Re: mlx4: "failed to allocate default counter port 1"

[Sebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Wed, 1 Jul 2015, Sebastian Ott wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Jul 2015, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> > On 6/30/2015 5:17 PM, Sebastian Ott wrote:
> > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> > > > On 6/30/2015 4:24 PM, Sebastian Ott wrote:
> > > > > > > Do you run the VF on the same system/kernel as the PF, or the VF is
> > > > > > > probed to
> > > > > > > VM which runs the latest kernel and the PF runsolder kernel (which?)
> > > > > The latter case. The PF is driven by a much older Kernel running OFED
> > > > > 2.3.2.0.0.1
> > > > >
> > > > Can you try running the inbox PF driver that comes with the PF kernel
> > > > (what
> > > > kernel is that?) I'd like to see we're OK there.
> > > Frankly, I don't know. Plus I also don't know how to build an ofed kernel.
> > >
> > 
> > I didn't want you to build that package, but rather the outer way around,
> > namely
> > see what happens if uninstalling this package and running with the mlx4 inbox
> > PF
> > driver from the kernel provided from your distro of choice or an
> > upstreamkernel installed
> > by you. Anyway, I hope the below patch would provide a quick band-aid and let
> > you to continue running upstream VFs over that PF config, let me know (I will
> > be
> > OOO till Thu-Sun). Once we see how this behaves, will take it from there.
> 
> Thanks for the patch. Unfortunately, that didn't work:
> 

OK, using this patch it worked:

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index 12fbfcb..29c2a01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -2273,6 +2273,11 @@ static int mlx4_allocate_default_counters(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 		} else if (err == -ENOENT) {
 			err = 0;
 			continue;
+		} else if (mlx4_is_slave(dev) && err == -EINVAL) {
+			priv->def_counter[port] = MLX4_SINK_COUNTER_INDEX(dev);
+			mlx4_warn(dev, "can't allocate counter from old PF driver, using index %d\n",
+				  MLX4_SINK_COUNTER_INDEX(dev));
+			err = 0;
 		} else {
 			mlx4_err(dev, "%s: failed to allocate default counter port %d err %d\n",
 				 __func__, port + 1, err);