On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 4:56 PM Pawel Chmielewski
<pawel.chmielew...@intel.com> wrote:
> From: Liang-Min Wang <liang-min.w...@intel.com>
>
> In cases when VF sends malformed packets that are classified as malicious,
> sometimes it causes Tx queue to freeze. This frozen queue can be stuck
> for several minutes being unusable. This behavior can be reproduced with
> DPDK application, testpmd.
>
> When Malicious Driver Detection event occurs, perform graceful VF reset
> to quickly bring VF back to operational state. Add a log message to
> notify about the cause of the reset.

Sorry for bringing this up so late, but I have just now realized this:
Wasn't freezing of the queue originally the intended behavior, as a
penalty for being malicious?
Shouldn't these resets at least be guarded by ICE_FLAG_MDD_AUTO_RESET_VF?

Michal

> Signed-off-by: Liang-Min Wang <liang-min.w...@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pawel Chmielewski <pawel.chmielew...@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkow...@linux.intel.com>
> ---
> Changelog
> v1->v2:
> Reverted unneeded formatting change, fixed commit message, fixed a log
> message with a correct event name.
> ---
>
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c 
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> index 3c9419b05a2a..ee9752af6397 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> @@ -1839,6 +1839,10 @@ static void ice_handle_mdd_event(struct ice_pf *pf)
>                         if (netif_msg_tx_err(pf))
>                                 dev_info(dev, "Malicious Driver Detection 
> event TX_TCLAN detected on VF %d\n",
>                                          vf->vf_id);
> +                       dev_info(dev,
> +                                "PF-to-VF reset on VF %d due to Tx MDD 
> TX_TCLAN event\n",
> +                                vf->vf_id);
> +                       ice_reset_vf(vf, ICE_VF_RESET_NOTIFY);
>                 }
>
>                 reg = rd32(hw, VP_MDET_TX_TDPU(vf->vf_id));
> @@ -1849,6 +1853,10 @@ static void ice_handle_mdd_event(struct ice_pf *pf)
>                         if (netif_msg_tx_err(pf))
>                                 dev_info(dev, "Malicious Driver Detection 
> event TX_TDPU detected on VF %d\n",
>                                          vf->vf_id);
> +                       dev_info(dev,
> +                                "PF-to-VF reset on VF %d due to Tx MDD 
> TX_TDPU event\n",
> +                                vf->vf_id);
> +                       ice_reset_vf(vf, ICE_VF_RESET_NOTIFY);
>                 }
>
>                 reg = rd32(hw, VP_MDET_RX(vf->vf_id));
> --
> 2.37.3
>
>

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