Signed-off-by: Ophir Munk <ophi...@mellanox.com>
---
Full Commit message will follow immediately in v2
drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c b/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c
index 65657f0..d1f4a52 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ enum key_status_e {
};
#define ISOLATE_HANDLE 1
+#define REMOTE_PROMISCUOUS_HANDLE 2
struct rte_flow {
LIST_ENTRY(rte_flow) next; /* Pointer to the next rte_flow structure */
@@ -1692,9 +1693,15 @@ int tap_flow_implicit_create(struct pmd_internals *pmd,
* The ISOLATE rule is always present and must have a static handle, as
* the action is changed whether the feature is enabled (DROP) or
* disabled (PASSTHRU).
+ * There is just one REMOTE_PROMISCUOUS rule in all cases. It should
+ * have a static handle such that adding it twice will fail with EEXIST
+ * with any kernel version. Remark: old kernels may falsely accept the
+ * same REMOTE_PREMISCUOUS rules if they had different handles.
*/
if (idx == TAP_ISOLATE)
remote_flow->msg.t.tcm_handle = ISOLATE_HANDLE;
+ else if (idx == TAP_REMOTE_PROMISC)
+ remote_flow->msg.t.tcm_handle = REMOTE_PROMISCUOUS_HANDLE;
else
tap_flow_set_handle(remote_flow);
if (priv_flow_process(pmd, attr, items, actions, NULL,
@@ -1709,12 +1716,16 @@ int tap_flow_implicit_create(struct pmd_internals *pmd,
}
err = tap_nl_recv_ack(pmd->nlsk_fd);
if (err < 0) {
+ /* Silently ignore re-entering remote promiscuous rule */
+ if (errno == EEXIST && idx == TAP_REMOTE_PROMISC)
+ goto success;
RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD,
"Kernel refused TC filter rule creation (%d): %s\n",
errno, strerror(errno));
goto fail;
}
LIST_INSERT_HEAD(&pmd->implicit_flows, remote_flow, next);
+success:
return 0;
fail:
if (remote_flow)
--
2.7.4
