[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] i40e: workaround for Security issue in SR-IOV mode

2015-10-08 Thread Vlad Zolotarov
On 10/08/15 05:17, Wu, Jingjing wrote: >>> In SR-IOV mode a VF sending LFC or PFC would throttle the entire port. >>> The workaround is to add a filter to drop pause frames from VFs from >>> sending pause frames. >> This is a very strange approach - this would silently disable the Tx FC >> while

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] i40e: workaround for Security issue in SR-IOV mode

2015-10-08 Thread Wu, Jingjing
>> >> In SR-IOV mode a VF sending LFC or PFC would throttle the entire port. >> The workaround is to add a filter to drop pause frames from VFs from >> sending pause frames. >This is a very strange approach - this would silently disable the Tx FC while >a user would think it's enabled. Wouldn't th

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] i40e: workaround for Security issue in SR-IOV mode

2015-09-25 Thread Jingjing Wu
In SR-IOV mode a VF sending LFC or PFC would throttle the entire port. The workaround is to add a filter to drop pause frames from VFs from sending pause frames. Signed-off-by: Jingjing Wu --- drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 30 ++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) d

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] i40e: workaround for Security issue in SR-IOV mode

2015-09-25 Thread Vladislav Zolotarov
On Sep 25, 2015 11:44 AM, "Jingjing Wu" wrote: > > In SR-IOV mode a VF sending LFC or PFC would throttle the entire port. > The workaround is to add a filter to drop pause frames from VFs from > sending pause frames. This is a very strange approach - this would silently disable the Tx FC while a