Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3] net/i40e: fix link status

If the PF driver supports the new speed reporting capabilities
then use link_event_adv instead of link_event to get the speed.

Fixes: 2a73125b7041 ("i40evf: fix link info update")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Guinan Sun <redacted>
---
v3:
* request the capability for i40evf
v2:
* modify commit log
* add code comments
* delete useless code
---
 drivers/net/i40e/base/virtchnl.h  | 16 ++++++++++-
 drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/base/virtchnl.h b/drivers/net/i40e/base/virtchnl.h
index 4f498ca45..9c64fd469 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/base/virtchnl.h
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/base/virtchnl.h

@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ VIRTCHNL_CHECK_STRUCT_LEN(16, virtchnl_vsi_resource);
 #define VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_ENCAP		0X00100000
 #define VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_ENCAP_CSUM		0X00200000
 #define VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RX_ENCAP_CSUM	0X00400000
-
+/* Define below the capability flags that are not offloads */
+#define VIRTCHNL_VF_CAP_ADV_LINK_SPEED		0x00000080
 #define VF_BASE_MODE_OFFLOADS (VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_L2 | \
 			       VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN | \
 			       VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_PF)

@@ -536,10 +537,23 @@ enum virtchnl_event_codes {
 struct virtchnl_pf_event {
 	enum virtchnl_event_codes event;
 	union {
+		/* If the PF driver does not support the new speed reporting
+		 * capabilities then use link_event else use link_event_adv to
+		 * get the speed and link information. The ability to understand
+		 * new speeds is indicated by setting the capability flag
+		 * VIRTCHNL_VF_CAP_ADV_LINK_SPEED in vf_cap_flags parameter
+		 * in virtchnl_vf_resource struct and can be used to determine
+		 * which link event struct to use below.
+		 */
 		struct {
 			enum virtchnl_link_speed link_speed;
 			bool link_status;
 		} link_event;
+		struct {
+			/* link_speed provided in Mbps */
+			u32 link_speed;
+			u8 link_status;
+		} link_event_adv;
 	} event_data;
 
 	int severity;

diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
index 69cab8e73..ccf5d8c57 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c

@@ -469,7 +469,8 @@ i40evf_get_vf_resource(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		       VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_AQ |
 		       VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_REG |
 		       VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN |
-		       VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RX_POLLING;
+		       VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RX_POLLING |
+		       VIRTCHNL_VF_CAP_ADV_LINK_SPEED;
 		args.in_args = (uint8_t *)∩︀
 		args.in_args_size = sizeof(caps);
 	} else {

@@ -1386,8 +1387,46 @@ i40evf_handle_pf_event(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint8_t *msg,
 		break;
 	case VIRTCHNL_EVENT_LINK_CHANGE:
 		PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "VIRTCHNL_EVENT_LINK_CHANGE event");
-		vf->link_up = pf_msg->event_data.link_event.link_status;
-		vf->link_speed = pf_msg->event_data.link_event.link_speed;
+
+		if (vf->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_CAP_ADV_LINK_SPEED) {
+			vf->link_up =
+				pf_msg->event_data.link_event_adv.link_status;
+
+			switch (pf_msg->event_data.link_event_adv.link_speed) {
+			case ETH_SPEED_NUM_100M:
+				vf->link_speed = I40E_LINK_SPEED_100MB;
+				break;
+			case ETH_SPEED_NUM_1G:
+				vf->link_speed = I40E_LINK_SPEED_1GB;
+				break;
+			case ETH_SPEED_NUM_2_5G:
+				vf->link_speed = I40E_LINK_SPEED_2_5GB;
+				break;
+			case ETH_SPEED_NUM_5G:
+				vf->link_speed = I40E_LINK_SPEED_5GB;
+				break;
+			case ETH_SPEED_NUM_10G:
+				vf->link_speed = I40E_LINK_SPEED_10GB;
+				break;
+			case ETH_SPEED_NUM_20G:
+				vf->link_speed = I40E_LINK_SPEED_20GB;
+				break;
+			case ETH_SPEED_NUM_25G:
+				vf->link_speed = I40E_LINK_SPEED_25GB;
+				break;
+			case ETH_SPEED_NUM_40G:
+				vf->link_speed = I40E_LINK_SPEED_40GB;
+				break;
+			default:
+				vf->link_speed = I40E_LINK_SPEED_UNKNOWN;
+				break;