{
struct ixgbe_fwd_adapter *fwd_adapter = NULL;
struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(pdev);
+ int used_pools = adapter->num_vfs + adapter->num_rx_pools;
unsigned int limit;
int pool, err;
+ /* Hardware has a limited number of available pools. Each VF, and the
+ * PF require a pool. Check to ensure we don't attempt to use more
+ * then the available number of pools.
+ */
+ if (used_pools >= IXGBE_MAX_VF_FUNCTIONS)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_RPS
if (vdev->num_rx_queues != vdev->num_tx_queues) {
netdev_info(pdev, "%s: Only supports a single queue count for TX and RX\n",
if (err)
return err;
- /* While the SR-IOV capability structure reports total VFs to be
- * 64 we limit the actual number that can be allocated to 63 so
- * that some transmit/receive resources can be reserved to the
- * PF. The PCI bus driver already checks for other values out of
- * range.
+ /* While the SR-IOV capability structure reports total VFs to be 64,
+ * we have to limit the actual number allocated based on two factors.
+ * First, we reserve some transmit/receive resources for the PF.
+ * Second, VMDQ also uses the same pools that SR-IOV does. We need to
+ * account for this, so that we don't accidentally allocate more VFs
+ * than we have available pools. The PCI bus driver already checks for
+ * other values out of range.
*/
- if (num_vfs > IXGBE_MAX_VFS_DRV_LIMIT)
+ if ((num_vfs + adapter->num_rx_pools) > IXGBE_MAX_VF_FUNCTIONS)
return -EPERM;
adapter->num_vfs = num_vfs;