[libvirt] [PATCH v2 1/4] util: fixing wrong assumption that PF has to have netdev assigned
Michal Privoznik
mprivozn at redhat.com
Tue Nov 20 10:17:07 UTC 2018
On 11/17/18 8:51 PM, Radoslaw Biernacki wrote:
> libvirt wrongly assumes that VF netdev has to have the
> netdev assigned to PF. There is no such requirement in SRIOV standard.
> This patch change the virNetDevSwitchdevFeature() function to deal
> with SRIOV devices which does not have netdev on PF. Also removes
> one comment about PF netdev assumption.
> The error report was moved outside from virNetDevGetPhysicalFunction()
> and the error message changed slightly to reflect other potential
> root causes of error.
>
> One example of such devices is ThunderX VNIC.
> By applying this change, VF device is used for virNetlinkCommand() as
> it is the only netdev assigned to VNIC.
>
> Signed-off-by: Radoslaw Biernacki <radoslaw.biernacki at linaro.org>
> ---
> src/util/virnetdev.c | 22 ++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/util/virnetdev.c b/src/util/virnetdev.c
> index 5867977df4..f1c2ba8c17 100644
> --- a/src/util/virnetdev.c
> +++ b/src/util/virnetdev.c
> @@ -1358,15 +1358,8 @@ virNetDevGetPhysicalFunction(const char *ifname, char **pfname)
> goto cleanup;
> }
>
> - if (!*pfname) {
> - /* this shouldn't be possible. A VF can't exist unless its
> - * PF device is bound to a network driver
> - */
> - virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
> - _("The PF device for VF %s has no network device name"),
> - ifname);
If you remove this error reporting you have to make sure that all the
callers do report it (if needed).
Worse, this function has a non-Linux stub which sets errno = ENOSYS and
reports an error. Therefore I think the right solution is to keep this
error in and ..
> + if (!*pfname)
> goto cleanup;
> - }
>
> ret = 0;
> cleanup:
> @@ -1453,8 +1446,12 @@ virNetDevGetVirtualFunctionInfo(const char *vfname, char **pfname,
>
> *pfname = NULL;
>
> - if (virNetDevGetPhysicalFunction(vfname, pfname) < 0)
> + if (virNetDevGetPhysicalFunction(vfname, pfname) < 0) {
> + virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
> + _("Cannot get PF netdev name for VF %s"),
> + vfname);
> return ret;
> + }
>
> if (virNetDevSysfsFile(&pf_sysfs_path, *pfname, "device") < 0)
> goto cleanup;
> @@ -3182,8 +3179,11 @@ virNetDevSwitchdevFeature(const char *ifname,
> if ((is_vf = virNetDevIsVirtualFunction(ifname)) < 0)
> return ret;
>
> - if (is_vf == 1 && virNetDevGetPhysicalFunction(ifname, &pfname) < 0)
> - goto cleanup;
> + if (is_vf == 1) {
> + /* ignore error if PF does noto have netdev assigned
> + * in that case pfname == NULL */
> + ignore_value(virNetDevGetPhysicalFunction(ifname, &pfname));
.. just call this function like this:
if (virNetDevGetPhysicalFunction(ifname, &pfname) < 0) {
/* Ignore error if PF does not have a netdev assigned
* in which case pfname == NULL. */
virResetLastError();
}
Sorry for not realizing this in v1.
Michal
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