netdev - Re: [PATCH] ixgbe: Fix secpath usage for IPsec TX offload.

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Message-ID: <1d831c0ee1800a972c177cc15720f43ed1a6703d.camel@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 12 Sep 2019 11:47:46 -0700
From:   Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:     Jonathan Tooker <jonathan@...iablehosting.com>,
        Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Cc:     Michael Marley <michael@...haelmarley.com>,
        Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ixgbe: Fix secpath usage for IPsec TX offload.

On Thu, 2019-09-12 at 11:33 -0500, Jonathan Tooker wrote:
> On 9/12/2019 6:01 AM, Steffen Klassert wrote:
> > The ixgbe driver currently does IPsec TX offloading
> > based on an existing secpath. However, the secpath
> > can also come from the RX side, in this case it is
> > misinterpreted for TX offload and the packets are
> > dropped with a "bad sa_idx" error. Fix this by using
> > the xfrm_offload() function to test for TX offload.
> > 
> Does this patch also need to be ported to the ixgbevf driver? I can 
> replicate the bad sa_idx error using a VM that's using a VF & the 
> ixgebvf  driver.
> 

I am putting together a patch for ixgbevf right now.

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