Re: [PATCH v7] igb: Assign random MAC address instead of fail in case of invalid one

[Alexander Duyck]

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 12:41 AM Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 12:50:16PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 20:53:30 +0200 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 08:51:06AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 09:22:13 +0200 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > > > NAK to any module driver parameter. If it is applicable to all drivers,
> > > > > please find a way to configure it to more user-friendly. If it is not,
> > > > > try to do the same as other drivers do.
> > > >
> > > > I think this one may be fine. Configuration which has to be set before
> > > > device probing can't really be per-device.
> > >
> > > This configuration can be different between multiple devices
> > > which use same igb module. Module parameters doesn't allow such
> > > separation.
> >
> > Configuration of the device, sure, but this module param is more of
> > a system policy.
>
> And system policy should be controlled by userspace and applicable to as
> much as possible NICs, without custom module parameters.
>
> I would imagine global (at the beginning, till someone comes forward and
> requests this parameter be per-device) to whole stack parameter with policies:
>  * Be strict - fail if mac is not valid
>  * Fallback to random
>  * Random only ???
>
> Thanks

So are you suggesting you would rather see something like this as a
sysctl then? Maybe something like net.core.netdev_mac_behavior where
we have some enum with a predetermined set of behaviors available? I
would be fine with us making this a global policy if that is the route
we want to go. It would just be a matter of adding the sysctl and an
accessor so that drivers can determine if it is set or not.