The patch below does not apply to the 4.19-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From d785e1fec60179f534fbe8d006c890e5ad186e51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antony Antony <antony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:17:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ixgbe: fail to create xfrm offload of IPsec tunnel mode SA
Based on talks and indirect references ixgbe IPsec offlod do not
support IPsec tunnel mode offload. It can only support IPsec transport
mode offload. Now explicitly fail when creating non transport mode SA
with offload to avoid false performance expectations.
Fixes: 63a67fe229ea ("ixgbe: add ipsec offload add and remove SA")
Signed-off-by: Antony Antony <antony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Shannon Nelson <snelson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Tony Brelinski <tonyx.brelinski@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
index eca73526ac86..54d47265a7ac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
@@ -575,6 +575,11 @@ static int ixgbe_ipsec_add_sa(struct xfrm_state *xs)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ if (xs->props.mode != XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT) {
+ netdev_err(dev, "Unsupported mode for ipsec offload\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
if (ixgbe_ipsec_check_mgmt_ip(xs)) {
netdev_err(dev, "IPsec IP addr clash with mgmt filters\n");
return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ipsec.c
index 5170dd9d8705..caaea2c920a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ipsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ipsec.c
@@ -272,6 +272,11 @@ static int ixgbevf_ipsec_add_sa(struct xfrm_state *xs)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ if (xs->props.mode != XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT) {
+ netdev_err(dev, "Unsupported mode for ipsec offload\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
if (xs->xso.flags & XFRM_OFFLOAD_INBOUND) {
struct rx_sa rsa;
