[PATCH 1/2] ice: allow creating VFs when !CONFIG_ICE_SWITCHDEV

Vincent Chen
2026-04-29T06:51:51Z

Currently ice_eswitch_attach_vf() is called unconditionally in
ice_start_vfs(), which causes VF creation to fail when CONFIG_ICE_SWITCHDEV
is not defined.

Fix this by adding switchdev mode checks at the call sites before
calling ice_eswitch_attach_vf(), consistent with how
ice_eswitch_attach_sf() is already handled in ice_devlink_port_new().
This is similar to commit aacca7a83b97 ("ice: allow creating VFs for
!CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV") which fixed the same issue for the previous
ice_eswitch_configure() API.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Chen <vincent.chen@sifive.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sriov.c | 14 ++++++++------
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_vf_lib.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sriov.c
index 843e82fd3bf9..6a0b724e46f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sriov.c
@@ -484,12 +484,14 @@ static int ice_start_vfs(struct ice_pf *pf)
goto teardown;
}

- retval = ice_eswitch_attach_vf(pf, vf);
- if (retval) {
- dev_err(ice_pf_to_dev(pf), "Failed to attach VF %d to eswitch, error %d",
- vf->vf_id, retval);
- ice_vf_vsi_release(vf);
- goto teardown;
+ if (ice_is_eswitch_mode_switchdev(pf)) {
+ retval = ice_eswitch_attach_vf(pf, vf);
+ if (retval) {
+ dev_err(ice_pf_to_dev(pf), "Failed to attach VF %d to eswitch, error %d",
+ vf->vf_id, retval);
+ ice_vf_vsi_release(vf);
+ goto teardown;
+ }
}

set_bit(ICE_VF_STATE_INIT, vf->vf_states);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_vf_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_vf_lib.c
index de9e81ccee66..71595410174c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_vf_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_vf_lib.c
@@ -807,7 +807,8 @@ void ice_reset_all_vfs(struct ice_pf *pf)
ice_vf_rebuild_vsi(vf);
ice_vf_post_vsi_rebuild(vf);

- ice_eswitch_attach_vf(pf, vf);
+ if (ice_is_eswitch_mode_switchdev(pf))
+ ice_eswitch_attach_vf(pf, vf);

mutex_unlock(&vf->cfg_lock);
}
--
2.34.1