netdev - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v2] i40e: fix i40e_count_filters() to count only active/new filters

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Message-ID: <d64cd3d6-a13a-48da-8658-7cfc12d98066@molgen.mpg.de>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:05:28 +0100
From: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
To: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, Arkadiusz Kubalewski <arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v2] i40e: fix
 i40e_count_filters() to count only active/new filters

Dear Aleksandr,


Am 13.03.24 um 10:44 schrieb Aleksandr Loktionov:
> The bug usually affects untrusted VFs, because they are limited to 18MACs,
> it affects them badly, not letting to create MAC all filters.
> Not stable to reproduce, it happens when VF user creates MAC filters
> when other MACVLAN operations are happened in parallel.
> But consequence is that VF can't receive desired traffic.
> 
> Fix counter to be bumped only for new or active filters.
> 
> Fixes: 621650cabee5 ("i40e: Refactoring VF MAC filters counting to make more reliable")
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Arkadiusz Kubalewski <arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com>
> ---
> v1 -> v2: add explanation about the bug

Thank you very much. (I personally wouldn’t break lines just because a 
sentence ends.)

> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 7 +++++--
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> index 89a3401..6010a49 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> @@ -1257,8 +1257,11 @@ int i40e_count_filters(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
>   	int bkt;
>   	int cnt = 0;
>   
> -	hash_for_each_safe(vsi->mac_filter_hash, bkt, h, f, hlist)
> -		++cnt;
> +	hash_for_each_safe(vsi->mac_filter_hash, bkt, h, f, hlist) {
> +		if (f->state == I40E_FILTER_NEW ||
> +		    f->state == I40E_FILTER_ACTIVE)
> +			++cnt;
> +	}
>   
>   	return cnt;
>   }

Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>


Kind regards,

Paul