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ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode

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Hiroshi Shimamoto Nov. 27, 2014, 10:39 a.m. UTC
From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>

The limitation of the number of multicast address for VF is not enough
for the large scale server with SR-IOV feature.
IPv6 requires the multicast MAC address for each IP address to handle
the Neighbor Solicitation message.
We couldn't assign over 30 IPv6 addresses to a single VF interface.

The easy way to solve this is enabling multicast promiscuous mode.
It is good to have a functionality to enable multicast promiscuous mode
for each VF from VF driver.

This patch introduces the new mbox API, IXGBE_VF_SET_MC_PROMISC, to
enable/disable multicast promiscuous mode in VF. If multicast promiscuous
mode is enabled the VF can receive all multicast packets.

With this patch, the ixgbevf driver automatically enable multicast
promiscuous mode when the number of multicast addresses is over than 30
if possible.

This also bump the API version up to 1.2 to check whether the API,
IXGBE_VF_SET_MC_PROMISC is available.

Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.choi@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Hayato Momma <h-momma@ce.jp.nec.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h          |  1 +
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_mbx.h      |  4 ++
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c    | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 13 +++-
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/mbx.h          |  4 ++
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c           | 29 +++++++-
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.h           |  1 +
 7 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Alexander H Duyck Dec. 4, 2014, 5:43 p.m. UTC | #1
On 11/27/2014 02:39 AM, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
>
> The limitation of the number of multicast address for VF is not enough
> for the large scale server with SR-IOV feature.
> IPv6 requires the multicast MAC address for each IP address to handle
> the Neighbor Solicitation message.
> We couldn't assign over 30 IPv6 addresses to a single VF interface.
>
> The easy way to solve this is enabling multicast promiscuous mode.
> It is good to have a functionality to enable multicast promiscuous mode
> for each VF from VF driver.
>
> This patch introduces the new mbox API, IXGBE_VF_SET_MC_PROMISC, to
> enable/disable multicast promiscuous mode in VF. If multicast promiscuous
> mode is enabled the VF can receive all multicast packets.
>
> With this patch, the ixgbevf driver automatically enable multicast
> promiscuous mode when the number of multicast addresses is over than 30
> if possible.
>
> This also bump the API version up to 1.2 to check whether the API,
> IXGBE_VF_SET_MC_PROMISC is available.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
> CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.choi@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Hayato Momma <h-momma@ce.jp.nec.com>

This is a REALLY bad idea unless you plan to limit this to privileged VFs.

I would recommend looking at adding an ndo operation to control this
feature so that it could be disabled by default in the PF and only
enabled on the host side if specifically requested.  Otherwise the
problem is I can easily see this leading security issues as the VFs
might begin getting access to messages that they aren't supposed to.

- Alex
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Hiroshi Shimamoto Dec. 5, 2014, 11:39 a.m. UTC | #2
> Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode
> 
> On 11/27/2014 02:39 AM, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> > From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
> >
> > The limitation of the number of multicast address for VF is not enough
> > for the large scale server with SR-IOV feature.
> > IPv6 requires the multicast MAC address for each IP address to handle
> > the Neighbor Solicitation message.
> > We couldn't assign over 30 IPv6 addresses to a single VF interface.
> >
> > The easy way to solve this is enabling multicast promiscuous mode.
> > It is good to have a functionality to enable multicast promiscuous mode
> > for each VF from VF driver.
> >
> > This patch introduces the new mbox API, IXGBE_VF_SET_MC_PROMISC, to
> > enable/disable multicast promiscuous mode in VF. If multicast promiscuous
> > mode is enabled the VF can receive all multicast packets.
> >
> > With this patch, the ixgbevf driver automatically enable multicast
> > promiscuous mode when the number of multicast addresses is over than 30
> > if possible.
> >
> > This also bump the API version up to 1.2 to check whether the API,
> > IXGBE_VF_SET_MC_PROMISC is available.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
> > CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.choi@intel.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Hayato Momma <h-momma@ce.jp.nec.com>
> 
> This is a REALLY bad idea unless you plan to limit this to privileged VFs.
> 
> I would recommend looking at adding an ndo operation to control this
> feature so that it could be disabled by default in the PF and only
> enabled on the host side if specifically requested.  Otherwise the

Do you mean that PF driver should have the flag to enable or disable per VF
and disallow the request from VF?

> problem is I can easily see this leading security issues as the VFs
> might begin getting access to messages that they aren't supposed to.

OK, by the way, I think that the current ixgbe and ixgbevf implementation
has already such issue. The guest can add hash entry to receive MAC and it
can get every multicast MAC frame with the current mbox API.
Does your concern come from the easiness of doing that?

thanks,
Hiroshi

> 
> - Alex
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Hiroshi Shimamoto Dec. 16, 2014, 12:49 a.m. UTC | #3
> > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode
> >
> > On 11/27/2014 02:39 AM, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> > > From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
> > >
> > > The limitation of the number of multicast address for VF is not enough
> > > for the large scale server with SR-IOV feature.
> > > IPv6 requires the multicast MAC address for each IP address to handle
> > > the Neighbor Solicitation message.
> > > We couldn't assign over 30 IPv6 addresses to a single VF interface.
> > >
> > > The easy way to solve this is enabling multicast promiscuous mode.
> > > It is good to have a functionality to enable multicast promiscuous mode
> > > for each VF from VF driver.
> > >
> > > This patch introduces the new mbox API, IXGBE_VF_SET_MC_PROMISC, to
> > > enable/disable multicast promiscuous mode in VF. If multicast promiscuous
> > > mode is enabled the VF can receive all multicast packets.
> > >
> > > With this patch, the ixgbevf driver automatically enable multicast
> > > promiscuous mode when the number of multicast addresses is over than 30
> > > if possible.
> > >
> > > This also bump the API version up to 1.2 to check whether the API,
> > > IXGBE_VF_SET_MC_PROMISC is available.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
> > > CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.choi@intel.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Hayato Momma <h-momma@ce.jp.nec.com>
> >
> > This is a REALLY bad idea unless you plan to limit this to privileged VFs.
> >
> > I would recommend looking at adding an ndo operation to control this
> > feature so that it could be disabled by default in the PF and only
> > enabled on the host side if specifically requested.  Otherwise the
> 
> Do you mean that PF driver should have the flag to enable or disable per VF
> and disallow the request from VF?

Could you answer about that?

> 
> > problem is I can easily see this leading security issues as the VFs
> > might begin getting access to messages that they aren't supposed to.
> 
> OK, by the way, I think that the current ixgbe and ixgbevf implementation
> has already such issue. The guest can add hash entry to receive MAC and it
> can get every multicast MAC frame with the current mbox API.
> Does your concern come from the easiness of doing that?

There is the single MTA per PF, not per VF.
VF requests PF to register the hash of MC MAC, then PF set a bit in the MTA
and set the flag IXGBE_VMOLR_ROMPE of VF, which enables packets switching to
the VF if MC MAC hits the hash entry in the MTA.
If VM1 has VF1 which uses MC MAC1 and VM2 has VF2 which uses MC MAC2, both
of VM1 and VM2 will receive MC MAC1. VM2 doesn't know why it receives MAC1.
In other words, in the current implementation, a VF receives all multicast
packets which are registered from other VFs.
Because the above reason, I hadn't imagined that enabling MC promiscuous mode
increases receiving the MC messages that they aren't supposed to.
I think that this patch doesn't change that behavior.

thanks,
Hiroshi

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Hiroshi Shimamoto Dec. 18, 2014, 9:47 a.m. UTC | #4
> > > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode
> > >
> > > On 11/27/2014 02:39 AM, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> > > > From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
> > > >
> > > > The limitation of the number of multicast address for VF is not enough
> > > > for the large scale server with SR-IOV feature.
> > > > IPv6 requires the multicast MAC address for each IP address to handle
> > > > the Neighbor Solicitation message.
> > > > We couldn't assign over 30 IPv6 addresses to a single VF interface.
> > > >
> > > > The easy way to solve this is enabling multicast promiscuous mode.
> > > > It is good to have a functionality to enable multicast promiscuous mode
> > > > for each VF from VF driver.
> > > >
> > > > This patch introduces the new mbox API, IXGBE_VF_SET_MC_PROMISC, to
> > > > enable/disable multicast promiscuous mode in VF. If multicast promiscuous
> > > > mode is enabled the VF can receive all multicast packets.
> > > >
> > > > With this patch, the ixgbevf driver automatically enable multicast
> > > > promiscuous mode when the number of multicast addresses is over than 30
> > > > if possible.
> > > >
> > > > This also bump the API version up to 1.2 to check whether the API,
> > > > IXGBE_VF_SET_MC_PROMISC is available.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
> > > > CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.choi@intel.com>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Hayato Momma <h-momma@ce.jp.nec.com>
> > >
> > > This is a REALLY bad idea unless you plan to limit this to privileged VFs.
> > >
> > > I would recommend looking at adding an ndo operation to control this
> > > feature so that it could be disabled by default in the PF and only
> > > enabled on the host side if specifically requested.  Otherwise the

Do you think whether introducing ndo_set_vf_mc_promisc to control the multicast
promiscuous mode of VF from host is good to you?
If that's okay I'm fine to post the new patch.

We need the capability to use thousands IPv6 addresses in VF.
I think setting multicast promiscuous mode on is the easiest way to do it.

thanks,
Hiroshi
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diff mbox

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
index 5032a60..2a5e3d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@  struct vf_data_storage {
 	u16 vlans_enabled;
 	bool clear_to_send;
 	bool pf_set_mac;
+	bool vf_mc_promisc;
 	u16 pf_vlan; /* When set, guest VLAN config not allowed. */
 	u16 pf_qos;
 	u16 tx_rate;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_mbx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_mbx.h
index a5cb755..2963557 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_mbx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_mbx.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@  enum ixgbe_pfvf_api_rev {
 	ixgbe_mbox_api_10,	/* API version 1.0, linux/freebsd VF driver */
 	ixgbe_mbox_api_20,	/* API version 2.0, solaris Phase1 VF driver */
 	ixgbe_mbox_api_11,	/* API version 1.1, linux/freebsd VF driver */
+	ixgbe_mbox_api_12,	/* API version 1.2, linux/freebsd VF driver */
 	/* This value should always be last */
 	ixgbe_mbox_api_unknown,	/* indicates that API version is not known */
 };
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@  enum ixgbe_pfvf_api_rev {
 /* mailbox API, version 1.1 VF requests */
 #define IXGBE_VF_GET_QUEUES	0x09 /* get queue configuration */
 
+/* mailbox API, version 1.2 VF requests */
+#define IXGBE_VF_SET_MC_PROMISC	0x0a /* VF requests PF to set MC promiscuous */
+
 /* GET_QUEUES return data indices within the mailbox */
 #define IXGBE_VF_TX_QUEUES	1	/* number of Tx queues supported */
 #define IXGBE_VF_RX_QUEUES	2	/* number of Rx queues supported */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c
index 01f7081..427993c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@  static int __ixgbe_enable_sriov(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 		adapter->flags2 &= ~(IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_CAPABLE |
 				     IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_ENABLED);
 
+		/* Disable multicast promiscuous mode of each VF at first */
+		for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_vfs; i++)
+			adapter->vfinfo[i].vf_mc_promisc = false;
+
 		/* enable spoof checking for all VFs */
 		for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_vfs; i++)
 			adapter->vfinfo[i].spoofchk_enabled = true;
@@ -310,6 +314,46 @@  int ixgbe_pci_sriov_configure(struct pci_dev *dev, int num_vfs)
 		return ixgbe_pci_sriov_enable(dev, num_vfs);
 }
 
+static int ixgbe_enable_vf_mc_promisc(struct ixgbe_adapter * adapter, u32 vf)
+{
+	struct ixgbe_hw *hw;
+	u32 vmolr;
+
+	if (adapter->vfinfo[vf].vf_mc_promisc)
+		return 0;
+
+	hw = &adapter->hw;
+	vmolr = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_VMOLR(vf));
+
+	e_info(drv, "VF %u: enabling multicast promiscuous\n", vf);
+
+	vmolr |= IXGBE_VMOLR_MPE;
+
+	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VMOLR(vf), vmolr);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ixgbe_disable_vf_mc_promisc(struct ixgbe_adapter * adapter, u32 vf)
+{
+	struct ixgbe_hw *hw;
+	u32 vmolr;
+
+	if (!adapter->vfinfo[vf].vf_mc_promisc)
+		return 0;
+
+	hw = &adapter->hw;
+	vmolr = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_VMOLR(vf));
+
+	e_info(drv, "VF %u: disabling multicast promiscuous\n", vf);
+
+	vmolr &= ~IXGBE_VMOLR_MPE;
+
+	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VMOLR(vf), vmolr);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int ixgbe_set_vf_multicasts(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 				   u32 *msgbuf, u32 vf)
 {
@@ -324,6 +368,9 @@  static int ixgbe_set_vf_multicasts(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 	u32 mta_reg;
 	u32 vmolr = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_VMOLR(vf));
 
+	/* Disable multicast promiscuous first */
+	ixgbe_disable_vf_mc_promisc(adapter, vf);
+
 	/* only so many hash values supported */
 	entries = min(entries, IXGBE_MAX_VF_MC_ENTRIES);
 
@@ -426,6 +473,7 @@  static s32 ixgbe_set_vf_lpe(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, u32 *msgbuf, u32 vf)
 #endif /* CONFIG_FCOE */
 		switch (adapter->vfinfo[vf].vf_api) {
 		case ixgbe_mbox_api_11:
+		case ixgbe_mbox_api_12:
 			/*
 			 * Version 1.1 supports jumbo frames on VFs if PF has
 			 * jumbo frames enabled which means legacy VFs are
@@ -696,6 +744,9 @@  static int ixgbe_vf_reset_msg(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, u32 vf)
 		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_PVFTDWBALn(q_per_pool, vf, i), 0);
 	}
 
+	/* Disable multicast promiscuous at reset */
+	ixgbe_disable_vf_mc_promisc(adapter, vf);
+
 	/* reply to reset with ack and vf mac address */
 	msgbuf[0] = IXGBE_VF_RESET;
 	if (!is_zero_ether_addr(vf_mac)) {
@@ -884,6 +935,12 @@  static int ixgbe_negotiate_vf_api(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 	switch (api) {
 	case ixgbe_mbox_api_10:
 	case ixgbe_mbox_api_11:
+	case ixgbe_mbox_api_12:
+		e_info(drv, "VF %d requested api_version %s\n", vf,
+			(api == ixgbe_mbox_api_12) ? "ixgbe_mbox_api_12" :
+			(api == ixgbe_mbox_api_11) ? "ixgbe_mbox_api_11" :
+			(api == ixgbe_mbox_api_10) ? "ixgbe_mbox_api_10" :
+			"unknown");
 		adapter->vfinfo[vf].vf_api = api;
 		return 0;
 	default:
@@ -907,6 +964,7 @@  static int ixgbe_get_vf_queues(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 	switch (adapter->vfinfo[vf].vf_api) {
 	case ixgbe_mbox_api_20:
 	case ixgbe_mbox_api_11:
+	case ixgbe_mbox_api_12:
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -1;
@@ -934,6 +992,25 @@  static int ixgbe_get_vf_queues(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ixgbe_set_vf_mc_promisc(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
+				   u32 *msgbuf, u32 vf)
+{
+	bool enable = !!msgbuf[1];	/* msgbuf contains the flag to enable */
+
+	switch (adapter->vfinfo[vf].vf_api) {
+	case ixgbe_mbox_api_12:
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (enable)
+		return ixgbe_enable_vf_mc_promisc(adapter, vf);
+	else
+		return ixgbe_disable_vf_mc_promisc(adapter, vf);
+}
+
+
 static int ixgbe_rcv_msg_from_vf(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, u32 vf)
 {
 	u32 mbx_size = IXGBE_VFMAILBOX_SIZE;
@@ -990,6 +1067,9 @@  static int ixgbe_rcv_msg_from_vf(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, u32 vf)
 	case IXGBE_VF_GET_QUEUES:
 		retval = ixgbe_get_vf_queues(adapter, msgbuf, vf);
 		break;
+	case IXGBE_VF_SET_MC_PROMISC:
+		retval = ixgbe_set_vf_mc_promisc(adapter, msgbuf, vf);
+		break;
 	default:
 		e_err(drv, "Unhandled Msg %8.8x\n", msgbuf[0]);
 		retval = IXGBE_ERR_MBX;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 030a219..3615bdb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -1635,7 +1635,8 @@  static void ixgbevf_init_last_counter_stats(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 static void ixgbevf_negotiate_api(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
-	int api[] = { ixgbe_mbox_api_11,
+	int api[] = { ixgbe_mbox_api_12,
+		      ixgbe_mbox_api_11,
 		      ixgbe_mbox_api_10,
 		      ixgbe_mbox_api_unknown };
 	int err = 0, idx = 0;
@@ -1649,6 +1650,12 @@  static void ixgbevf_negotiate_api(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 		idx++;
 	}
 
+	dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev, "mbox api_version = %s\n",
+		(hw->api_version == ixgbe_mbox_api_12) ? "ixgbe_mbox_api_12" :
+		(hw->api_version == ixgbe_mbox_api_11) ? "ixgbe_mbox_api_11" :
+		(hw->api_version == ixgbe_mbox_api_10) ? "ixgbe_mbox_api_10" :
+		"unknown");
+
 	spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->mbx_lock);
 }
 
@@ -1827,6 +1834,9 @@  void ixgbevf_down(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 
+	/* drop multicast promiscuous mode flag */
+	adapter->hw.mac.mc_promisc = false;
+
 	if (!pci_channel_offline(adapter->pdev))
 		ixgbevf_reset(adapter);
 
@@ -3279,6 +3289,7 @@  static int ixgbevf_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
 
 	switch (adapter->hw.api_version) {
 	case ixgbe_mbox_api_11:
+	case ixgbe_mbox_api_12:
 		max_possible_frame = IXGBE_MAX_JUMBO_FRAME_SIZE;
 		break;
 	default:
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/mbx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/mbx.h
index 0bc3005..62ef0d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/mbx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/mbx.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@  enum ixgbe_pfvf_api_rev {
 	ixgbe_mbox_api_10,	/* API version 1.0, linux/freebsd VF driver */
 	ixgbe_mbox_api_20,	/* API version 2.0, solaris Phase1 VF driver */
 	ixgbe_mbox_api_11,	/* API version 1.1, linux/freebsd VF driver */
+	ixgbe_mbox_api_12,	/* API version 1.2, linux/freebsd VF driver */
 	/* This value should always be last */
 	ixgbe_mbox_api_unknown,	/* indicates that API version is not known */
 };
@@ -104,6 +105,9 @@  enum ixgbe_pfvf_api_rev {
 /* mailbox API, version 1.1 VF requests */
 #define IXGBE_VF_GET_QUEUE	0x09 /* get queue configuration */
 
+/* mailbox API, version 1.2 VF requests */
+#define IXGBE_VF_SET_MC_PROMISC	0x0a /* VF requests PF to set MC promiscuous */
+
 /* GET_QUEUES return data indices within the mailbox */
 #define IXGBE_VF_TX_QUEUES	1	/* number of Tx queues supported */
 #define IXGBE_VF_RX_QUEUES	2	/* number of Rx queues supported */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c
index 9cddd56..43c1ee3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@  static s32 ixgbevf_reset_hw_vf(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
 	memcpy(hw->mac.perm_addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	hw->mac.mc_filter_type = msgbuf[IXGBE_VF_MC_TYPE_WORD];
 
+	/* after reset, MC promiscuous mode is disabled */
+	hw->mac.mc_promisc = false;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -327,8 +330,29 @@  static s32 ixgbevf_update_mc_addr_list_vf(struct ixgbe_hw *hw,
 	 */
 
 	cnt = netdev_mc_count(netdev);
-	if (cnt > 30)
+	if (cnt > 30) {
+		/*
+		 * If the API has the capability to handle MC promiscuous
+		 * mode, turn it on.
+		 */
+		if (hw->api_version == ixgbe_mbox_api_12) {
+			if (!hw->mac.mc_promisc) {
+				struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter = hw->back;
+
+				dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Request MC PROMISC\n");
+
+				/* enabling multicast promiscuous */
+				msgbuf[0] = IXGBE_VF_SET_MC_PROMISC;
+				msgbuf[1] = 1;
+				ixgbevf_write_msg_read_ack(hw, msgbuf, 2);
+
+				hw->mac.mc_promisc = true;
+			}
+
+			return 0;
+		}
 		cnt = 30;
+	}
 	msgbuf[0] = IXGBE_VF_SET_MULTICAST;
 	msgbuf[0] |= cnt << IXGBE_VT_MSGINFO_SHIFT;
 
@@ -344,6 +368,8 @@  static s32 ixgbevf_update_mc_addr_list_vf(struct ixgbe_hw *hw,
 
 	ixgbevf_write_msg_read_ack(hw, msgbuf, IXGBE_VFMAILBOX_SIZE);
 
+	hw->mac.mc_promisc = false;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -545,6 +571,7 @@  int ixgbevf_get_queues(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, unsigned int *num_tcs,
 	/* do nothing if API doesn't support ixgbevf_get_queues */
 	switch (hw->api_version) {
 	case ixgbe_mbox_api_11:
+	case ixgbe_mbox_api_12:
 		break;
 	default:
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.h
index aa8cc8d..59d8cf3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@  struct ixgbe_mac_info {
 	enum ixgbe_mac_type type;
 
 	s32  mc_filter_type;
+	bool mc_promisc;
 
 	bool get_link_status;
 	u32  max_tx_queues;