On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 04:03:43PM +0100, Ivan Vecera wrote:
> The VEB (virtual embedded switch) as a switch element can be
> connected according datasheet though its uplink to:
> - Physical port
> - Port Virtualizer (not used directly by i40e driver but can
>   be present in MFP mode where the physical port is shared
>   between PFs)
> - No uplink (aka floating VEB)
> 
> But VEB uplink cannot be connected to another VEB and any attempt
> to do so results in:
> 
> "i40e 0000:02:00.0: couldn't add VEB, err -EIO aq_err I40E_AQ_RC_ENOENT"
> 
> that indicates "the uplink SEID does not point to valid element".
> 
> Remove this logic from the driver code this way:
> 
> 1) For debugfs only allow to build floating VEB (uplink_seid == 0)
>    or main VEB (uplink_seid == mac_seid)
> 2) Do not recurse in i40e_veb_link_event() as no VEB cannot have
>    sub-VEBs
> 3) Ditto for i40e_veb_rebuild() + simplify the function as we know
>    that the VEB for rebuild can be only the main LAN VEB or some
>    of the floating VEBs
> 4) In i40e_rebuild() there is no need to check veb->uplink_seid
>    as the possible ones are 0 and MAC SEID
> 5) In i40e_vsi_release() do not take into account VEBs whose
>    uplink is another VEB as this is not possible
> 6) Remove veb_idx field from i40e_veb as a VEB cannot have
>    sub-VEBs
> 
> Tested using i40e debugfs interface:
> 1) Initial state
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# CMD="/sys/kernel/debug/i40e/0000:02:00.0/command"
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# echo dump switch > $CMD
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# dmesg -c
> [   98.440641] i40e 0000:02:00.0: header: 3 reported 3 total
> [   98.446053] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=19 seid=392 uplink=160 downlink=16
> [   98.452593] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=17 seid=160 uplink=2 downlink=0
> [   98.458856] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=19 seid=390 uplink=160 downlink=16
> 
> 2) Add floating VEB
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# echo add relay > $CMD
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# dmesg -c
> [  122.745630] i40e 0000:02:00.0: added relay 162
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# echo dump switch > $CMD
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# dmesg -c
> [  136.650049] i40e 0000:02:00.0: header: 4 reported 4 total
> [  136.655466] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=19 seid=392 uplink=160 downlink=16
> [  136.661994] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=17 seid=160 uplink=2 downlink=0
> [  136.668264] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=19 seid=390 uplink=160 downlink=16
> [  136.674787] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=17 seid=162 uplink=0 downlink=0
> 
> 3) Add VMDQ2 VSI to this new VEB
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# dmesg -c
> [  168.351763] i40e 0000:02:00.0: added VSI 394 to relay 162
> [  168.374652] enp2s0f0np0v0: NIC Link is Up, 40 Gbps Full Duplex, Flow 
> Control: None
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# echo dump switch > $CMD
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# dmesg -c
> [  195.683204] i40e 0000:02:00.0: header: 5 reported 5 total
> [  195.688611] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=19 seid=394 uplink=162 downlink=16
> [  195.695143] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=17 seid=162 uplink=0 downlink=0
> [  195.701410] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=19 seid=392 uplink=160 downlink=16
> [  195.707935] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=17 seid=160 uplink=2 downlink=0
> [  195.714201] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=19 seid=390 uplink=160 downlink=16
> 
> 4) Try to delete the VEB
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# echo del relay 162 > $CMD
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# dmesg -c
> [  239.260901] i40e 0000:02:00.0: deleting relay 162
> [  239.265621] i40e 0000:02:00.0: can't remove VEB 162 with 1 VSIs left
> 
> 5) Do PF reset and check switch status after rebuild
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# echo pfr > $CMD
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# echo dump switch > $CMD
> [root@cnb-03 net-next]# dmesg -c
> ...
> [  272.333655] i40e 0000:02:00.0: header: 5 reported 5 total
> [  272.339066] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=19 seid=394 uplink=162 downlink=16
> [  272.345599] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=17 seid=162 uplink=0 downlink=0
> [  272.351862] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=19 seid=392 uplink=160 downlink=16
> [  272.358387] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=17 seid=160 uplink=2 downlink=0
> [  272.364654] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=19 seid=390 uplink=160 downlink=16
> 
> 6) Delete VSI and delete VEB
> [  297.199116] i40e 0000:02:00.0: deleting VSI 394
> [  299.807580] i40e 0000:02:00.0: deleting relay 162
> [  309.767905] i40e 0000:02:00.0: header: 3 reported 3 total
> [  309.773318] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=19 seid=392 uplink=160 downlink=16
> [  309.779845] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=17 seid=160 uplink=2 downlink=0
> [  309.786111] i40e 0000:02:00.0: type=19 seid=390 uplink=160 downlink=16
> 
> Reviewed-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.dre...@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivec...@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <ho...@kernel.org>

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