kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c, branch linux-rolling-stable

ixgbevf: fix link setup issue

2026-03-19T15:15:16Z

commit feae40a6a178bb525a15f19288016e5778102a99 upstream. It may happen that VF spawned for E610 adapter has problem with setting link up. This happens when ixgbevf supporting mailbox API 1.6 cooperates with PF driver which doesn't support this version of API, and hence doesn't support new approach for getting PF link data. In that case VF asks PF to provide link data but as PF doesn't support it, returns -EOPNOTSUPP what leads to early bail from link configuration sequence. Avoid such situation by using legacy VFLINKS approach whenever negotiated API version is less than 1.6. To reproduce the issue just create VF and set its link up - adapter must be any from the E610 family, ixgbevf must support API 1.6 or higher while ixgbevf must not. Fixes: 53f0eb62b4d2 ("ixgbevf: fix getting link speed data for E610 devices") Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov Reviewed-by: Piotr Kwapulinski Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jedrzej Jagielski Tested-by: Rafal Romanowski Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ixgbevf: fix mailbox API compatibility by negotiating supported features

2025-10-14T00:44:48Z

There was backward compatibility in the terms of mailbox API. Various drivers from various OSes supporting 10G adapters from Intel portfolio could easily negotiate mailbox API. This convention has been broken since introducing API 1.4. Commit 0062e7cc955e ("ixgbevf: add VF IPsec offload code") added support for IPSec which is specific only for the kernel ixgbe driver. None of the rest of the Intel 10G PF/VF drivers supports it. And actually lack of support was not included in the IPSec implementation - there were no such code paths. No possibility to negotiate support for the feature was introduced along with introduction of the feature itself. Commit 339f28964147 ("ixgbevf: Add support for new mailbox communication between PF and VF") increasing API version to 1.5 did the same - it introduced code supported specifically by the PF ESX driver. It altered API version for the VF driver in the same time not touching the version defined for the PF ixgbe driver. It led to additional discrepancies, as the code provided within API 1.6 cannot be supported for Linux ixgbe driver as it causes crashes. The issue was noticed some time ago and mitigated by Jake within the commit d0725312adf5 ("ixgbevf: stop attempting IPSEC offload on Mailbox API 1.5"). As a result we have regression for IPsec support and after increasing API to version 1.6 ixgbevf driver stopped to support ESX MBX. To fix this mess add new mailbox op asking PF driver about supported features. Basing on a response determine whether to set support for IPSec and ESX-specific enhanced mailbox. New mailbox op, for compatibility purposes, must be added within new API revision, as API version of OOT PF & VF drivers is already increased to 1.6 and doesn't incorporate features negotiate op. Features negotiation mechanism gives possibility to be extended with new features when needed in the future. Reported-by: Jacob Keller Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/intel-wired-lan/20241101-jk-ixgbevf-mailbox-v1-5-fixes-v1-0-f556dc9a66ed@intel.com/ Fixes: 0062e7cc955e ("ixgbevf: add VF IPsec offload code") Fixes: 339f28964147 ("ixgbevf: Add support for new mailbox communication between PF and VF") Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jedrzej Jagielski Tested-by: Rafal Romanowski Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251009-jk-iwl-net-2025-10-01-v3-4-ef32a425b92a@intel.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

ixgbevf: fix getting link speed data for E610 devices

2025-10-14T00:44:48Z

E610 adapters no longer use the VFLINKS register to read PF's link speed and linkup state. As a result VF driver cannot get actual link state and it incorrectly reports 10G which is the default option. It leads to a situation where even 1G adapters print 10G as actual link speed. The same happens when PF driver set speed different than 10G. Add new mailbox operation to let the VF driver request a PF driver to provide actual link data. Update the mailbox api to v1.6. Incorporate both ways of getting link status within the legacy ixgbe_check_mac_link_vf() function. Fixes: 4c44b450c69b ("ixgbevf: Add support for Intel(R) E610 device") Co-developed-by: Andrzej Wilczynski Signed-off-by: Andrzej Wilczynski Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jedrzej Jagielski Tested-by: Rafal Romanowski Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251009-jk-iwl-net-2025-10-01-v3-2-ef32a425b92a@intel.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: Fix typos

2025-07-25T17:29:07Z

Fix typos in comments and error messages. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas Reviewed-by: David Arinzon Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250723201528.2908218-1-helgaas@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

ixgbevf: Add support for Intel(R) E610 device

2024-12-20T18:14:05Z

Add support for Intel(R) E610 Series of network devices. The E610 is based on X550 but adds firmware managed link, enhanced security capabilities and support for updated server manageability Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel Signed-off-by: Piotr Kwapulinski Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Tested-by: Rafal Romanowski Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen

intel/ixgbevf:fix repeated words in comments

2022-06-30T18:08:45Z

Delete the redundant word 'slot'. Delete the redundant word 'we'. Signed-off-by: Jilin Yuan Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen

ixgbevf: add disable link state

2022-03-08T15:41:18Z

Add possibility to disable link state if it is administratively disabled in PF. It is part of the general functionality that allows the PF driver to control the state of the virtual link VF devices. Signed-off-by: Slawomir Mrozowicz Tested-by: Konrad Jankowski Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen

ixgbevf: Add support for new mailbox communication between PF and VF

2021-11-17T16:07:42Z

Provide improved mailbox communication, between PF and VF, which is defined as API version 1.5. Signed-off-by: Radoslaw Tyl Tested-by: Tony Brelinski Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen

ixgbevf: Mailbox improvements

2021-11-17T16:07:42Z

Improve reliability of the mailbox communication and remove its potential flaws that may lead to the undefined or faulty behavior. Recently some users reported issues on ESX with 10G Intel NICs which were found to be caused by incorrect implementation of the PF-VF mailbox communication. Technical investigation highlighted areas to improve in the communication between PF or VF that wants to send the message (sender) and the other part which receives the message (receiver): - Locking the mailbox when the sender wants to send a message - Releasing the mailbox when the communication ends - Returning the result of the mailbox message execution Signed-off-by: Radoslaw Tyl Tested-by: Tony Brelinski Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen

ixgbevf: Rename MSGTYPE to SUCCESS and FAILURE

2021-11-17T16:07:42Z

There is name similarity within IXGBE_VT_MSGTYPE_ACK and PFMAILBOX.ACK / VFMAILBOX.ACK. MSGTYPE macros are renamed to SUCCESS and FAILURE because they are not specified in datasheet and now will be easily distinguishable. Signed-off-by: Radoslaw Tyl Tested-by: Tony Brelinski Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen