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Message-ID: <CADEbmW03axMX30oiEG0iNLLiGYaTi6pqx9qdrLsR7DSC-x-fyw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 09:37:32 +0100
From: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
To: Pawel Chmielewski <pawel.chmielewski@...el.com>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de, lukasz.czapnik@...el.com,
Liang-Min Wang <liang-min.wang@...el.com>,
Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-next v2] ice: Reset VF on Tx MDD event
On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 4:56 PM Pawel Chmielewski
<pawel.chmielewski@...el.com> wrote:
> From: Liang-Min Wang <liang-min.wang@...el.com>
>
> In cases when VF sends malformed packets that are classified as malicious,
> sometimes it causes Tx queue to freeze. This frozen queue can be stuck
> for several minutes being unusable. This behavior can be reproduced with
> DPDK application, testpmd.
>
> When Malicious Driver Detection event occurs, perform graceful VF reset
> to quickly bring VF back to operational state. Add a log message to
> notify about the cause of the reset.
Sorry for bringing this up so late, but I have just now realized this:
Wasn't freezing of the queue originally the intended behavior, as a
penalty for being malicious?
Shouldn't these resets at least be guarded by ICE_FLAG_MDD_AUTO_RESET_VF?
Michal
> Signed-off-by: Liang-Min Wang <liang-min.wang@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pawel Chmielewski <pawel.chmielewski@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
> Changelog
> v1->v2:
> Reverted unneeded formatting change, fixed commit message, fixed a log
> message with a correct event name.
> ---
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> index 3c9419b05a2a..ee9752af6397 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> @@ -1839,6 +1839,10 @@ static void ice_handle_mdd_event(struct ice_pf *pf)
> if (netif_msg_tx_err(pf))
> dev_info(dev, "Malicious Driver Detection event TX_TCLAN detected on VF %d\n",
> vf->vf_id);
> + dev_info(dev,
> + "PF-to-VF reset on VF %d due to Tx MDD TX_TCLAN event\n",
> + vf->vf_id);
> + ice_reset_vf(vf, ICE_VF_RESET_NOTIFY);
> }
>
> reg = rd32(hw, VP_MDET_TX_TDPU(vf->vf_id));
> @@ -1849,6 +1853,10 @@ static void ice_handle_mdd_event(struct ice_pf *pf)
> if (netif_msg_tx_err(pf))
> dev_info(dev, "Malicious Driver Detection event TX_TDPU detected on VF %d\n",
> vf->vf_id);
> + dev_info(dev,
> + "PF-to-VF reset on VF %d due to Tx MDD TX_TDPU event\n",
> + vf->vf_id);
> + ice_reset_vf(vf, ICE_VF_RESET_NOTIFY);
> }
>
> reg = rd32(hw, VP_MDET_RX(vf->vf_id));
> --
> 2.37.3
>
>
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