Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] netdevsim: add dummy macsec offload

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:18:34 -0700

On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 15:14:46 +0200 Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
> When the kernel is compiled with MACsec support, add the
> NETIF_F_HW_MACSEC feature to netdevsim devices and implement
> macsec_ops.
> 
> To allow easy testing of failure from the device, support is limited
> to 3 SecY's per netdevsim device, and 1 RXSC per SecY.

Quoting documentation:

  netdevsim
  ~~~~~~~~~
  
  [...]
  
  ``netdevsim`` is reserved for use by upstream tests only, so any
  new ``netdevsim`` features must be accompanied by selftests under
  ``tools/testing/selftests/``.
  
See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html#netdevsim
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