[PATCH V8] ethdev: fix one address occupies two entries in MAC addrs

lihuisong (C) lihuisong at huawei.com
Tue May 16 13:47:56 CEST 2023


Hi Ferruh,

There is no result on techboard.
How to deal with this problem next?

/Huisong

在 2023/2/2 20:36, Huisong Li 写道:
> The dev->data->mac_addrs[0] will be changed to a new MAC address when
> applications modify the default MAC address by .mac_addr_set(). However,
> if the new default one has been added as a non-default MAC address by
> .mac_addr_add(), the .mac_addr_set() doesn't remove it from the mac_addrs
> list. As a result, one MAC address occupies two entries in the list. Like:
> add(MAC1)
> add(MAC2)
> add(MAC3)
> add(MAC4)
> set_default(MAC3)
> default=MAC3, the rest of the list=MAC1, MAC2, MAC3, MAC4
> Note: MAC3 occupies two entries.
>
> In addition, some PMDs, such as i40e, ice, hns3 and so on, do remove the
> old default MAC when set default MAC. If user continues to do
> set_default(MAC5), and the mac_addrs list is default=MAC5, filters=(MAC1,
> MAC2, MAC3, MAC4). At this moment, user can still see MAC3 from the list,
> but packets with MAC3 aren't actually received by the PMD.
>
> So need to ensure that the new default address is removed from the rest of
> the list if the address was already in the list.
>
> Fixes: 854d8ad4ef68 ("ethdev: add default mac address modifier")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong at huawei.com>
> Acked-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen at huawei.com>
> ---
> v8: fix some comments.
> v7: add announcement in the release notes and document this behavior.
> v6: fix commit log and some code comments.
> v5:
>   - merge the second patch into the first patch.
>   - add error log when rollback failed.
> v4:
>    - fix broken in the patchwork
> v3:
>    - first explicitly remove the non-default MAC, then set default one.
>    - document default and non-default MAC address
> v2:
>    - fixed commit log.
> ---
>   doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_03.rst |  6 +++++
>   lib/ethdev/ethdev_driver.h             |  6 ++++-
>   lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c                | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>   lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h                |  3 +++
>   4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_03.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_03.rst
> index 84b112a8b1..1c9b9912c2 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_03.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_03.rst
> @@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ API Changes
>      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
>      =======================================================
>   
> +* ethdev: ensured all entries in MAC address list are uniques.
> +  When setting a default MAC address with the function
> +  ``rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set``,
> +  the address is now removed from the rest of the address list
> +  in order to ensure it is only at index 0 of the list.
> +
>   
>   ABI Changes
>   -----------
> diff --git a/lib/ethdev/ethdev_driver.h b/lib/ethdev/ethdev_driver.h
> index dde3ec84ef..3994c61b86 100644
> --- a/lib/ethdev/ethdev_driver.h
> +++ b/lib/ethdev/ethdev_driver.h
> @@ -117,7 +117,11 @@ struct rte_eth_dev_data {
>   
>   	uint64_t rx_mbuf_alloc_failed; /**< Rx ring mbuf allocation failures */
>   
> -	/** Device Ethernet link address. @see rte_eth_dev_release_port() */
> +	/**
> +	 * Device Ethernet link addresses.
> +	 * All entries are unique.
> +	 * The first entry (index zero) is the default address.
> +	 */
>   	struct rte_ether_addr *mac_addrs;
>   	/** Bitmap associating MAC addresses to pools */
>   	uint64_t mac_pool_sel[RTE_ETH_NUM_RECEIVE_MAC_ADDR];
> diff --git a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> index 86ca303ab5..de25183619 100644
> --- a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> +++ b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> @@ -4498,7 +4498,10 @@ rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_remove(uint16_t port_id, struct rte_ether_addr *addr)
>   int
>   rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set(uint16_t port_id, struct rte_ether_addr *addr)
>   {
> +	uint64_t mac_pool_sel_bk = 0;
>   	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
> +	uint32_t pool;
> +	int index;
>   	int ret;
>   
>   	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -ENODEV);
> @@ -4517,16 +4520,44 @@ rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set(uint16_t port_id, struct rte_ether_addr *addr)
>   	if (*dev->dev_ops->mac_addr_set == NULL)
>   		return -ENOTSUP;
>   
> +	/* Keep address unique in dev->data->mac_addrs[]. */
> +	index = eth_dev_get_mac_addr_index(port_id, addr);
> +	if (index > 0) {
> +		/* Remove address in dev data structure */
> +		mac_pool_sel_bk = dev->data->mac_pool_sel[index];
> +		ret = rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_remove(port_id, addr);
> +		if (ret < 0) {
> +			RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "Cannot remove the port %u address from the rest of list.\n",
> +				       port_id);
> +			return ret;
> +		}
> +	}
>   	ret = (*dev->dev_ops->mac_addr_set)(dev, addr);
>   	if (ret < 0)
> -		return ret;
> +		goto out;
>   
>   	/* Update default address in NIC data structure */
>   	rte_ether_addr_copy(addr, &dev->data->mac_addrs[0]);
>   
>   	return 0;
> -}
>   
> +out:
> +	if (index > 0) {
> +		pool = 0;
> +		do {
> +			if (mac_pool_sel_bk & UINT64_C(1)) {
> +				if (rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add(port_id, addr,
> +							     pool) != 0)
> +					RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "failed to restore MAC pool id(%u) in port %u.\n",
> +						       pool, port_id);
> +			}
> +			mac_pool_sel_bk >>= 1;
> +			pool++;
> +		} while (mac_pool_sel_bk != 0);
> +	}
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
>   
>   /*
>    * Returns index into MAC address array of addr. Use 00:00:00:00:00:00 to find
> diff --git a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> index d22de196db..2456153457 100644
> --- a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> +++ b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> @@ -4356,6 +4356,9 @@ int rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_remove(uint16_t port_id,
>   
>   /**
>    * Set the default MAC address.
> + * It replaces the address at index 0 of the MAC address list.
> + * If the address was already in the MAC address list,
> + * it is removed from the rest of the list.
>    *
>    * @param port_id
>    *   The port identifier of the Ethernet device.


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