netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 3/5] macsec: fix secy->n_rx

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Date:   Sun, 30 Oct 2022 10:14:53 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Antoine Tenart <atenart@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 3/5] macsec: fix secy->n_rx_sc accounting

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 11:56:25PM +0200, Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
> secy->n_rx_sc is supposed to be the number of _active_ rxsc's within a
> secy. This is then used by macsec_send_sci to help decide if we should
> add the SCI to the header or not.
> 
> This logic is currently broken when we create a new RXSC and turn it
> off at creation, as create_rx_sc always sets ->active to true (and
> immediately uses that to increment n_rx_sc), and only later
> macsec_add_rxsc sets rx_sc->active.
> 
> Fixes: c09440f7dcb3 ("macsec: introduce IEEE 802.1AE driver")
> Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
> ---
> v2: drop unnecessary !! (Leon Romanovsky)
> 

With comment from Jakub.

Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>