From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Chris Packham <chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
Cc: anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, aleksander.lobakin@intel.com,
intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Blair Steven <blair.steven@alliedtelesis.co.nz>,
Carl Smith <carl.smith@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next] i40e: Avoid repeating RX filter warning
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 19:32:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260518183238.GE98116@horms.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260514003733.1718771-1-chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 12:37:33PM +1200, Chris Packham wrote:
> When the i40e runs out of space for RX filters the driver switches to
> promiscuous mode and warns that it has done so. In scenarios with a
> large number of these filters this can generate a lot of warnings. For
> example:
>
> $ dmesg -c > /dev/null
> $ ip link add dev br0 type bridge vlan_filtering 1 vlan_default_pvid 1
> $ ip link set dev eth7 master br0
> $ bridge vlan add vid 1 dev eth7 pvid untagged self
> $ bridge vlan add vid 2-4094 dev eth7 tagged
> $ dmesg
> [ 25.601705] i40e 0000:01:00.1: Error LIBIE_AQ_RC_ENOSPC, forcing overflow promiscuous on PF
> [ 25.601833] i40e 0000:01:00.1: Error LIBIE_AQ_RC_ENOSPC, forcing overflow promiscuous on PF
> [ 25.601961] i40e 0000:01:00.1: Error LIBIE_AQ_RC_ENOSPC, forcing overflow promiscuous on PF
> [ 25.602088] i40e 0000:01:00.1: Error LIBIE_AQ_RC_ENOSPC, forcing overflow promiscuous on PF
> [ 25.602216] i40e 0000:01:00.1: Error LIBIE_AQ_RC_ENOSPC, forcing overflow promiscuous on PF
> [ 25.602344] i40e 0000:01:00.1: Error LIBIE_AQ_RC_ENOSPC, forcing overflow promiscuous on PF
> ...
>
> Use test_and_set_bit() so that the warning is only issued when the
> driver enables promiscuous mode and not on the addition of subsequent RX
> filters.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
> ---
>
> Resend with net-next tag
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Chris Packham <chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
Cc: anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, aleksander.lobakin@intel.com,
intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Blair Steven <blair.steven@alliedtelesis.co.nz>,
Carl Smith <carl.smith@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] i40e: Avoid repeating RX filter warning
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 19:32:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260518183238.GE98116@horms.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260514003733.1718771-1-chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 12:37:33PM +1200, Chris Packham wrote:
> When the i40e runs out of space for RX filters the driver switches to
> promiscuous mode and warns that it has done so. In scenarios with a
> large number of these filters this can generate a lot of warnings. For
> example:
>
> $ dmesg -c > /dev/null
> $ ip link add dev br0 type bridge vlan_filtering 1 vlan_default_pvid 1
> $ ip link set dev eth7 master br0
> $ bridge vlan add vid 1 dev eth7 pvid untagged self
> $ bridge vlan add vid 2-4094 dev eth7 tagged
> $ dmesg
> [ 25.601705] i40e 0000:01:00.1: Error LIBIE_AQ_RC_ENOSPC, forcing overflow promiscuous on PF
> [ 25.601833] i40e 0000:01:00.1: Error LIBIE_AQ_RC_ENOSPC, forcing overflow promiscuous on PF
> [ 25.601961] i40e 0000:01:00.1: Error LIBIE_AQ_RC_ENOSPC, forcing overflow promiscuous on PF
> [ 25.602088] i40e 0000:01:00.1: Error LIBIE_AQ_RC_ENOSPC, forcing overflow promiscuous on PF
> [ 25.602216] i40e 0000:01:00.1: Error LIBIE_AQ_RC_ENOSPC, forcing overflow promiscuous on PF
> [ 25.602344] i40e 0000:01:00.1: Error LIBIE_AQ_RC_ENOSPC, forcing overflow promiscuous on PF
> ...
>
> Use test_and_set_bit() so that the warning is only issued when the
> driver enables promiscuous mode and not on the addition of subsequent RX
> filters.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
> ---
>
> Resend with net-next tag
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-18 18:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-14 0:37 [PATCH net-next] i40e: Avoid repeating RX filter warning Chris Packham
2026-05-14 0:37 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Chris Packham
2026-05-14 9:06 ` Loktionov, Aleksandr
2026-05-14 9:06 ` Loktionov, Aleksandr
2026-05-18 18:32 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2026-05-18 18:32 ` Simon Horman
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20260518183238.GE98116@horms.kernel.org \
--to=horms@kernel.org \
--cc=aleksander.lobakin@intel.com \
--cc=andrew+netdev@lunn.ch \
--cc=anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com \
--cc=blair.steven@alliedtelesis.co.nz \
--cc=carl.smith@alliedtelesis.co.nz \
--cc=chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz \
--cc=davem@davemloft.net \
--cc=edumazet@google.com \
--cc=intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org \
--cc=kuba@kernel.org \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=netdev@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=pabeni@redhat.com \
--cc=przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.