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Message-ID: <46fd0be4-cbed-0e0f-b133-89d064126d01@intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2022 15:43:52 -0800
From:   Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
CC:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>,
        Emeel Hakim <ehakim@...dia.com>, Raed Salem <raeds@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [net 15/15] net/mlx5e: MACsec, block offload requests with
 encrypt off



On 11/24/2022 12:10 AM, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> From: Emeel Hakim <ehakim@...dia.com>
> 
> Currently offloading MACsec with authentication only (encrypt
> property set to off) is not supported, block such requests
> when adding/updating a macsec device.
> 

Makes sense.

Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>

> Fixes: 8ff0ac5be144 ("net/mlx5: Add MACsec offload Tx command support")
> Signed-off-by: Emeel Hakim <ehakim@...dia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Raed Salem <raeds@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
> index 137b34347de1..0d6dc394a12a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
> @@ -458,6 +458,11 @@ static bool mlx5e_macsec_secy_features_validate(struct macsec_context *ctx)
>   		return false;
>   	}
>   
> +	if (!ctx->secy->tx_sc.encrypt) {
> +		netdev_err(netdev, "MACsec offload: encrypt off isn't supported\n");
> +		return false;
> +	}
> +
>   	return true;
>   }
>