Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-net 1/2] ice: fix inverted ready check for VF representors

From: Michal Swiatkowski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:47:11 +0100

On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 08:53:10AM +0100, Petr Oros wrote:
> Commit 0f00a897c9fcbd ("ice: check if SF is ready in ethtool ops")
> refactored the VF readiness check into a generic repr->ops.ready()
> callback but implemented ice_repr_ready_vf() with inverted logic:
> 
>   return !ice_check_vf_ready_for_cfg(repr->vf);
> 
> ice_check_vf_ready_for_cfg() returns 0 on success, so the negation
> makes ready() return non-zero when the VF is ready. All callers treat
> non-zero as "not ready, skip", causing ndo_get_stats64, get_drvinfo,
> get_strings and get_ethtool_stats to always bail out in switchdev mode.
> 
> Remove the erroneous negation. The SF variant ice_repr_ready_sf() is
> already correct (returns !active, i.e. non-zero when not active).
> 
> Fixes: 0f00a897c9fcbd ("ice: check if SF is ready in ethtool ops")
> Signed-off-by: Petr Oros <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_repr.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_repr.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_repr.c
> index cb08746556a670..2a84f656405828 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_repr.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_repr.c
> @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ ice_repr_reg_netdev(struct net_device *netdev, const struct net_device_ops *ops)
>  
>  static int ice_repr_ready_vf(struct ice_repr *repr)
>  {
> -	return !ice_check_vf_ready_for_cfg(repr->vf);
> +	return ice_check_vf_ready_for_cfg(repr->vf);
>  }
>  
>  static int ice_repr_ready_sf(struct ice_repr *repr)
> -- 
> 2.52.0
> 

Thanks for fixing
Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <[email-masked]>