Patch "octeontx2-pf: Fix ntuple rule creation to direct packet to VF with higher Rx queue than its PF" has been added to the 6.1-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    octeontx2-pf: Fix ntuple rule creation to direct packet to VF with higher Rx queue than its PF

to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     octeontx2-pf-fix-ntuple-rule-creation-to-direct-pack.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.



commit 2b5d451e172b5b3d25678c43997e65f85dc47026
Author: Suman Ghosh <sumang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Tue Nov 21 22:26:24 2023 +0530

    octeontx2-pf: Fix ntuple rule creation to direct packet to VF with higher Rx queue than its PF
    
    [ Upstream commit 4aa1d8f89b10cdc25a231dabf808d8935e0b137a ]
    
    It is possible to add a ntuple rule which would like to direct packet to
    a VF whose number of queues are greater/less than its PF's queue numbers.
    For example a PF can have 2 Rx queues but a VF created on that PF can have
    8 Rx queues. As of today, ntuple rule will reject rule because it is
    checking the requested queue number against PF's number of Rx queues.
    As a part of this fix if the action of a ntuple rule is to move a packet
    to a VF's queue then the check is removed. Also, a debug information is
    printed to aware user that it is user's responsibility to cross check if
    the requested queue number on that VF is a valid one.
    
    Fixes: f0a1913f8a6f ("octeontx2-pf: Add support for ethtool ntuple filters")
    Signed-off-by: Suman Ghosh <sumang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@xxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121165624.3664182-1-sumang@xxxxxxxxxxx
    Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c
index 934c199667b59..5c4a4d3557702 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c
@@ -1069,6 +1069,7 @@ int otx2_add_flow(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, struct ethtool_rxnfc *nfc)
 	struct ethhdr *eth_hdr;
 	bool new = false;
 	int err = 0;
+	u64 vf_num;
 	u32 ring;
 
 	if (!flow_cfg->max_flows) {
@@ -1081,7 +1082,21 @@ int otx2_add_flow(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, struct ethtool_rxnfc *nfc)
 	if (!(pfvf->flags & OTX2_FLAG_NTUPLE_SUPPORT))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (ring >= pfvf->hw.rx_queues && fsp->ring_cookie != RX_CLS_FLOW_DISC)
+	/* Number of queues on a VF can be greater or less than
+	 * the PF's queue. Hence no need to check for the
+	 * queue count. Hence no need to check queue count if PF
+	 * is installing for its VF. Below is the expected vf_num value
+	 * based on the ethtool commands.
+	 *
+	 * e.g.
+	 * 1. ethtool -U <netdev> ... action -1  ==> vf_num:255
+	 * 2. ethtool -U <netdev> ... action <queue_num>  ==> vf_num:0
+	 * 3. ethtool -U <netdev> ... vf <vf_idx> queue <queue_num>  ==>
+	 *    vf_num:vf_idx+1
+	 */
+	vf_num = ethtool_get_flow_spec_ring_vf(fsp->ring_cookie);
+	if (!is_otx2_vf(pfvf->pcifunc) && !vf_num &&
+	    ring >= pfvf->hw.rx_queues && fsp->ring_cookie != RX_CLS_FLOW_DISC)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (fsp->location >= otx2_get_maxflows(flow_cfg))
@@ -1163,6 +1178,9 @@ int otx2_add_flow(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, struct ethtool_rxnfc *nfc)
 		flow_cfg->nr_flows++;
 	}
 
+	if (flow->is_vf)
+		netdev_info(pfvf->netdev,
+			    "Make sure that VF's queue number is within its queue limit\n");
 	return 0;
 }
 



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