This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
Revert "net/mlx5: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency"
to the 6.6-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
revert-net-mlx5-block-entering-switchdev-mode-with-n.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 86089a7ff94025ca7fdfb302ade290cf69a79a1d
Author: Gavin Li <gavinl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Oct 19 04:49:54 2023 +0300
Revert "net/mlx5: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency"
[ Upstream commit 8deeefb24786ea7950b37bde4516b286c877db00 ]
This reverts commit 662404b24a4c4d839839ed25e3097571f5938b9b.
The revert is required due to the suspicion it is not good for anything
and cause crash.
Fixes: 662404b24a4c ("net/mlx5e: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency")
Signed-off-by: Gavin Li <gavinl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index b0455134c98ef..14b3bd3c5e2f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -3658,22 +3658,6 @@ static int esw_inline_mode_to_devlink(u8 mlx5_mode, u8 *mode)
return 0;
}
-static bool esw_offloads_devlink_ns_eq_netdev_ns(struct devlink *devlink)
-{
- struct mlx5_core_dev *dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
- struct net *devl_net, *netdev_net;
- bool ret = false;
-
- mutex_lock(&dev->mlx5e_res.uplink_netdev_lock);
- if (dev->mlx5e_res.uplink_netdev) {
- netdev_net = dev_net(dev->mlx5e_res.uplink_netdev);
- devl_net = devlink_net(devlink);
- ret = net_eq(devl_net, netdev_net);
- }
- mutex_unlock(&dev->mlx5e_res.uplink_netdev_lock);
- return ret;
-}
-
int mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
{
struct mlx5_eswitch *esw = dev->priv.eswitch;
@@ -3718,13 +3702,6 @@ int mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set(struct devlink *devlink, u16 mode,
if (esw_mode_from_devlink(mode, &mlx5_mode))
return -EINVAL;
- if (mode == DEVLINK_ESWITCH_MODE_SWITCHDEV &&
- !esw_offloads_devlink_ns_eq_netdev_ns(devlink)) {
- NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
- "Can't change E-Switch mode to switchdev when netdev net namespace has diverged from the devlink's.");
- return -EPERM;
- }
-
mlx5_lag_disable_change(esw->dev);
err = mlx5_esw_try_lock(esw);
if (err < 0) {
