netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] netdev: introduce new NETIF_F_HW_SWITCH_OFFLOAD feature flag for switch device offloads

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 4 Dec 2014 22:08:21 -0800
From:	Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
To:	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	Jiří Pírko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>, Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
	john fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	"stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	John Linville <linville@...driver.com>,
	"nhorman@...driver.com" <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>,
	"vyasevic@...hat.com" <vyasevic@...hat.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	"buytenh@...tstofly.org" <buytenh@...tstofly.org>,
	Aviad Raveh <aviadr@...lanox.com>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, shm@...ulusnetworks.com,
	Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] netdev: introduce new NETIF_F_HW_SWITCH_OFFLOAD
 feature flag for switch device offloads

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 6:26 PM,  <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:
> From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
>
> This is a generic high level feature flag for all switch asic features today.
>
> switch drivers set this flag on switch ports. Logical devices like
> bridge, bonds, vxlans can inherit this flag from their slaves/ports.
>
> I had to use SWITCH in the name to avoid ambiguity with other feature
> flags. But, since i have been harping about not calling it 'switch',
> I am welcome to any suggestions :)
>
> An alternative to using a feature flag is to use a IFF_HW_OFFLOAD
> in net_device_flags.
> ---
>  include/linux/netdev_features.h |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/netdev_features.h b/include/linux/netdev_features.h
> index 8e30685..68db1de 100644
> --- a/include/linux/netdev_features.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netdev_features.h
> @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ enum {
>         NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_FILTER_BIT,/* Receive filtering on VLAN STAGs */
>         NETIF_F_HW_L2FW_DOFFLOAD_BIT,   /* Allow L2 Forwarding in Hardware */
>         NETIF_F_BUSY_POLL_BIT,          /* Busy poll */
> +       NETIF_F_HW_SWITCH_OFFLOAD_BIT,  /* HW switch offload */
>
>         /*
>          * Add your fresh new feature above and remember to update
> @@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ enum {
>  #define NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_TX        __NETIF_F(HW_VLAN_STAG_TX)
>  #define NETIF_F_HW_L2FW_DOFFLOAD       __NETIF_F(HW_L2FW_DOFFLOAD)
>  #define NETIF_F_BUSY_POLL      __NETIF_F(BUSY_POLL)
> +#define NETIF_F_HW_SWITCH_OFFLOAD      __NETIF_F(HW_SWITCH_OFFLOAD)

Can we use existing flag NETIF_F_HW_L2FW_DOFFLOAD?  The comment above
on that flag suggests it would be perfect for what we're doing with L2
bridging: offloading the L2 forwarding path in HW.

NETIF_F_HW_L2FW_DOFFLOAD seems to be orphaned in current net-next, so
I'm not sure of it's status, but see if it makes sense to recycle it.

I could see a NETIF_F_HW_L3FW_DOFFLOAD for L3 fwd offload, down the road.


>  /* Features valid for ethtool to change */
>  /* = all defined minus driver/device-class-related */
> --
> 1.7.10.4
>
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html