* [PATCH net-next 0/2] net/mlx5e: Align setdcbx with DCBX capability flags
@ 2026-10-11 11:28 Tariq Toukan
2026-10-11 11:28 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] net/mlx5e: Select DCBX HOST/AUTO from capability flags in setdcbx Tariq Toukan
2026-10-11 11:29 ` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net/mlx5e: Add DCB_CAP_DCBX_LLD_MANAGED support " Tariq Toukan
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tariq Toukan @ 2026-10-11 11:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
netdev, Paolo Abeni
Cc: Alexei Lazar, Carolina Jubran, Dragos Tatulea, Gal Pressman,
Leon Romanovsky, open list, linux-rdma, Mark Bloch,
Saeed Mahameed, Tariq Toukan
Hi,
This series by Alexei aligns the mlx5e DCBX mode handling in the setdcbx
DCB callback with the DCBX capability flags.
Today mlx5e_dcbnl_setdcbx() applies two different policies: a request of
mode 0 switches the firmware to AUTO, while any other request is
accepted only if it carries DCB_CAP_DCBX_HOST. Requests with
DCB_CAP_DCBX_LLD_MANAGED are rejected outright, even though that flag
describes exactly the case where DCBX negotiation is done by the
firmware/LLD agent rather than by the host.
Patch 1 switches the firmware between HOST and AUTO modes based solely
on the DCB_CAP_DCBX_HOST bit, which folds the two code paths into one
and removes the dedicated switch-to-host helper. When moving to
firmware-controlled mode, CEE, IEEE and LLD_MANAGED are reported
together due to a firmware limitation.
Patch 2 drops the rejection of DCB_CAP_DCBX_LLD_MANAGED, so that
requesting it switches to firmware-controlled DCBX mode.
Regards,
Tariq
Alexei Lazar (2):
net/mlx5e: Select DCBX HOST/AUTO from capability flags in setdcbx
net/mlx5e: Add DCB_CAP_DCBX_LLD_MANAGED support in setdcbx
.../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c | 51 +++++--------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
base-commit: d8674294aefef02266c4d47ad10131f1bffbe534
--
2.44.0
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* [PATCH net-next 1/2] net/mlx5e: Select DCBX HOST/AUTO from capability flags in setdcbx
2026-10-11 11:28 [PATCH net-next 0/2] net/mlx5e: Align setdcbx with DCBX capability flags Tariq Toukan
@ 2026-10-11 11:28 ` Tariq Toukan
2026-10-11 11:29 ` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net/mlx5e: Add DCB_CAP_DCBX_LLD_MANAGED support " Tariq Toukan
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tariq Toukan @ 2026-10-11 11:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
netdev, Paolo Abeni
Cc: Alexei Lazar, Carolina Jubran, Dragos Tatulea, Gal Pressman,
Leon Romanovsky, open list, linux-rdma, Mark Bloch,
Saeed Mahameed, Tariq Toukan
From: Alexei Lazar <alazar@nvidia.com>
mlx5e_dcbnl_setdcbx() used two different policies: mode 0 switched
firmware to AUTO, and any other request was accepted only with
DCB_CAP_DCBX_HOST.
Switch the firmware HOST/AUTO modes based on the DCB_CAP_DCBX_HOST
bit. This better aligns with the DCBX capability flags. It also
allows folding the two different code paths into one.
When switching to firmware-controlled (non-host) mode, report CEE,
IEEE and LLD_MANAGED together due to a FW limitation.
Signed-off-by: Alexei Lazar <alazar@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Carolina Jubran <cjubran@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
.../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c | 48 ++++++-------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c
index 741f75b5bfec..4eef929f5ae9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c
@@ -99,25 +99,6 @@ static int mlx5e_dcbnl_set_dcbx_mode(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
return mlx5_set_port_dcbx_param(mdev, param);
}
-static int mlx5e_dcbnl_switch_to_host_mode(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
-{
- struct mlx5e_dcbx *dcbx = &priv->dcbx;
- int err;
-
- if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(priv->mdev, dcbx))
- return 0;
-
- if (dcbx->mode == MLX5E_DCBX_PARAM_VER_OPER_HOST)
- return 0;
-
- err = mlx5e_dcbnl_set_dcbx_mode(priv, MLX5E_DCBX_PARAM_VER_OPER_HOST);
- if (err)
- return err;
-
- dcbx->mode = MLX5E_DCBX_PARAM_VER_OPER_HOST;
- return 0;
-}
-
static int mlx5e_dcbnl_ieee_getets(struct net_device *netdev,
struct ieee_ets *ets)
{
@@ -453,32 +434,31 @@ static u8 mlx5e_dcbnl_getdcbx(struct net_device *dev)
static u8 mlx5e_dcbnl_setdcbx(struct net_device *dev, u8 mode)
{
+ bool new_is_host = mode & DCB_CAP_DCBX_HOST;
struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
struct mlx5e_dcbx *dcbx = &priv->dcbx;
+ enum mlx5_dcbx_oper_mode target_mode;
if (mode & DCB_CAP_DCBX_LLD_MANAGED)
return 1;
- if ((!mode) && MLX5_CAP_GEN(priv->mdev, dcbx)) {
- if (dcbx->mode == MLX5E_DCBX_PARAM_VER_OPER_AUTO)
- return 0;
-
- /* set dcbx to fw controlled */
- if (!mlx5e_dcbnl_set_dcbx_mode(priv, MLX5E_DCBX_PARAM_VER_OPER_AUTO)) {
- dcbx->mode = MLX5E_DCBX_PARAM_VER_OPER_AUTO;
- dcbx->cap &= ~DCB_CAP_DCBX_HOST;
- return 0;
- }
+ if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(priv->mdev, dcbx))
+ return !new_is_host;
- return 1;
- }
+ target_mode = new_is_host ? MLX5E_DCBX_PARAM_VER_OPER_HOST :
+ MLX5E_DCBX_PARAM_VER_OPER_AUTO;
+ if (dcbx->mode == target_mode)
+ return 0;
- if (!(mode & DCB_CAP_DCBX_HOST))
+ if (mlx5e_dcbnl_set_dcbx_mode(priv, target_mode))
return 1;
- if (mlx5e_dcbnl_switch_to_host_mode(netdev_priv(dev)))
- return 1;
+ if (!new_is_host)
+ mode = DCB_CAP_DCBX_VER_CEE |
+ DCB_CAP_DCBX_VER_IEEE |
+ DCB_CAP_DCBX_LLD_MANAGED;
+ dcbx->mode = target_mode;
dcbx->cap = mode;
return 0;
--
2.44.0
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2026-10-11 11:28 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] net/mlx5e: Select DCBX HOST/AUTO from capability flags in setdcbx Tariq Toukan
@ 2026-10-11 11:29 ` Tariq Toukan
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tariq Toukan @ 2026-10-11 11:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
netdev, Paolo Abeni
Cc: Alexei Lazar, Carolina Jubran, Dragos Tatulea, Gal Pressman,
Leon Romanovsky, open list, linux-rdma, Mark Bloch,
Saeed Mahameed, Tariq Toukan
From: Alexei Lazar <alazar@nvidia.com>
Add support for DCB_CAP_DCBX_LLD_MANAGED, which indicates that DCBX
negotiation is performed by the firmware/LLD agent rather than the host.
When DCB_CAP_DCBX_LLD_MANAGED is requested, switch to
firmware-controlled DCBX mode.
Signed-off-by: Alexei Lazar <alazar@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Carolina Jubran <cjubran@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c
index 4eef929f5ae9..68deedb6f82e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c
@@ -439,9 +439,6 @@ static u8 mlx5e_dcbnl_setdcbx(struct net_device *dev, u8 mode)
struct mlx5e_dcbx *dcbx = &priv->dcbx;
enum mlx5_dcbx_oper_mode target_mode;
- if (mode & DCB_CAP_DCBX_LLD_MANAGED)
- return 1;
-
if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(priv->mdev, dcbx))
return !new_is_host;
--
2.44.0
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