netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 next-queue 05/10] ixgbe: add ipsec offload add and remove SA

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Date:   Wed, 20 Dec 2017 17:39:13 -0800
From:   Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@...cle.com>
To:     Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
Cc:     intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
        steffen.klassert@...unet.com, sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 next-queue 05/10] ixgbe: add ipsec offload add and
 remove SA

On 12/20/2017 5:17 PM, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 03:59:57PM -0800, Shannon Nelson wrote:
>> +}
>> +
>> +static const struct xfrmdev_ops ixgbe_xfrmdev_ops = {
>> +	.xdo_dev_state_add = ixgbe_ipsec_add_sa,
>> +	.xdo_dev_state_delete = ixgbe_ipsec_del_sa,
>> +};
>> +
> 
> This struct is only declared if XFRM_OFFLOAD is selected. What is
> selecting it for ixgbe driver?
> mlx5 driver has an extra option for ipsec offload and it then does
> 'depends on XFRM_OFFLOAD'
> 
>    Marcelo
> 

I didn't bother putting a 'depends' item in the ixgbe's Kconfig entry, 
and I didn't create an extra CONFIG variable to enable ixgbe's support 
of the offload.  If CONFIG_XFRM_OFFLOAD is set, then ixgbe will support it.

sln