Re: [PATCH for-rc] RDMA/srpt: Fix disabling device management

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On 2020-05-13 05:43, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 03:38:37PM +0300, Kamal Heib wrote:
>>>> Correct me if I'm wrong, Do you mean check the return value from
>>>> rdma_cap_ib_mad()?
>>>
>>> I think so.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>> Well, this function will not help in the case of VFs, because the flag
>> that is checked in rdma_cap_ib_mad() is RDMA_CORE_CAP_IB_MAD which is
>> set almost for each create IB device as part of RDMA_CORE_PORT_IBA_IB or
>> RDMA_CORE_PORT_IBA_ROCE or RDMA_CORE_PORT_IBA_ROCE_UDP_ENCAP.
> 
> AFAIK this case only happens for mlx4 devices that use the GUID table
> to emulate virtual IB ports. In this case there is no bit to control.
> 
> I didn't quite understand why srpt has this stuff, does it mean it is
> broken on mlx4 vports? Why allow the failure?

The commit message of the code that introduced the most recent
IB_PORT_DEVICE_MGMT_SUP changes is as follows:

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commit 09f8a1486dcaf69753961a6df6cffdaafc5ccbcb
Author: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
Date:   Mon Sep 30 16:17:01 2019 -0700

RDMA/srpt: Fix handling of SR-IOV and iWARP ports

Management datagrams (MADs) are not supported by SR-IOV VFs nor by iWARP
ports. Support SR-IOV VFs and iWARP ports by only logging an error
message if MAD handler registration fails.
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In other words, on my setup the ib_srpt driver was working find with SR-IOV.

Bart.



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