linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net 1/1] net: macsec: Fix XPN properties passing to macsec offload

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Date:   Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:25:43 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Emeel Hakim <ehakim@...dia.com>
Cc:     <edumazet@...gle.com>, <mayflowerera@...il.com>,
        <pabeni@...hat.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Raed Salem <raeds@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] net: macsec: Fix XPN properties passing to
 macsec offload

On Tue, 9 Aug 2022 13:29:05 +0300 Emeel Hakim wrote:
> Currently macsec invokes HW offload path before reading extended
> packet number (XPN) related user properties i.e. salt and short
> secure channel identifier (ssci), hence preventing macsec XPN HW
> offload.
> 
> Fix by moving macsec XPN properties reading prior to HW offload path.
> 
> Fixes: 48ef50fa866a ("macsec: Netlink support of XPN cipher suites")
> Reviewed-by: Raed Salem <raeds@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Emeel Hakim <ehakim@...dia.com>

Is there a driver in the tree which uses those values today?
I can't grep out any rx_sa->key accesses in the drivers at all :S

If there is none it's not really a fix.