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authorBrett Creeley <brett.creeley@intel.com>2020-09-17 13:13:33 -0700
committerTony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>2021-06-07 08:30:58 -0700
commiteb550f53099bf5ff8dc5de93e275378510c891c9 (patch)
tree8d01a44ad72da43cf98dcba940634333015b73c5 /include
parent1a42624aecba438f1d114430a14b640cdfa51c87 (diff)
virtchnl: Use pad byte in virtchnl_ether_addr to specify MAC type
Currently, there is no way for a VF driver to specify that it wants to change its device/primary unicast MAC address. This makes it difficult/impossible for the PF driver to track the VF's device/primary unicast MAC address, which is used for VM/VF reboot and displaying on the host. Fix this by using 2 bits of a pad byte in the virtchnl_ether_addr structure so the VF can specify what type of MAC it's adding/deleting. Below are the values that should be used by all VF drivers going forward. VIRTCHNL_ETHER_ADDR_LEGACY(0): - The type should only ever be 0 for legacy AVF drivers (i.e. drivers that don't support the new type bits). The PF drivers will track VF's device/primary unicast MAC, but this will only be a best effort. VIRTCHNL_ETHER_ADDR_PRIMARY(1): - This type should only be used when the VF is changing their device/primary unicast MAC. It should be used for both delete and add cases related to the device/primary unicast MAC. VIRTCHNL_ETHER_ADDR_EXTRA(2): - This type should be used when the VF is adding and/or deleting MAC addresses that are not the device/primary unicast MAC. For example, extra unicast addresses and multicast addresses assuming the PF supports "extra" addresses at all. If a PF is parsing the type field of the virtchnl_ether_addr, then it should use the VIRTCHNL_ETHER_ADDR_TYPE_MASK to mask the first two bits of the type field since 0, 1, and 2 are the only valid values. Signed-off-by: Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h29
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h b/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h
index 565deea6ffe8..1fc07f3f99ab 100644
--- a/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h
+++ b/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h
@@ -412,9 +412,36 @@ VIRTCHNL_CHECK_STRUCT_LEN(12, virtchnl_queue_select);
* PF removes the filters and returns status.
*/
+/* VIRTCHNL_ETHER_ADDR_LEGACY
+ * Prior to adding the @type member to virtchnl_ether_addr, there were 2 pad
+ * bytes. Moving forward all VF drivers should not set type to
+ * VIRTCHNL_ETHER_ADDR_LEGACY. This is only here to not break previous/legacy
+ * behavior. The control plane function (i.e. PF) can use a best effort method
+ * of tracking the primary/device unicast in this case, but there is no
+ * guarantee and functionality depends on the implementation of the PF.
+ */
+
+/* VIRTCHNL_ETHER_ADDR_PRIMARY
+ * All VF drivers should set @type to VIRTCHNL_ETHER_ADDR_PRIMARY for the
+ * primary/device unicast MAC address filter for VIRTCHNL_OP_ADD_ETH_ADDR and
+ * VIRTCHNL_OP_DEL_ETH_ADDR. This allows for the underlying control plane
+ * function (i.e. PF) to accurately track and use this MAC address for
+ * displaying on the host and for VM/function reset.
+ */
+
+/* VIRTCHNL_ETHER_ADDR_EXTRA
+ * All VF drivers should set @type to VIRTCHNL_ETHER_ADDR_EXTRA for any extra
+ * unicast and/or multicast filters that are being added/deleted via
+ * VIRTCHNL_OP_DEL_ETH_ADDR/VIRTCHNL_OP_ADD_ETH_ADDR respectively.
+ */
struct virtchnl_ether_addr {
u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
- u8 pad[2];
+ u8 type;
+#define VIRTCHNL_ETHER_ADDR_LEGACY 0
+#define VIRTCHNL_ETHER_ADDR_PRIMARY 1
+#define VIRTCHNL_ETHER_ADDR_EXTRA 2
+#define VIRTCHNL_ETHER_ADDR_TYPE_MASK 3 /* first two bits of type are valid */
+ u8 pad;
};
VIRTCHNL_CHECK_STRUCT_LEN(8, virtchnl_ether_addr);