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authorDima Chumak <dchumak@nvidia.com>2023-08-24 23:28:36 -0700
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2023-08-27 17:08:45 -0700
commitb691b1116e820450de8a5d50eb4ce546a7de93dc (patch)
tree4f4d8f7f4ee050ad280c74a389588a07fc6bd45d /Documentation/networking/device_drivers
parent06bab69658a8afb493204448f29703e12e6d3960 (diff)
net/mlx5: Implement devlink port function cmds to control ipsec_packet
Implement devlink port function commands to enable / disable IPsec packet offloads. This is used to control the IPsec capability of the device. When ipsec_offload is enabled for a VF, it prevents adding IPsec packet offloads on the PF, because the two cannot be active simultaneously due to HW constraints. Conversely, if there are any active IPsec packet offloads on the PF, it's not allowed to enable ipsec_packet on a VF, until PF IPsec offloads are cleared. Signed-off-by: Dima Chumak <dchumak@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230825062836.103744-9-saeed@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst10
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst
index de51e55dcfe3..b617e93d7c2c 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst
@@ -200,6 +200,16 @@ IPsec capability enabled, any IPsec offloading is blocked on the PF.
mlx5 driver support devlink port function attr mechanism to setup ipsec_crypto
capability. (refer to Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst)
+IPsec packet capability setup
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+User who wants mlx5 PCI VFs to be able to perform IPsec packet offloading need
+to explicitly enable the VF ipsec_packet capability. Enabling IPsec capability
+for VFs is supported starting with ConnectX6dx devices and above. When a VF has
+IPsec capability enabled, any IPsec offloading is blocked on the PF.
+
+mlx5 driver support devlink port function attr mechanism to setup ipsec_packet
+capability. (refer to Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst)
+
SF state setup
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