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    i40e: use changed_flags to check I40E_FLAG_DISABLE_FW_LLDP · fe09ed0e
    Alan Brady authored
    Currently in i40e_set_priv_flags we use new_flags to check for the
    I40E_FLAG_DISABLE_FW_LLDP flag.  This is an issue for a few a reasons.
    DISABLE_FW_LLDP is persistent across reboots/driver reloads.  This means
    we need some way to detect if FW LLDP is enabled on init.  We do this by
    trying to init_dcb and if it fails with EPERM we know LLDP is disabled
    in FW.
    
    This could be a problem on older FW versions or NPAR enabled PFs because
    there are situations where the FW could disable LLDP, but they do _not_
    support using this flag to change it.  If we do end up in this
    situation, the flag will be set, then when the user tries to change any
    priv flags, the driver thinks the user is trying to disable FW LLDP on a
    FW that doesn't support it and essentially forbids any priv flag
    changes.
    
    The fix is simple, instead of checking if this flag is set, we should be
    checking if the user is trying to _change_ the flag on unsupported FW
    versions.
    
    This patch also adds a comment explaining that the cmpxchg is the point
    of no return.  Once we put the new flags into pf->flags we can't back
    out.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlan Brady <alan.brady@intel.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarAndrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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