Re: [PATCH net] octeontx2-pf: fix FLOW_DIS_IS_FRAGMENT implementation

From: Jacob Keller
Date: Wed Apr 10 2024 - 18:33:23 EST




On 4/10/2024 6:43 AM, Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen wrote:
> Upon reviewing the flower control flags handling in
> this driver, I notice that the key wasn't being used,
> only the mask.
>
> Ie. `tc flower ... ip_flags nofrag` was hardware
> offloaded as `... ip_flags frag`.
>
> Only compile tested, no access to HW.
>
> Fixes: c672e3727989 ("octeontx2-pf: Add support to filter packet based on IP fragment")
> Signed-off-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>

I know nothing about this hardware, but the change does match your
description. Hopefully someone from Marvell can comment on the hardware
aspect.

Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx>

> This is a best guess on a fix, I don't know if it will work,
> but hopefully someone at Marvell can test it.
>
> The more certain alternative would be to set an error msg.
> and return -EOPNOTSUPP, when `tc flower ip_flags nofrag`
> is used.