Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

Pull networking fixes from David Miller:
 "Hopefully the last pull request for this release. Fingers crossed:

   1) Only refcount ESP stats on full sockets, from Martin Willi.

   2) Missing barriers in AF_UNIX, from Al Viro.

   3) RCU protection fixes in ipv6 route code, from Paolo Abeni.

   4) Avoid false positives in untrusted GSO validation, from Willem de
      Bruijn.

   5) Forwarded mesh packets in mac80211 need more tailroom allocated,
      from Felix Fietkau.

   6) Use operstate consistently for linkup in team driver, from George
      Wilkie.

   7) ThunderX bug fixes from Vadim Lomovtsev. Mostly races between VF
      and PF code paths.

   8) Purge ipv6 exceptions during netdevice removal, from Paolo Abeni.

   9) nfp eBPF code gen fixes from Jiong Wang.

  10) bnxt_en firmware timeout fix from Michael Chan.

  11) Use after free in udp/udpv6 error handlers, from Paolo Abeni.

  12) Fix a race in x25_bind triggerable by syzbot, from Eric Dumazet"

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net: (65 commits)
  net: phy: realtek: Dummy IRQ calls for RTL8366RB
  tcp: repaired skbs must init their tso_segs
  net/x25: fix a race in x25_bind()
  net: dsa: Remove documentation for port_fdb_prepare
  Revert "bridge: do not add port to router list when receives query with source 0.0.0.0"
  selftests: fib_tests: sleep after changing carrier. again.
  net: set static variable an initial value in atl2_probe()
  net: phy: marvell10g: Fix Multi-G advertisement to only advertise 10G
  bpf, doc: add bpf list as secondary entry to maintainers file
  udp: fix possible user after free in error handler
  udpv6: fix possible user after free in error handler
  fou6: fix proto error handler argument type
  udpv6: add the required annotation to mib type
  mdio_bus: Fix use-after-free on device_register fails
  net: Set rtm_table to RT_TABLE_COMPAT for ipv6 for tables > 255
  bnxt_en: Wait longer for the firmware message response to complete.
  bnxt_en: Fix typo in firmware message timeout logic.
  nfp: bpf: fix ALU32 high bits clearance bug
  nfp: bpf: fix code-gen bug on BPF_ALU | BPF_XOR | BPF_K
  Documentation: networking: switchdev: Update port parent ID section
  ...

64 files changed, 568 insertions, 420 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
index 25170ad7d25b..101f2b2c69ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
@@ -533,16 +533,12 @@ Bridge VLAN filtering
   function that the driver has to call for each VLAN the given port is a member
   of. A switchdev object is used to carry the VID and bridge flags.
 
-- port_fdb_prepare: bridge layer function invoked when the bridge prepares the
-  installation of a Forwarding Database entry. If the operation is not
-  supported, this function should return -EOPNOTSUPP to inform the bridge code
-  to fallback to a software implementation. No hardware setup must be done in
-  this function. See port_fdb_add for this and details.
-
 - port_fdb_add: bridge layer function invoked when the bridge wants to install a
   Forwarding Database entry, the switch hardware should be programmed with the
   specified address in the specified VLAN Id in the forwarding database
-  associated with this VLAN ID
+  associated with this VLAN ID. If the operation is not supported, this
+  function should return -EOPNOTSUPP to inform the bridge code to fallback to
+  a software implementation.
 
 Note: VLAN ID 0 corresponds to the port private database, which, in the context
 of DSA, would be the its port-based VLAN, used by the associated bridge device.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt
index 82236a17b5e6..97b7ca8b9b86 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ device.
 Switch ID
 ^^^^^^^^^
 
-The switchdev driver must implement the switchdev op switchdev_port_attr_get
-for SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PARENT_ID for each port netdev, returning the same
-physical ID for each port of a switch.  The ID must be unique between switches
-on the same system.  The ID does not need to be unique between switches on
-different systems.
+The switchdev driver must implement the net_device operation
+ndo_get_port_parent_id for each port netdev, returning the same physical ID for
+each port of a switch. The ID must be unique between switches on the same
+system. The ID does not need to be unique between switches on different
+systems.
 
 The switch ID is used to locate ports on a switch and to know if aggregated
 ports belong to the same switch.
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index e6e17d8c5aae..dce5c099f43c 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2851,7 +2851,7 @@ R:	Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
 R:	Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
 R:	Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
-L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
+L:	bpf@vger.kernel.org
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf.git
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git
 Q:	https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list/?delegate=77147
@@ -2881,6 +2881,7 @@ N:	bpf
 BPF JIT for ARM
 M:	Shubham Bansal <illusionist.neo@gmail.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
+L:	bpf@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	arch/arm/net/
 
@@ -2889,18 +2890,21 @@ M:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
 M:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
 M:	Zi Shen Lim <zlim.lnx@gmail.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
+L:	bpf@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 F:	arch/arm64/net/
 
 BPF JIT for MIPS (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)
 M:	Paul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
+L:	bpf@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	arch/mips/net/
 
 BPF JIT for NFP NICs
 M:	Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
+L:	bpf@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 F:	drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/bpf/
 
@@ -2908,6 +2912,7 @@ BPF JIT for POWERPC (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)
 M:	Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.ibm.com>
 M:	Sandipan Das <sandipan@linux.ibm.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
+L:	bpf@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	arch/powerpc/net/
 
@@ -2915,6 +2920,7 @@ BPF JIT for S390
 M:	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
 M:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
+L:	bpf@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	arch/s390/net/
 X:	arch/s390/net/pnet.c
@@ -2922,12 +2928,14 @@ X:	arch/s390/net/pnet.c
 BPF JIT for SPARC (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)
 M:	David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
+L:	bpf@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	arch/sparc/net/
 
 BPF JIT for X86 32-BIT
 M:	Wang YanQing <udknight@gmail.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
+L:	bpf@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c
 
@@ -2935,6 +2943,7 @@ BPF JIT for X86 64-BIT
 M:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
 M:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
+L:	bpf@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 F:	arch/x86/net/
 X:	arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c
@@ -3389,9 +3398,8 @@ F:	Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/cafe_ccic*
 F:	drivers/media/platform/marvell-ccic/
 
 CAIF NETWORK LAYER
-M:	Dmitry Tarnyagin <dmitry.tarnyagin@lockless.no>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Supported
+S:	Orphan
 F:	Documentation/networking/caif/
 F:	drivers/net/caif/
 F:	include/uapi/linux/caif/
@@ -8486,6 +8494,7 @@ L7 BPF FRAMEWORK
 M:	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
 M:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
+L:	bpf@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	include/linux/skmsg.h
 F:	net/core/skmsg.c
@@ -16713,6 +16722,7 @@ M:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>
 M:	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
 L:	xdp-newbies@vger.kernel.org
+L:	bpf@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 F:	net/core/xdp.c
 F:	include/net/xdp.h
@@ -16726,6 +16736,7 @@ XDP SOCKETS (AF_XDP)
 M:	Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@intel.com>
 M:	Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@intel.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
+L:	bpf@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	kernel/bpf/xskmap.c
 F:	net/xdp/
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 485462d3087f..537c90c8eb0a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1183,29 +1183,22 @@ static rx_handler_result_t bond_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Link-local multicast packets should be passed to the
-	 * stack on the link they arrive as well as pass them to the
-	 * bond-master device. These packets are mostly usable when
-	 * stack receives it with the link on which they arrive
-	 * (e.g. LLDP) they also must be available on master. Some of
-	 * the use cases include (but are not limited to): LLDP agents
-	 * that must be able to operate both on enslaved interfaces as
-	 * well as on bonds themselves; linux bridges that must be able
-	 * to process/pass BPDUs from attached bonds when any kind of
-	 * STP version is enabled on the network.
+	/*
+	 * For packets determined by bond_should_deliver_exact_match() call to
+	 * be suppressed we want to make an exception for link-local packets.
+	 * This is necessary for e.g. LLDP daemons to be able to monitor
+	 * inactive slave links without being forced to bind to them
+	 * explicitly.
+	 *
+	 * At the same time, packets that are passed to the bonding master
+	 * (including link-local ones) can have their originating interface
+	 * determined via PACKET_ORIGDEV socket option.
 	 */
-	if (is_link_local_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest)) {
-		struct sk_buff *nskb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-
-		if (nskb) {
-			nskb->dev = bond->dev;
-			nskb->queue_mapping = 0;
-			netif_rx(nskb);
-		}
-		return RX_HANDLER_PASS;
-	}
-	if (bond_should_deliver_exact_match(skb, slave, bond))
+	if (bond_should_deliver_exact_match(skb, slave, bond)) {
+		if (is_link_local_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest))
+			return RX_HANDLER_PASS;
 		return RX_HANDLER_EXACT;
+	}
 
 	skb->dev = bond->dev;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c
index bb41becb6609..31ff1e0d1baa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c
@@ -1335,13 +1335,11 @@ static int atl2_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev;
 	struct atl2_adapter *adapter;
-	static int cards_found;
+	static int cards_found = 0;
 	unsigned long mmio_start;
 	int mmio_len;
 	int err;
 
-	cards_found = 0;
-
 	err = pci_enable_device(pdev);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 8bc7e495b027..d95730c6e0f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -3903,7 +3903,7 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_do_send_msg(struct bnxt *bp, void *msg, u32 msg_len,
 			if (len)
 				break;
 			/* on first few passes, just barely sleep */
-			if (i < DFLT_HWRM_CMD_TIMEOUT)
+			if (i < HWRM_SHORT_TIMEOUT_COUNTER)
 				usleep_range(HWRM_SHORT_MIN_TIMEOUT,
 					     HWRM_SHORT_MAX_TIMEOUT);
 			else
@@ -3926,7 +3926,7 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_do_send_msg(struct bnxt *bp, void *msg, u32 msg_len,
 			dma_rmb();
 			if (*valid)
 				break;
-			udelay(1);
+			usleep_range(1, 5);
 		}
 
 		if (j >= HWRM_VALID_BIT_DELAY_USEC) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
index a451796deefe..2fb653e0048d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ struct nqe_cn {
 	(HWRM_SHORT_TIMEOUT_COUNTER * HWRM_SHORT_MIN_TIMEOUT +		\
 	 ((n) - HWRM_SHORT_TIMEOUT_COUNTER) * HWRM_MIN_TIMEOUT))
 
-#define HWRM_VALID_BIT_DELAY_USEC	20
+#define HWRM_VALID_BIT_DELAY_USEC	150
 
 #define BNXT_HWRM_CHNL_CHIMP	0
 #define BNXT_HWRM_CHNL_KONG	1
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic.h
index f4d81765221e..62636c1ed141 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic.h
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ struct xcast_addr_list {
 };
 
 struct nicvf_work {
-	struct delayed_work    work;
+	struct work_struct     work;
 	u8                     mode;
 	struct xcast_addr_list *mc;
 };
@@ -327,7 +327,11 @@ struct nicvf {
 	struct nicvf_work       rx_mode_work;
 	/* spinlock to protect workqueue arguments from concurrent access */
 	spinlock_t              rx_mode_wq_lock;
-
+	/* workqueue for handling kernel ndo_set_rx_mode() calls */
+	struct workqueue_struct *nicvf_rx_mode_wq;
+	/* mutex to protect VF's mailbox contents from concurrent access */
+	struct mutex            rx_mode_mtx;
+	struct delayed_work	link_change_work;
 	/* PTP timestamp */
 	struct cavium_ptp	*ptp_clock;
 	/* Inbound timestamping is on */
@@ -575,10 +579,8 @@ struct set_ptp {
 
 struct xcast {
 	u8    msg;
-	union {
-		u8    mode;
-		u64   mac;
-	} data;
+	u8    mode;
+	u64   mac:48;
 };
 
 /* 128 bit shared memory between PF and each VF */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic_main.c
index 6c8dcb65ff03..c90252829ed3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic_main.c
@@ -57,14 +57,8 @@ struct nicpf {
 #define	NIC_GET_BGX_FROM_VF_LMAC_MAP(map)	((map >> 4) & 0xF)
 #define	NIC_GET_LMAC_FROM_VF_LMAC_MAP(map)	(map & 0xF)
 	u8			*vf_lmac_map;
-	struct delayed_work     dwork;
-	struct workqueue_struct *check_link;
-	u8			*link;
-	u8			*duplex;
-	u32			*speed;
 	u16			cpi_base[MAX_NUM_VFS_SUPPORTED];
 	u16			rssi_base[MAX_NUM_VFS_SUPPORTED];
-	bool			mbx_lock[MAX_NUM_VFS_SUPPORTED];
 
 	/* MSI-X */
 	u8			num_vec;
@@ -929,6 +923,35 @@ static void nic_config_timestamp(struct nicpf *nic, int vf, struct set_ptp *ptp)
 	nic_reg_write(nic, NIC_PF_PKIND_0_15_CFG | (pkind_idx << 3), pkind_val);
 }
 
+/* Get BGX LMAC link status and update corresponding VF
+ * if there is a change, valid only if internal L2 switch
+ * is not present otherwise VF link is always treated as up
+ */
+static void nic_link_status_get(struct nicpf *nic, u8 vf)
+{
+	union nic_mbx mbx = {};
+	struct bgx_link_status link;
+	u8 bgx, lmac;
+
+	mbx.link_status.msg = NIC_MBOX_MSG_BGX_LINK_CHANGE;
+
+	/* Get BGX, LMAC indices for the VF */
+	bgx = NIC_GET_BGX_FROM_VF_LMAC_MAP(nic->vf_lmac_map[vf]);
+	lmac = NIC_GET_LMAC_FROM_VF_LMAC_MAP(nic->vf_lmac_map[vf]);
+
+	/* Get interface link status */
+	bgx_get_lmac_link_state(nic->node, bgx, lmac, &link);
+
+	/* Send a mbox message to VF with current link status */
+	mbx.link_status.link_up = link.link_up;
+	mbx.link_status.duplex = link.duplex;
+	mbx.link_status.speed = link.speed;
+	mbx.link_status.mac_type = link.mac_type;
+
+	/* reply with link status */
+	nic_send_msg_to_vf(nic, vf, &mbx);
+}
+
 /* Interrupt handler to handle mailbox messages from VFs */
 static void nic_handle_mbx_intr(struct nicpf *nic, int vf)
 {
@@ -941,8 +964,6 @@ static void nic_handle_mbx_intr(struct nicpf *nic, int vf)
 	int i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	nic->mbx_lock[vf] = true;
-
 	mbx_addr = nic_get_mbx_addr(vf);
 	mbx_data = (u64 *)&mbx;
 
@@ -957,12 +978,7 @@ static void nic_handle_mbx_intr(struct nicpf *nic, int vf)
 	switch (mbx.msg.msg) {
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_READY:
 		nic_mbx_send_ready(nic, vf);
-		if (vf < nic->num_vf_en) {
-			nic->link[vf] = 0;
-			nic->duplex[vf] = 0;
-			nic->speed[vf] = 0;
-		}
-		goto unlock;
+		return;
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_QS_CFG:
 		reg_addr = NIC_PF_QSET_0_127_CFG |
 			   (mbx.qs.num << NIC_QS_ID_SHIFT);
@@ -1031,7 +1047,7 @@ static void nic_handle_mbx_intr(struct nicpf *nic, int vf)
 		break;
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_RSS_SIZE:
 		nic_send_rss_size(nic, vf);
-		goto unlock;
+		return;
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_RSS_CFG:
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_RSS_CFG_CONT:
 		nic_config_rss(nic, &mbx.rss_cfg);
@@ -1039,7 +1055,7 @@ static void nic_handle_mbx_intr(struct nicpf *nic, int vf)
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_CFG_DONE:
 		/* Last message of VF config msg sequence */
 		nic_enable_vf(nic, vf, true);
-		goto unlock;
+		break;
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_SHUTDOWN:
 		/* First msg in VF teardown sequence */
 		if (vf >= nic->num_vf_en)
@@ -1049,19 +1065,19 @@ static void nic_handle_mbx_intr(struct nicpf *nic, int vf)
 		break;
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_ALLOC_SQS:
 		nic_alloc_sqs(nic, &mbx.sqs_alloc);
-		goto unlock;
+		return;
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_NICVF_PTR:
 		nic->nicvf[vf] = mbx.nicvf.nicvf;
 		break;
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_PNICVF_PTR:
 		nic_send_pnicvf(nic, vf);
-		goto unlock;
+		return;
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_SNICVF_PTR:
 		nic_send_snicvf(nic, &mbx.nicvf);
-		goto unlock;
+		return;
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_BGX_STATS:
 		nic_get_bgx_stats(nic, &mbx.bgx_stats);
-		goto unlock;
+		return;
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_LOOPBACK:
 		ret = nic_config_loopback(nic, &mbx.lbk);
 		break;
@@ -1070,7 +1086,7 @@ static void nic_handle_mbx_intr(struct nicpf *nic, int vf)
 		break;
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_PFC:
 		nic_pause_frame(nic, vf, &mbx.pfc);
-		goto unlock;
+		return;
 	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_PTP_CFG:
 		nic_config_timestamp(nic, vf, &mbx.ptp);
 		break;
@@ -1094,7 +1110,7 @@ static void nic_handle_mbx_intr(struct nicpf *nic, int vf)
 		bgx = NIC_GET_BGX_FROM_VF_LMAC_MAP(nic->vf_lmac_map[vf]);
 		lmac = NIC_GET_LMAC_FROM_VF_LMAC_MAP(nic->vf_lmac_map[vf]);
 		bgx_set_dmac_cam_filter(nic->node, bgx, lmac,
-					mbx.xcast.data.mac,
+					mbx.xcast.mac,
 					vf < NIC_VF_PER_MBX_REG ? vf :
 					vf - NIC_VF_PER_MBX_REG);
 		break;
@@ -1106,8 +1122,15 @@ static void nic_handle_mbx_intr(struct nicpf *nic, int vf)
 		}
 		bgx = NIC_GET_BGX_FROM_VF_LMAC_MAP(nic->vf_lmac_map[vf]);
 		lmac = NIC_GET_LMAC_FROM_VF_LMAC_MAP(nic->vf_lmac_map[vf]);
-		bgx_set_xcast_mode(nic->node, bgx, lmac, mbx.xcast.data.mode);
+		bgx_set_xcast_mode(nic->node, bgx, lmac, mbx.xcast.mode);
 		break;
+	case NIC_MBOX_MSG_BGX_LINK_CHANGE:
+		if (vf >= nic->num_vf_en) {
+			ret = -1; /* NACK */
+			break;
+		}
+		nic_link_status_get(nic, vf);
+		return;
 	default:
 		dev_err(&nic->pdev->dev,
 			"Invalid msg from VF%d, msg 0x%x\n", vf, mbx.msg.msg);
@@ -1121,8 +1144,6 @@ static void nic_handle_mbx_intr(struct nicpf *nic, int vf)
 			mbx.msg.msg, vf);
 		nic_mbx_send_nack(nic, vf);
 	}
-unlock:
-	nic->mbx_lock[vf] = false;
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t nic_mbx_intr_handler(int irq, void *nic_irq)
@@ -1270,52 +1291,6 @@ static int nic_sriov_init(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct nicpf *nic)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Poll for BGX LMAC link status and update corresponding VF
- * if there is a change, valid only if internal L2 switch
- * is not present otherwise VF link is always treated as up
- */
-static void nic_poll_for_link(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	union nic_mbx mbx = {};
-	struct nicpf *nic;
-	struct bgx_link_status link;
-	u8 vf, bgx, lmac;
-
-	nic = container_of(work, struct nicpf, dwork.work);
-
-	mbx.link_status.msg = NIC_MBOX_MSG_BGX_LINK_CHANGE;
-
-	for (vf = 0; vf < nic->num_vf_en; vf++) {
-		/* Poll only if VF is UP */
-		if (!nic->vf_enabled[vf])
-			continue;
-
-		/* Get BGX, LMAC indices for the VF */
-		bgx = NIC_GET_BGX_FROM_VF_LMAC_MAP(nic->vf_lmac_map[vf]);
-		lmac = NIC_GET_LMAC_FROM_VF_LMAC_MAP(nic->vf_lmac_map[vf]);
-		/* Get interface link status */
-		bgx_get_lmac_link_state(nic->node, bgx, lmac, &link);
-
-		/* Inform VF only if link status changed */
-		if (nic->link[vf] == link.link_up)
-			continue;
-
-		if (!nic->mbx_lock[vf]) {
-			nic->link[vf] = link.link_up;
-			nic->duplex[vf] = link.duplex;
-			nic->speed[vf] = link.speed;
-
-			/* Send a mbox message to VF with current link status */
-			mbx.link_status.link_up = link.link_up;
-			mbx.link_status.duplex = link.duplex;
-			mbx.link_status.speed = link.speed;
-			mbx.link_status.mac_type = link.mac_type;
-			nic_send_msg_to_vf(nic, vf, &mbx);
-		}
-	}
-	queue_delayed_work(nic->check_link, &nic->dwork, HZ * 2);
-}
-
 static int nic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
@@ -1384,18 +1359,6 @@ static int nic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	if (!nic->vf_lmac_map)
 		goto err_release_regions;