netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/4] macsec: Add MACsec rx

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Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2023 15:50:03 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
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,
        leon@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/4] macsec: Add MACsec rx_handler change
 support

On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 04:57:15PM +0300, Emeel Hakim wrote:
> Offloading device drivers will mark offloaded MACsec SKBs with the
> corresponding SCI in the skb_metadata_dst so the macsec rx handler will
> know to which interface to divert those skbs, in case of a marked skb
> and a mismatch on the dst MAC address, divert the skb to the macsec
> net_device where the macsec rx_handler will be called.
> 
> Example of such a case is having a MACsec with VLAN as an inner header
> ETHERNET | SECTAG | VLAN packet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Emeel Hakim <ehakim@...dia.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>