[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: fix link state update

[Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com>]

From: Benoît Ganne <bganne@cisco.com>

mlx5 PMD refuses to update link state if link speed is defined but
status is down or if link speed is undefined but status is up, even if
the ioctl() succeeded.
This prevents application to detect link up/down event, especially when
the link speed is not correctly detected.
As link speed is nice to have whereas link status is mandatory for
operations, always update link state regardless of link speed. The
application can then check link speed if needs be.

Signed-off-by: Benoît Ganne <bganne@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst  |  1 +
 drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c | 10 ----------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
index 1c262d39a5..75b4ebc84b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ New Features
     by rte_flow API.
   * Added support of Age action query.
   * Added support of multi-ports hairpin.
+  * Allow unknown link speed.
 
   Updated Mellanox mlx5 vDPA driver:
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c
index 19b281925f..f7ef1492b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c
@@ -425,11 +425,6 @@ mlx5_link_update_unlocked_gset(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 				ETH_LINK_HALF_DUPLEX : ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX);
 	dev_link.link_autoneg = !(dev->data->dev_conf.link_speeds &
 			ETH_LINK_SPEED_FIXED);
-	if (((dev_link.link_speed && !dev_link.link_status) ||
-	     (!dev_link.link_speed && dev_link.link_status))) {
-		rte_errno = EAGAIN;
-		return -rte_errno;
-	}
 	*link = dev_link;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -571,11 +566,6 @@ mlx5_link_update_unlocked_gs(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 				ETH_LINK_HALF_DUPLEX : ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX);
 	dev_link.link_autoneg = !(dev->data->dev_conf.link_speeds &
 				  ETH_LINK_SPEED_FIXED);
-	if (((dev_link.link_speed && !dev_link.link_status) ||
-	     (!dev_link.link_speed && dev_link.link_status))) {
-		rte_errno = EAGAIN;
-		return -rte_errno;
-	}
 	*link = dev_link;
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.17.1