linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] ixgbe: ensure IPsec VF<->PF compatibility

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Message-ID: <YkVcBgac41VjNBd7@unreal>
Date:   Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:45:10 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Raed Salem <raeds@...dia.com>,
        Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@...cle.com>,
        Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ixgbe: ensure IPsec VF<->PF compatibility

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 09:13:21AM -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote:
> On 3/30/22 4:01 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> > 
> > The VF driver can forward any IPsec flags and such makes the function
> > is not extendable and prone to backward/forward incompatibility.
> > 
> > If new software runs on VF, it won't know that PF configured something
> > completely different as it "knows" only XFRM_OFFLOAD_INBOUND flag.
> > 
> > Fixes: eda0333ac293 ("ixgbe: add VF IPsec management")
> > Reviewed-by: Raed Salem <raeds@...dia.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> > ---
> > There is no simple fix for this VF/PF incompatibility as long as FW
> > doesn't filter/decline unsupported options when convey mailbox from VF
> > to PF.
> > ---
> >   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c | 4 +++-
> >   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
> > index e596e1a9fc75..236f244e3f65 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
> > @@ -903,7 +903,9 @@ int ixgbe_ipsec_vf_add_sa(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, u32 *msgbuf, u32 vf)
> >   	/* Tx IPsec offload doesn't seem to work on this
> >   	 * device, so block these requests for now.
> >   	 */
> > -	if (!(sam->flags & XFRM_OFFLOAD_INBOUND)) {
> > +	sam->flags = sam->flags & ~XFRM_OFFLOAD_IPV6;
> > +	if (!(sam->flags & XFRM_OFFLOAD_INBOUND) ||
> > +	    sam->flags & ~XFRM_OFFLOAD_INBOUND) {
> 
> So after stripping the IPV6 flag, you're checking to be sure that INBOUND is
> the only flag enabled, right?
> Could you use
>     if (sam->flags != XFRM_OFFLOAD_INBOUND) {
> instead?

Sure, I'll send new version soon.

Thanks

> 
> sln
> 
> >   		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> >   		goto err_out;
> >   	}
>