netdev - Re: [PATCH] ixgbe: fail to create xfrm offload of IPsec tunnel mode SA

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Date:   Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:14:21 -0700
From:   Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
To:     Antony Antony <antony@...nome.org>,
        Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@...cle.com>,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ixgbe: fail to create xfrm offload of IPsec tunnel mode
 SA

On 10/14/20 7:17 AM, Antony Antony wrote:
> Based on talks and indirect references ixgbe IPsec offlod do not
> support IPsec tunnel mode offload. It can only support IPsec transport
> mode offload. Now explicitly fail when creating non transport mode SA
>   with offload to avoid false performance expectations.
>
> Fixes: 63a67fe229ea ("ixgbe: add ipsec offload add and remove SA")
> Signed-off-by: Antony Antony <antony@...nome.org>

Acked-by: Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>

> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c | 5 +++++
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ipsec.c     | 5 +++++
>   2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
> index eca73526ac86..54d47265a7ac 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
> @@ -575,6 +575,11 @@ static int ixgbe_ipsec_add_sa(struct xfrm_state *xs)
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   	}
>   
> +	if (xs->props.mode != XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT) {
> +		netdev_err(dev, "Unsupported mode for ipsec offload\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
>   	if (ixgbe_ipsec_check_mgmt_ip(xs)) {
>   		netdev_err(dev, "IPsec IP addr clash with mgmt filters\n");
>   		return -EINVAL;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ipsec.c
> index 5170dd9d8705..caaea2c920a6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ipsec.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ipsec.c
> @@ -272,6 +272,11 @@ static int ixgbevf_ipsec_add_sa(struct xfrm_state *xs)
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   	}
>   
> +	if (xs->props.mode != XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT) {
> +		netdev_err(dev, "Unsupported mode for ipsec offload\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
>   	if (xs->xso.flags & XFRM_OFFLOAD_INBOUND) {
>   		struct rx_sa rsa;
>