Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v2] ice: Fix incorrect LLDP filter assumptions

[Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 02:11:27PM -0400, Dave Ertman wrote:
> In commit 4d5a1c4e6d49 ("ice: do not add LLDP-specific filter if not
> necessary"), it was assumed that llpd_fltr_ctrl was a unique application
> of a filter instance and the other command in the flow was generic.
> This is an incorrect assumption, they are both meant to add a filter to
> handle LLDP packets and only varied in the actual AQ call made.  The
> newer AQ call was created to handle a special case in some NVM images
> where a LLDP filter was already existent and the old AQ command would
> generate an error if a new filter was attempted to be added. The newer
> AQ command would detect this case and instead would add the current
> target to the existing filter rule.
> 
> Fix the flow so that the newer command is always used if available and
> only fall back to the older command when that is the only solution.
> 
> Also remove the obsolete state flag from the PF struct.
> 
> Fixes: 4d5a1c4e6d49 ("ice: do not add LLDP-specific filter if not necessary")
> Signed-off-by: Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>