netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/1] ixgbe: ensure IPsec VF<->PF compatibility

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Date:   Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:43:19 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, pabeni@...hat.com,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Raed Salem <raeds@...dia.com>,
        Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>,
        Konrad Jankowski <konrad0.jankowski@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] ixgbe: ensure IPsec VF<->PF compatibility

On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:31:52 -0700 Tony Nguyen wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> 
> The VF driver can forward any IPsec flags and such makes the function
> is not extendable and prone to backward/forward incompatibility.
> 
> If new software runs on VF, it won't know that PF configured something
> completely different as it "knows" only XFRM_OFFLOAD_INBOUND flag.
> 
> Fixes: eda0333ac293 ("ixgbe: add VF IPsec management")
> Reviewed-by: Raed Salem <raeds@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
> Tested-by: Konrad Jankowski <konrad0.jankowski@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>

Commit f049efc7f7cd ("ixgbe: ensure IPsec VF<->PF compatibility") in
net, thanks!