[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] ixgbe: Drop flow control frames from VFs

Zhang, Helin helin.zhang at intel.com
Fri Oct 23 08:02:10 CEST 2015



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lu, Wenzhuo
> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 1:52 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Zhang, Helin; Lu, Wenzhuo
> Subject: [PATCH v4] ixgbe: Drop flow control frames from VFs
> 
> This patch will drop flow control frames from being transmitted from VSIs.
> With this patch in place a malicious VF cannot send flow control or PFC packets
> out on the wire.
> 
> V2:
> Reword the comments.
> 
> V3:
> Move the check of set_ethertype_anti_spoofing to the top of the function, to
> avoid occupying an ethertype_filter entity without using it.
> 
> V4:
> Remove the useless braces and return.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com>
Acked-by: Helin Zhang <helin.zhang at intel.com>



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