Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next] i40e: flower: validate control flags

["Samudrala, Sridhar" <sridhar.samudrala@intel.com>]

On 5/6/2024 1:44 AM, Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen wrote:
> Hi Sujai,
> 
> Thank you for testing.
> 
> On 5/6/24 5:32 AM, Buvaneswaran, Sujai wrote:
>> HW offload is not supported on the i40e interface. This patch cannot 
>> be tested on i40e interface.
> 
> To me it looks like it's supported (otherwise there is a lot of dead 
> flower code in i40e_main.c),
> although it's a bit limited in functionality, and is called "cloud 
> filters".
> 
> static const struct net_device_ops i40e_netdev_ops = {
>      [...]
>      .ndo_setup_tc           = __i40e_setup_tc,
>      [...]
> };
> 
> There is a path from __i40e_setup_tc() to i40e_parse_cls_flower(),
> so it should be possible to test this patch.
> 
> Most of the gatekeeping is in i40e_configure_clsflower().
> 
> I think you should be able to get past the gatekeeping with this:
> 
> ethtool -K $iface ntuple off
> ethtool -K $iface hw-tc-offload on
> tc qdisc add dev $iface ingress

One step is missing before adding the filter.
In order to use hw_tc action, queue groups need to be created and can be 
done using

tc qdisc add dev $iface root mqprio num_tc 2 map 0 1 queues 2@0 8@2 hw 1 
mode channel

> tc filter add dev $iface protocol ip parent ffff: prio 1 flower dst_mac 
> 3c:fd:fe:a0:d6:70 ip_flags frag skip_sw hw_tc 1
> 
> The above filter is based on the first example in:
>    [jkirsher/next-queue PATCH v5 6/6] i40e: Enable cloud filters via 
> tc-flower
>    
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/150909696126.48377.794676088838721605.stgit@anamdev.jf.intel.com/
>