netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: macsec: Retrieve MACSec-XPN attributes before offloading

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Message-ID: <AM9PR08MB678837DD17B237654A8F84AADBD99@AM9PR08MB6788.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Thu, 26 May 2022 12:21:36 +0000
From:   Carlos Fernandez <carlos.fernandez@...hnica-engineering.de>
To:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Carlos Fernandez <carlos.escuin@...il.com>
CC:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Era Mayflower <mayflowerera@...il.com>,
        "open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: macsec: Retrieve MACSec-XPN attributes before
 offloading

Thanks, Paolo.
I'll add the tag and resend it again.

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From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2022 10:59 AM
To: Carlos Fernandez
Cc: Carlos Fernandez; David S. Miller; Eric Dumazet; Jakub Kicinski; Era Mayflower; open        list:NETWORKING DRIVERS; open list
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: macsec: Retrieve MACSec-XPN attributes before offloading

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On Tue, 2022-05-24 at 13:41 +0200, Carlos Fernandez wrote:
> When MACsec offloading is used with XPN, before mdo_add_rxsa
> and mdo_add_txsa functions are called, the key salt is not
> copied to the macsec context struct. Offloaded phys will need
> this data when performing offloading.
>
> Fix by copying salt and id to context struct before calling the
> offloading functions.
>
> Fixes: 48ef50fa866a ("macsec: Netlink support of XPN cipher suites")
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Fernandez <carlos.fernandez@...hnica-engineering.de>

I'm sorry to nick-picking again, but this patch don't pass checkpatch
validation:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20220524114134.366696-1-carlos.fernandez@technica-engineering.de/

Specifically, you should add a 'From:' tag as the first line:

From: Carlos Fernandez <carlos.fernandez@...hnica-engineering.de>

(Or send this patch from the above email address)

Thanks!