Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net 2/2] iavf: schedule a request immediately after add/delete vlan

[Ahmed Zaki <ahmed.zaki@intel.com>]

On 2023-09-06 08:14, Petr Oros wrote:
> When the iavf driver wants to reconfigure the VLAN filters
> (iavf_add_vlan, iavf_del_vlan), it sets a flag in
> aq_required:
>    adapter->aq_required |= IAVF_FLAG_AQ_ADD_VLAN_FILTER;
> or:
>    adapter->aq_required |= IAVF_FLAG_AQ_DEL_VLAN_FILTER;
>
> This is later processed by the watchdog_task, but it runs periodically
> every 2 seconds, so it can be a long time before it processes the request.
>
> In the worst case, the interface is unable to receive traffic for more
> than 2 seconds for no objective reason.
>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Oros <poros@redhat.com>
> Co-developed-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com>
> Co-developed-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
> index 86d472dfdbc10c..d9f8ac1d57fd62 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
> @@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ iavf_vlan_filter *iavf_add_vlan(struct iavf_adapter *adapter,
>   		list_add_tail(&f->list, &adapter->vlan_filter_list);
>   		f->state = IAVF_VLAN_ADD;
>   		adapter->num_vlan_filters++;
> -		adapter->aq_required |= IAVF_FLAG_AQ_ADD_VLAN_FILTER;
> +		iavf_schedule_aq_request(adapter, IAVF_FLAG_AQ_ADD_VLAN_FILTER);
>   	}
>   
>   clearout:
> @@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ static void iavf_del_vlan(struct iavf_adapter *adapter, struct iavf_vlan vlan)
>   	f = iavf_find_vlan(adapter, vlan);
>   	if (f) {
>   		f->state = IAVF_VLAN_REMOVE;
> -		adapter->aq_required |= IAVF_FLAG_AQ_DEL_VLAN_FILTER;
> +		iavf_schedule_aq_request(adapter, IAVF_FLAG_AQ_DEL_VLAN_FILTER);
>   	}
>   
>   	spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->mac_vlan_list_lock);

Reviewed-by: Ahmed Zaki <ahmed.zaki@intel.com>

Thanks.

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