The mlx5 PMD provides a specific workaround for the VMware ESXi
hypervisor, enabling on-demand routing configuration to virtual
machines. This workaround activates when the device type is
a Virtual Function and either an ESXi hypervisor is detected
or the hypervisor type is unknown.
For non-x86 architectures the function rte_hypervisor_get()
consistently returns an unknown type, which triggers the workaround
automatically without any actual needs. If there are VLAN support
requirements, this can lead to failures in inserting default control
flows.
Do not trigger the workaround for unknown hypervisor type
in non-x86 environments.
Fixes: dfedf3e3f9d2 ("net/mlx5: add workaround for VLAN in virtual machine")
Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viachesl...@nvidia.com>
--
v2: updated cooments to remove "white list"
---
drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_vlan_os.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_vlan_os.c
b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_vlan_os.c
index 81611a8d3f..353484de3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_vlan_os.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_vlan_os.c
@@ -112,16 +112,16 @@ mlx5_vlan_vmwa_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t
ifindex)
/* Check whether there is desired virtual environment */
hv_type = rte_hypervisor_get();
switch (hv_type) {
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(RTE_ARCH_X86_64)
+ /* Always misdetected on ARM archs, let's ignore this */
case RTE_HYPERVISOR_UNKNOWN:
+#endif
case RTE_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE:
- /*
- * The "white list" of configurations
- * to engage the workaround.
- */
+ /* The list of configurations to engage the workaround. */
break;
default:
/*
- * The configuration is not found in the "white list".
+ * The configuration is not found in the list.
* We should not engage the VLAN workaround.
*/
return NULL;
--
2.34.1
