netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] net: macsec: remove the preparation phase when offloading operations

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Message-Id: <166394221694.18573.1133791210451449421.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:10:16 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Antoine Tenart <atenart@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] net: macsec: remove the preparation phase when
 offloading operations

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:51:11 +0200 you wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It was reported[1] the 2-step phase offloading of MACsec operations did
> not fit well and device drivers were mostly ignoring the first phase
> (preparation). In addition the s/w fallback in case h/w rejected an
> operation, which could have taken advantage of this design, never was
> implemented and it's probably not a good idea anyway (at least
> unconditionnally). So let's remove this logic which only makes the code
> more complex for no advantage, before there are too many drivers
> providing MACsec offloading.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,1/7] net: phy: mscc: macsec: make the prepare phase a noop
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/920d998e5322
  - [net-next,2/7] net: atlantic: macsec: make the prepare phase a noop
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/135435f90b94
  - [net-next,3/7] net: macsec: remove the prepare phase when offloading
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/854c9181738f
  - [net-next,4/7] net: phy: mscc: macsec: remove checks on the prepare phase
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/6b701f4101e0
  - [net-next,5/7] net: atlantic: macsec: remove checks on the prepare phase
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/27418b55f094
  - [net-next,6/7] net/mlx5e: macsec: remove checks on the prepare phase
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/36c2ebced3a8
  - [net-next,7/7] net: macsec: remove the prepare flag from the MACsec offloading context
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/99383f1298ee

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