Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] flow_offload: Reject matching on layer 2 miss
From: Simon Horman <hidden>
Date: 2023-05-19 14:16:12
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On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 05:10:58PM +0300, Ido Schimmel wrote:
On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 01:33:00PM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:quoted
On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 02:33:26PM +0300, Ido Schimmel wrote:quoted
Adjust drivers that support the 'FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_META' key to reject filters that try to match on the newly added layer 2 miss option. Add an extack message to clearly communicate the failure reason to user space.Hi Ido, FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_META is also used in the following. Perhaps they don't need updating. But perhaps it is worth mentioning why.Good point.quoted
* drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe_offload.cThis driver does not seem to do anything with this key. TBH, I'm not sure what is the purpose of this hunk: if (flow_rule_match_key(rule, FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_META)) { struct flow_match_meta match; flow_rule_match_meta(rule, &match); } else { return -EOPNOTSUPP; } Felix, can you comment? Original patch: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230518113328.1952135-4-idosch@nvidia.com/ (local)
FWIIW, I agree with your analysis here.
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* drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/conntrack.cMy understanding is that this code is for netfilter offload (not tc) which does not use the new bit. Adding a check would therefore be dead code. I don't mind adding a check or mentioning in the commit message why I didn't add one. Let me know what you prefer.
Let's go with a comment in the commit message. Thanks.