Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-next v4 07/13] ice: Switchdev FDB events support

From: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2023 16:17:44 +0200

+ Jakub, Eric

On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 02:21:15PM +0200, Wojciech Drewek wrote:
> Listen for SWITCHDEV_FDB_{ADD|DEL}_TO_DEVICE events while in switchdev
> mode. Accept these events on both uplink and VF PR ports. Add HW
> rules in newly created workqueue. FDB entries are stored in rhashtable
> for lookup when removing the entry and in the list for cleanup
> purpose. Direction of the HW rule depends on the type of the ports
> on which the FDB event was received:
> 
> ICE_ESWITCH_BR_UPLINK_PORT:
> TX rule that forwards the packet to the LAN (egress).
> 
> ICE_ESWITCH_BR_VF_REPR_PORT:
> RX rule that forwards the packet to the VF associated
> with the port representor.
> 
> In both cases the rule matches on the dst mac address.
> All the FDB entries are stored in the bridge structure.
> When the port is removed all the FDB entries associated with
> this port are removed as well. This is achieved thanks to the reference
> to the port that FDB entry holds.
> 
> In the fwd rule we use only one lookup type (MAC address)
> but lkups_cnt variable is already introduced because
> we will have more lookups in the subsequent patches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wojciech Drewek <[email-masked]>

...

> +static void
> +ice_eswitch_br_fdb_event_work(struct work_struct *work)
> +{
> +	struct ice_esw_br_fdb_work *fdb_work = ice_work_to_fdb_work(work);
> +	bool added_by_user = fdb_work->fdb_info.added_by_user;
> +	struct ice_esw_br_port *br_port = fdb_work->br_port;
> +	const unsigned char *mac = fdb_work->fdb_info.addr;
> +	u16 vid = fdb_work->fdb_info.vid;
> +
> +	rtnl_lock();
> +
> +	if (!br_port || !br_port->bridge)
> +		goto err_exit;
> +
> +	switch (fdb_work->event) {
> +	case SWITCHDEV_FDB_ADD_TO_DEVICE:
> +		ice_eswitch_br_fdb_entry_create(fdb_work->dev, br_port,
> +						added_by_user, mac, vid);
> +		break;
> +	case SWITCHDEV_FDB_DEL_TO_DEVICE:
> +		ice_eswitch_br_fdb_entry_find_and_delete(br_port->bridge,
> +							 mac, vid);
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		goto err_exit;
> +	}
> +
> +err_exit:
> +	rtnl_unlock();
> +	dev_put(fdb_work->dev);

Hi Wojciech,

I notice that the CI flags this as use of a deprecated API.
So I'm wondering if it would be better written using netdev_put()
And likewise, I'm wondering if other users in the ice driver should be
updated.

> +	ice_eswitch_br_fdb_work_dealloc(fdb_work);
> +}

...

> +static int
> +ice_eswitch_br_switchdev_event(struct notifier_block *nb,
> +			       unsigned long event, void *ptr)
> +{
> +	struct net_device *dev = switchdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
> +	struct switchdev_notifier_fdb_info *fdb_info;
> +	struct switchdev_notifier_info *info = ptr;
> +	struct ice_esw_br_offloads *br_offloads;
> +	struct ice_esw_br_fdb_work *work;
> +	struct ice_esw_br_port *br_port;
> +	struct netlink_ext_ack *extack;
> +	struct net_device *upper;
> +
> +	br_offloads = ice_nb_to_br_offloads(nb, switchdev_nb);
> +	extack = switchdev_notifier_info_to_extack(ptr);
> +
> +	upper = netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu(dev);
> +	if (!upper)
> +		return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +
> +	if (!netif_is_bridge_master(upper))
> +		return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +
> +	if (!ice_eswitch_br_is_dev_valid(dev))
> +		return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +
> +	br_port = ice_eswitch_br_netdev_to_port(dev);
> +	if (!br_port)
> +		return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +
> +	switch (event) {
> +	case SWITCHDEV_FDB_ADD_TO_DEVICE:
> +	case SWITCHDEV_FDB_DEL_TO_DEVICE:
> +		fdb_info = container_of(info, typeof(*fdb_info), info);
> +
> +		work = ice_eswitch_br_fdb_work_alloc(fdb_info, br_port, dev,
> +						     event);
> +		if (IS_ERR(work)) {
> +			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Failed to init switchdev fdb work");
> +			return notifier_from_errno(PTR_ERR(work));
> +		}
> +		dev_hold(dev);

Likewise, I'm wondering if this should be netdev_hold().

> +
> +		queue_work(br_offloads->wq, &work->work);
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		break;
> +	}
> +	return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +}
> +

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