This maybe due to some testing we've been doing on not-rebinding the VF representator ports back to the host once the card is switched into switchdev mode
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1907086 Title: hardware offloaded PCI devices don't have associated netlink interfaces Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in nova package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Over time the netlink interfaces for PCI devices of VF's of a Mellanox ConnectX 5 card disappear: # mlnx-switchdev-mode show 0000:61:00.0 eno1 igb PF 0000:61:00.1 eno2 igb PF 0000:81:00.0 enp129s0f0 mlx5_core PF 0000:81:00.1 enp129s0f1 mlx5_core PF 0000:81:02.6 enp129s0f0v20 mlx5_core VF of enp129s0f0 0000:81:03.2 enp129s0f0v24 mlx5_core VF of enp129s0f0 # ip link [...] 103: enp129s0f1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,SLAVE,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 9000 qdisc mq master bond0 state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 04:3f:72:9f:35:8c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff vf 0 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 1 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 2 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 3 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 4 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 5 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 6 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 7 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 8 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 9 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 10 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 11 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 12 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 13 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 14 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 15 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 16 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 17 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 18 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 19 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 20 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 21 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 22 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 23 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 24 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 25 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 26 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 27 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 28 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 29 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 30 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off vf 31 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, query_rss off To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1907086/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : 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