net/mlx4_core: Use sink counter for the VF default as fallback
authorOr Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:53:46 +0000 (16:53 +0300)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sun, 26 Jul 2015 23:29:25 +0000 (16:29 -0700)
Some old PF drivers don't let VFs allocate counters, in that case, use
the sink counter so the VF can load and operate properly.

Fixes: 6de5f7f6a1fa ('net/mlx4_core: Allocate default counter per port')
Reported-by: Sebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c

index 12fbfcb44d8acdedf08fef880a12e53145f8836e..29c2a017a450277657a5d5e9ad4a4878575cbb2c 100644 (file)
@@ -2273,6 +2273,11 @@ static int mlx4_allocate_default_counters(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
                } else if (err == -ENOENT) {
                        err = 0;
                        continue;
+               } else if (mlx4_is_slave(dev) && err == -EINVAL) {
+                       priv->def_counter[port] = MLX4_SINK_COUNTER_INDEX(dev);
+                       mlx4_warn(dev, "can't allocate counter from old PF driver, using index %d\n",
+                                 MLX4_SINK_COUNTER_INDEX(dev));
+                       err = 0;
                } else {
                        mlx4_err(dev, "%s: failed to allocate default counter port %d err %d\n",
                                 __func__, port + 1, err);