5: LAG, enable LAG over functions that do not represent a physical port

From: Tariq Toukan

Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 12:32:42 EST


From: Shay Drory <shayd@xxxxxxxxxx>

LAG membership assumes every member represents a physical port.
A nested LAG of VFs/SFs does not fit that assumption; its member
functions sit behind a multi_uplink_eswitch and each reports
num_lag_ports < 2, so they do not represent a physical port.

Detect this with mlx5_virt_lag_is_supported(): let such a function join
the LAG in mlx5_lag_add_mdev(), and skip the MLX5_LAG_XA_MARK_PORT mark
in mlx5_ldev_add_mdev(), since it is not a physical port.

These function only support MPESW, and netdevs addition to LAG is only
needed for linux bond. Hence, don't allow such a lag to add netdevs to
itself. For the same reason, don't register the LAG netdev notifier for
it.

Such a function may report num_lag_ports == 0, which ldev->ports keeps
as is. Report at least one port from mlx5_lag_get_num_ports(), so RDMA,
which uses it as the TX-affinity divisor, sees the function's own port
rather than dividing by zero.

Signed-off-by: Shay Drory <shayd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mark Bloch <mbloch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c | 21 +++++++++++++------
.../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/mpesw.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c
index 4e15e16ae6e8..5532b2505161 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ static struct mlx5_lag *mlx5_lag_dev_alloc(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)

ldev->ports = MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, num_lag_ports);
ldev->buckets = 1;
+ ldev->virt_lag = mlx5_virt_lag_is_supported(dev);
ldev->v2p_map = kcalloc(ldev->ports * MLX5_LAG_MAX_HASH_BUCKETS,
sizeof(*ldev->v2p_map), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ldev->v2p_map)
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ static struct mlx5_lag *mlx5_lag_dev_alloc(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ldev->bond_work, mlx5_do_bond_work);
INIT_WORK(&ldev->speed_update_work, mlx5_mpesw_speed_update_work);

- if (!mlx5_sd_is_supported(dev)) {
+ if (!mlx5_sd_is_supported(dev) && !ldev->virt_lag) {
ldev->nb.notifier_call = mlx5_lag_netdev_event;
write_pnet(&ldev->net, mlx5_core_net(dev));
if (register_netdevice_notifier_net(read_pnet(&ldev->net),
@@ -468,7 +469,9 @@ int mlx5_lag_get_dev_index_by_seq(struct mlx5_lag *ldev, int seq)
/* Return the appropriate iterator filter for a device in LAG:
* - SD shared FDB active: iterate only the device's SD group
* - SD group exists but shared FDB not active: iterate all devices
- * - No SD: iterate ports only
+ * - Virt LAG: iterate all devices, since its members are not marked as
+ * ports, as they do not represent a physical port
+ * - Otherwise: iterate ports only
*/
static u32 mlx5_lag_get_filter(struct mlx5_lag *ldev, struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
{
@@ -476,7 +479,7 @@ static u32 mlx5_lag_get_filter(struct mlx5_lag *ldev, struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)

if (fn && fn->sd_fdb_active)
return fn->group_id;
- if (fn && fn->group_id)
+ if (fn && (fn->group_id || ldev->virt_lag))
return MLX5_LAG_FILTER_ALL;
return MLX5_LAG_FILTER_PORTS;
}
@@ -2399,7 +2402,7 @@ int mlx5_ldev_add_mdev(struct mlx5_lag *ldev,
fn->group_id = group_id;
dev->priv.lag = ldev;

- if (group_id)
+ if (group_id || ldev->virt_lag)
return 0;

xa_set_mark(&ldev->fns, idx, MLX5_LAG_XA_MARK_PORT);
@@ -2548,7 +2551,7 @@ void mlx5_lag_add_mdev(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
{
int err;

- if (!mlx5_lag_is_supported(dev))
+ if (!mlx5_lag_is_supported(dev) && !mlx5_virt_lag_is_supported(dev))
return;

if (mlx5_lag_register_hca_devcom_comp(dev))
@@ -2583,6 +2586,9 @@ void mlx5_lag_remove_netdev(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
if (!ldev)
return;

+ if (ldev->virt_lag)
+ return;
+
mutex_lock(&ldev->lock);
mlx5_ldev_remove_netdev(ldev, netdev);
clear_bit(MLX5_LAG_FLAG_NDEVS_READY, &ldev->state_flags);
@@ -2604,6 +2610,9 @@ void mlx5_lag_add_netdev(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
if (!ldev)
return;

+ if (ldev->virt_lag)
+ return;
+
mutex_lock(&ldev->lock);
mlx5_ldev_add_netdev(ldev, dev, netdev);
num = mlx5_lag_num_netdevs(ldev);
@@ -2887,7 +2896,7 @@ u8 mlx5_lag_get_num_ports(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
if (!ldev)
return 0;

- return ldev->ports;
+ return max_t(u8, ldev->ports, 1);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(mlx5_lag_get_num_ports);

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/mpesw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/mpesw.c
index 3dd7fa8de66c..6f575750e403 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/mpesw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/mpesw.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ bool mlx5_lag_is_mpesw(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
struct mlx5_lag *ldev = mlx5_lag_dev(dev);

return ldev && ldev->mode == MLX5_LAG_MODE_MPESW &&
- __mlx5_lag_dev_is_port(ldev, dev);
+ (ldev->virt_lag || __mlx5_lag_dev_is_port(ldev, dev));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(mlx5_lag_is_mpesw);

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