netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ixgbe: add XDP support for pass and drop actions

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Date:   Sun, 23 Apr 2017 21:26:26 -0700
From:   John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
Cc:     jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ixgbe: add XDP support for pass and drop actions

On 17-04-23 09:05 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 18:31:19 -0700, John Fastabend wrote:
>> +static int ixgbe_xdp_setup(struct net_device *dev, struct bpf_prog *prog)
>> +{
>> +	int i, frame_size = dev->mtu + ETH_HLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN + VLAN_HLEN;
>> +	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(dev);
>> +	struct bpf_prog *old_prog;
>> +
>> +	if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_SRIOV_ENABLED)
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> +	if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_DCB_ENABLED)
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> +	/* verify ixgbe ring attributes are sufficient for XDP */
>> +	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_rx_queues; i++) {
>> +		struct ixgbe_ring *ring = adapter->rx_ring[i];
>> +
>> +		if (ring_is_rsc_enabled(ring))
>> +			return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> +		if (frame_size > ixgbe_rx_bufsz(ring))
>> +			return -EINVAL;
>> +	}
> 
> I was just looking through the drivers, working on extended ack
> reporting, trying to bring out the driver XDP error messages out
> directly to iproute2.  It seems that multiple drivers are only 
> checking that MTU/buffer size is appropriate in the XDP_SETUP 
> function, and ignore XDP in case user tries to change MTU later.  
> And I think it's the same story with LRO?
> 

Agreed we need to harden the drivers to changes post XDP init. I'll submit
a few follow on patches for the ixgbe devices in the morning.

Thanks,
John