netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] Support MACsec VLAN

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Date:   Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:37:32 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Emeel Hakim <ehakim@...dia.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        edumazet@...gle.com, sd@...asysnail.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] Support MACsec VLAN

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 03:21:03PM +0300, Emeel Hakim wrote:
> Dear maintainers,
> 
> This patch series introduces support for hardware (HW) offload MACsec
> devices with VLAN configuration. The patches address both scenarios
> where the VLAN header is both the inner and outer header for MACsec.
> 
> The changes include:
> 
> 1. Adding MACsec offload operation for VLAN.
> 2. Considering VLAN when accessing MACsec net device.
> 3. Currently offloading MACsec when it's configured over VLAN with
> current MACsec TX steering rules would wrongly insert the MACsec sec tag
> after inserting the VLAN header. This resulted in an ETHERNET | SECTAG |
> VLAN packet when ETHERNET | VLAN | SECTAG is configured. The patche
> handles this issue when configuring steering rules.
> 4. Adding MACsec rx_handler change support in case of a marked skb and a
> mismatch on the dst MAC address.
> 
> Please review these changes and let me know if you have any feedback or
> concerns.
> 
> Updates since v1:
> - Consult vlan_features when adding NETIF_F_HW_MACSEC.
> - Allow grep for the functions.
> - Add helper function to get the macsec operation to allow the compiler
>   to make some choice.

Please mark all your patches as vXXX and not only one.

Thanks