netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: socionext: netsec: always grab descriptor lock

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Date:   Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:30:43 +0200
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To:     Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org,
        lorenzo.bianconi@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: socionext: netsec: always grab descriptor lock

Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org> writes:

> Always acquire tx descriptor spinlock even if a xdp program is not loaded
> on the netsec device since ndo_xdp_xmit can run concurrently with
> netsec_netdev_start_xmit and netsec_clean_tx_dring. This can happen
> loading a xdp program on a different device (e.g virtio-net) and
> xdp_do_redirect_map/xdp_do_redirect_slow can redirect to netsec even if
> we do not have a xdp program on it.
>
> Fixes: ba2b232108d3 ("net: netsec: add XDP support")
> Tested-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>

Yeah, the "must load XDP program on dest interface" pattern is not a
good UI, so avoiding it when possible is good. Thanks for fixing this!

Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>