This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled net/mlx5e: Use the correct pause values for ethtool advertising to the 4.11-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: net-mlx5e-use-the-correct-pause-values-for-ethtool-advertising.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.11 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From foo@baz Wed May 31 09:13:10 JST 2017 From: Gal Pressman <galp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 15:11:22 +0300 Subject: net/mlx5e: Use the correct pause values for ethtool advertising From: Gal Pressman <galp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit b383b544f2666d67446b951a9a97af239dafed5d ] Query the operational pause from firmware (PFCC register) instead of always passing zeros. Fixes: 665bc53969d7 ("net/mlx5e: Use new ethtool get/set link ksettings API") Signed-off-by: Gal Pressman <galp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxx Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c @@ -828,6 +828,8 @@ static int mlx5e_get_link_ksettings(stru struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(netdev); struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = priv->mdev; u32 out[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(ptys_reg)] = {0}; + u32 rx_pause = 0; + u32 tx_pause = 0; u32 eth_proto_cap; u32 eth_proto_admin; u32 eth_proto_lp; @@ -850,11 +852,13 @@ static int mlx5e_get_link_ksettings(stru an_disable_admin = MLX5_GET(ptys_reg, out, an_disable_admin); an_status = MLX5_GET(ptys_reg, out, an_status); + mlx5_query_port_pause(mdev, &rx_pause, &tx_pause); + ethtool_link_ksettings_zero_link_mode(link_ksettings, supported); ethtool_link_ksettings_zero_link_mode(link_ksettings, advertising); get_supported(eth_proto_cap, link_ksettings); - get_advertising(eth_proto_admin, 0, 0, link_ksettings); + get_advertising(eth_proto_admin, tx_pause, rx_pause, link_ksettings); get_speed_duplex(netdev, eth_proto_oper, link_ksettings); eth_proto_oper = eth_proto_oper ? eth_proto_oper : eth_proto_cap; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from galp@xxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.11/net-mlx5e-fix-ethtool-pause-support-and-advertise-reporting.patch queue-4.11/net-mlx5e-use-the-correct-pause-values-for-ethtool-advertising.patch