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Currently the i40e driver enforces its own internally calculated per-VF MAC filter limit, derived from the number of allocated VFs and available hardware resources. This limit is not configurable by the administrator, which makes it difficult to control how many MAC addresses each VF may use. This patch adds support for the new generic devlink runtime parameter "max_mac_per_vf" which provides administrators with a way to cap the number of MAC addresses a VF can use: - When the parameter is set to 0 (default), the driver continues to use its internally calculated limit. - When set to a non-zero value, the driver applies this value as a strict cap for VFs, overriding the internal calculation. Important notes: - The configured value is a theoretical maximum. Hardware limits may still prevent additional MAC addresses from being added, even if the parameter allows it. - Since MAC filters are a shared hardware resource across all VFs, setting a high value may cause resource contention and starve other VFs. - This change gives administrators predictable and flexible control over VF resource allocation, while still respecting hardware limitations. - Previous discussion about this change: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250805134042.2604897-2-dhill@redhat.com https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250823094952.182181-1-mheib@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Mohammad Heib <mheib@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Tested-by: Rafal Romanowski <rafal.romanowski@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.