netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] vduse: add support for networking devices

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Message-ID: <ad2b2f93-3598-cffc-0f0d-fe20b2444011@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:34:06 +0200
From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@...hat.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc: xieyongji@...edance.com, jasowang@...hat.com, david.marchand@...hat.com,
 lulu@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com, eperezma@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] vduse: add support for networking devices

On 8/11/23 00:00, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2023 17:42:11 -0400 Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>> Directly into the stack? I thought VDUSE is vDPA in user space,
>>> meaning to get to the kernel the packet has to first go thru
>>> a virtio-net instance.
>>
>> yes. is that a sufficient filter in your opinion?
> 
> Yes, the ability to create the device feels stronger than CAP_NET_RAW,
> and a bit tangential to CAP_NET_ADMIN. But I don't have much practical
> experience with virt so no strong opinion, perhaps it does make sense
> for someone's deployment? Dunno..
> 

I'm not sure CAP_NET_ADMIN should be required for creating the VDUSE
devices, as the device could be attached to vhost-vDPA and so not
visible to the Kernel networking stack.

However, CAP_NET_ADMIN should be required to attach the VDUSE device to 
virtio-vdpa/virtio-net.

Does that make sense?

Maxime