Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix VF MAC address set over Bluefield

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>]

On 7/22/2020 10:07 AM, Raslan Darawsheh wrote:
> When trying to set MAC address of an ethethet device and if it was
> a representor, PMD sets the MAC over the corresponding VF instead.
> 
> For the case of HPF (Host PF representor on BluueField), PMD shouldn't
> attempt to set it, since it doesn't have any corresponding VF and fails.
> 
> This will fix the issue by setting the MAC on the dev directly.
> 
> Fixes: 0d1d73170820 ("net/mlx5: set VF MAC address from host")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@mellanox.com>
> Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c
> index 2d808d629..c75b1a169 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c
> @@ -157,8 +157,11 @@ mlx5_mac_addr_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_ether_addr *mac_addr)
>  	uint16_t port_id;
>  	struct mlx5_priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
>  
> -	/* Configuring the VF instead of its representor. */
> -	if (priv->representor) {
> +	/*
> +	 * Configuring the VF instead of its representor,
> +	 * need to skip the special case of HPF on Bluefield.
> +	 */
> +	if (priv->representor && priv->representor >= 0) {


'priv->representor' is 1 bit size bitfield (unsigned int representor:1), what is
the point of additional ">=0" check?
Can it be "representor_id >= 0" by any chance?