On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 12:01:44AM +0200, Tariq Toukan wrote:
> From: Carolina Jubran <cjubran@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> mlx5_eswitch_get_vepa returns -EPERM if the device lacks
> eswitch_manager capability, blocking mlx5e_bridge_getlink from
> retrieving VEPA mode. Since mlx5e_bridge_getlink implements
> ndo_bridge_getlink, returning -EPERM causes bridge link show to fail
> instead of skipping devices without this capability.
>
> To avoid this, return -EOPNOTSUPP from mlx5e_bridge_getlink when
> mlx5_eswitch_get_vepa fails, ensuring the command continues processing
> other devices while ignoring those without the necessary capability.
>
> Fixes: 4b89251de024 ("net/mlx5: Support ndo bridge_setlink and getlink")
> Signed-off-by: Carolina Jubran <cjubran@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Jianbo Liu <jianbol@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
> index a814b63ed97e..8fcaee381b0e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
> @@ -5132,11 +5132,9 @@ static int mlx5e_bridge_getlink(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq,
> struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
> struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
> u8 mode, setting;
> - int err;
>
> - err = mlx5_eswitch_get_vepa(mdev->priv.eswitch, &setting);
> - if (err)
> - return err;
> + if (mlx5_eswitch_get_vepa(mdev->priv.eswitch, &setting))
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> mode = setting ? BRIDGE_MODE_VEPA : BRIDGE_MODE_VEB;
> return ndo_dflt_bridge_getlink(skb, pid, seq, dev,
> mode,
Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> --
> 2.31.1
