linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 15/16] net: dsa: return -EOPNOTSUPP when driver does not implement .port_lag

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Date:   Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:58:32 +0100
From:   Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...dia.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, Vadym Kochan <vkochan@...vell.com>,
        Taras Chornyi <tchornyi@...vell.com>,
        Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>,
        Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 15/16] net: dsa: return -EOPNOTSUPP when driver does not implement .port_lag_join

On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 01:18, Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com> wrote:
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
>
> The DSA core has a layered structure, and even though we end up
> returning 0 (success) to user space when setting a bonding/team upper
> that can't be offloaded, some parts of the framework actually need to
> know that we couldn't offload that.
>
> For example, if dsa_switch_lag_join returns 0 as it currently does,
> dsa_port_lag_join has no way to tell a successful offload from a
> software fallback, and it will call dsa_port_bridge_join afterwards.
> Then we'll think we're offloading the bridge master of the LAG, when in
> fact we're not even offloading the LAG. In turn, this will make us set
> skb->offload_fwd_mark = true, which is incorrect and the bridge doesn't
> like it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>