[PATCH] net/ixgbevf: fix promiscuous and allmulti

[Wu, Wenjun1]

Hi Olivier,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 8:22 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Yang, Qiming <qiming.yang at intel.com>; Wu, Wenjun1
> <wenjun1.wu at intel.com>; Zhao1, Wei <wei.zhao1 at intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] net/ixgbevf: fix promiscuous and allmulti
> 
> The configuration of allmulti and promiscuous modes conflicts together. For
> instance, if we enable promiscuous mode, then enable and disable allmulti,
> then the promiscuous mode is wrongly disabled.
> 
> Fix this behavior by:
> - doing nothing when we set/unset allmulti if promiscuous mode is on
> - restorting the proper mode (none or allmulti) when we disable
>   promiscuous mode
> 
> Fixes: 1f4564ed7696 ("net/ixgbevf: enable promiscuous mode")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
> ---
> 
> Hi,
> 
> For reference, this was tested with this plan:
> 
> echo 8 > "/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.1/sriov_numvfs"
> ip link set dev eno2 up
> ip link set dev eno2 promisc on
> bridge link set dev eno2 hwmode veb
> ip link set dev eno2 mtu 9000
> 
> ip link set dev eno2 vf 0 mac ac:1f:6b:fe:ba:b0 ip link set dev eno2 vf 0
> spoofchk off ip link set dev eno2 vf 0 trust on
> 
> ip link set dev eno2 vf 1 mac ac:1f:6b:fe:ba:b1 ip link set dev eno2 vf 1
> spoofchk off ip link set dev eno2 vf 1 trust on
> 
> python3 usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -s
> python3 usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci 0000:01:10.1   # vf 0
> python3 usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b ixgbevf 0000:01:10.3    # vf 1
> 
> 
> # in another terminal
> scapy
> while True:
>   sendp(Ether(dst='ac:1f:6b:00:00:00'), iface='eno2v1')  # wrong mac
>   sendp(Ether(dst='ac:1f:6b:fe:ba:b0'), iface='eno2v1')  # correct mac
>   time.sleep(1)
> 
> 
> ./build/app/dpdk-testpmd -l 1,2 -a 0000:01:10.1 -- -i --total-num-
> mbufs=32768 show port info all set fwd rxonly set verbose 1 set promisc all
> off set allmulti all off start
> 
> # ok, only packets to dst='ac:1f:6b:fe:ba:b0' are received
> 
> 
> # ok, both packets are received
> set promisc all on
> 
> 
> # nok, only packets to dst='ac:1f:6b:fe:ba:b0' are received set allmulti all on
> set allmulti all off
> 
> 
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 12 +++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
> b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
> index 8cec951d94..cc8383c5a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
> @@ -7785,9 +7785,13 @@ static int
>  ixgbevf_dev_promiscuous_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)  {
>  	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = IXGBE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data-
> >dev_private);
> +	int mode = IXGBEVF_XCAST_MODE_NONE;
>  	int ret;
> 
> -	switch (hw->mac.ops.update_xcast_mode(hw,
> IXGBEVF_XCAST_MODE_NONE)) {
> +	if (dev->data->all_multicast)
> +		mode = IXGBEVF_XCAST_MODE_ALLMULTI;
> +
> +	switch (hw->mac.ops.update_xcast_mode(hw, mode)) {
>  	case IXGBE_SUCCESS:
>  		ret = 0;
>  		break;
> @@ -7809,6 +7813,9 @@ ixgbevf_dev_allmulticast_enable(struct
> rte_eth_dev *dev)
>  	int ret;
>  	int mode = IXGBEVF_XCAST_MODE_ALLMULTI;
> 
> +	if (dev->data->promiscuous)
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	switch (hw->mac.ops.update_xcast_mode(hw, mode)) {
>  	case IXGBE_SUCCESS:
>  		ret = 0;
> @@ -7830,6 +7837,9 @@ ixgbevf_dev_allmulticast_disable(struct
> rte_eth_dev *dev)
>  	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = IXGBE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data-
> >dev_private);
>  	int ret;
> 
> +	if (dev->data->promiscuous)
> +		return 0;
> +

It seems that we cannot actually turn off allmulticast mode when promiscuous
mode is enabled, so can we return error and add a log message here as a
reminder?

Thanks,
Wenjun

>  	switch (hw->mac.ops.update_xcast_mode(hw,
> IXGBEVF_XCAST_MODE_MULTI)) {
>  	case IXGBE_SUCCESS:
>  		ret = 0;
> --
> 2.30.2