Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: enable bc/mc storm prevention support

[Grygorii Strashko]

On 04/11/2021 01:07, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 00:20:30 +0200 Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> > On 03/11/2021 02:38, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > > On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 19:01:21 +0200 Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> > > >    - 01:00:00:00:00:00 fixed value has to be used for MC packets rate
> > > >      limiting (exact match)
> > >
> > > This looks like a stretch, why not use a mask? You can require users to
> > > always install both BC and MC rules if you want to make sure the masked
> > > rule does not match BC.
> > >    
> >
> > Those matching rules are hard coded in HW for packet rate limiting and SW only
> > enables them and sets requested pps limit.
> > - 1:BC: HW does exact match on BC MAC address
> > - 2:MC: HW does match on MC bit (the least-significant bit of the first octet)
> >
> > Therefore the exact match done in this patch for above dst_mac's with
> > is_broadcast_ether_addr() and ether_addr_equal().
>
> Right but flower supports masked matches for dest address, as far as I
> can tell. So you should check the mask is what you expect as well, not
> just look at the key. Mask should be equal to key in your case IIUC, so:
>
> 	if (is_broadcast_ether_addr(match.key->dst) &&
> 	    is_broadcast_ether_addr(match.mask->dst))
>
> and
>
> 	if (!memcmp(match.key->dst, mc_mac, ETH_ALEN) &&
> 	    !memcmp(match.mask->dst, mc_mac, ETH_ALEN))
>
> I think you should also test that the mask, not the key of source addr
> is zero.
>
> Note that ether_addr_equal() assumes the mac address is alinged to 2,
> which I'm not sure is the case here.
>
> Also you can make mc_mac a static const.

Ah, got it. Thank you.

> > The K3 cpsw also supports number configurable policiers (bit rate limit) in
> > ALE for which supports is to be added, and for them MC mask (sort of, it uses
> > number of ignored bits, like FF-FF-FF-00-00-00) can be used.

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Best regards,
grygorii