return ret;
}
+/**
+ * Querying the link status till it changes to the desired state.
+ * Number of query attempts is bounded by MLX5_MAX_LINK_QUERY_ATTEMPTS.
+ *
+ * @param priv
+ * Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param status
+ * Link desired status.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
+ */
+int
+priv_force_link_status_change(struct priv *priv, int status)
+{
+ int try = 0;
+
+ while (try < MLX5_MAX_LINK_QUERY_ATTEMPTS) {
+ priv_link_update(priv, 0);
+ if (priv->dev->data->dev_link.link_status == status)
+ return 0;
+ try++;
+ sleep(1);
+ }
+ return -EAGAIN;
+}
+
/**
* DPDK callback to retrieve physical link information.
*