> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/iavf: fix VLAN offload strip flag
>
> Hi Ciara
> Thanks for your effort in reproducing the issue and confirming that the patch
> works. However, I have taken care of the indentation in the commit message
> and sent out a v2 patch. Appreciate your review comments.
>
> >>>Perhaps we should make the disabling unconditional or even better make it
> depend on if the stripping was enabled although I'm not sure if there's a way
> to check for this.
>
> I understand and agree with your point of disabling vlan_strip after checking if
> the stripping is enabled. But like you mentioned, I'm also not sure if there is
> any way to know that.
>
> However, I think, the current check also does a good job by checking the
> dev_conf parameter against RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_STRIP and re-
> disables the vlan_strip after every vlan_add operation.

Thanks for the v2.
I think this approach is fine for now, it matches what was already in place for VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN(V1).
A future improvement would be to find a way to determine if the stripping was re-enabled and only attempt to disable in that case.

>
>
> Thanks
> Amiya
>
>
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 at 23:41, Amiya Ranjan Mohakud
> <mailto:amiyaranjan.mohakud@gmail.com> wrote:
> For i40e kernel drivers which support either vlan(v1) or vlan(v2)
> VIRTCHNL OP,it will set strip on when setting filter on. But dpdk
> side will not change strip flag. To be consistent with dpdk side,
> explicitly disable strip again.
>
> Bugzilla ID:1725
> Cc: mailto:stable@dpdk.org
>
> v2:
> - Fixed indentation in commit message
>
> Signed-off-by: Amiya Ranjan Mohakud
> <mailto:amiyaranjan.mohakud@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
> b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
> index b3dacbef84..f93e7bf9ae 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
> @@ -1378,13 +1378,38 @@ iavf_dev_del_mac_addr(struct rte_eth_dev
> *dev, uint32_t index)
>         vf->mac_num--;
>  }
>
> +static int
> +iavf_disable_vlan_strip_ex(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int on)
> +{
> +       /* For i40e kernel drivers which supports both vlan(v1 & v2) VIRTCHNL
> OP,
> +        * it will set strip on when setting filter on but dpdk side will not
> +        * change strip flag. To be consistent with dpdk side, explicitly disable
> +        * strip again.
> +        *
> +        */
> +       struct iavf_adapter *adapter =
> +               IAVF_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_ADAPTER(dev->data->dev_private);
> +       struct rte_eth_conf *dev_conf = &dev->data->dev_conf;
> +       int err;
> +
> +       if (adapter->hw.mac.type == IAVF_MAC_XL710 ||
> +           adapter->hw.mac.type == IAVF_MAC_VF ||
> +           adapter->hw.mac.type == IAVF_MAC_X722_VF) {
> +               if (on && !(dev_conf->rxmode.offloads &
> RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_STRIP)) {
> +                       err = iavf_disable_vlan_strip(adapter);
> +                       if (err)
> +                               return -EIO;
> +               }
> +       }
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static int
>  iavf_dev_vlan_filter_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t vlan_id, int on)
>  {
>         struct iavf_adapter *adapter =
>                 IAVF_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_ADAPTER(dev->data->dev_private);
>         struct iavf_info *vf = IAVF_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_VF(adapter);
> -       struct rte_eth_conf *dev_conf = &dev->data->dev_conf;
>         int err;
>
>         if (adapter->closed)
> @@ -1394,7 +1419,8 @@ iavf_dev_vlan_filter_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
> uint16_t vlan_id, int on)
>                 err = iavf_add_del_vlan_v2(adapter, vlan_id, on);
>                 if (err)
>                         return -EIO;
> -               return 0;
> +
> +               return iavf_disable_vlan_strip_ex(dev, on);
>         }
>
>         if (!(vf->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN))
> @@ -1404,23 +1430,7 @@ iavf_dev_vlan_filter_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
> uint16_t vlan_id, int on)
>         if (err)
>                 return -EIO;
>
> -       /* For i40e kernel driver which only supports vlan(v1) VIRTCHNL OP,
> -        * it will set strip on when setting filter on but dpdk side will not
> -        * change strip flag. To be consistent with dpdk side, disable strip
> -        * again.
> -        *
> -        * For i40e kernel driver which supports vlan v2, dpdk will invoke vlan v2
> -        * related function, so it won't go through here.
> -        */
> -       if (adapter->hw.mac.type == IAVF_MAC_XL710 ||
> -           adapter->hw.mac.type == IAVF_MAC_X722_VF) {
> -               if (on && !(dev_conf->rxmode.offloads &
> RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_STRIP)) {
> -                       err = iavf_disable_vlan_strip(adapter);
> -                       if (err)
> -                               return -EIO;
> -               }
> -       }
> -       return 0;
> +       return iavf_disable_vlan_strip_ex(dev, on);
>  }
>
>  static void
> --
> 2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)