Re: [PATCH iwl-net 0/5] ice: LLDP support for VFs

[Larysa Zaremba]

On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 09:08:36AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 20:33:04 +0100 Larysa Zaremba wrote:
> > > This is an LLDP agent which runs as part of the NIC FW, AFAIU, not about
> > > forwarding or filtering.
> > > 
> > > They already have the priv flag, so best to reuse that. If not possible
> > > we can explore options, but as Larysa mentioned herself in the cover
> > > letter sysfs is probably low on the preference list :(
> > 
> > FW agent is disabled NIC-wide, so only PF should be able to set such flag.
> 
> Sorry, then I misread. If it's about which VF gets the LLDP traffic
> from the _wire_, then I'm with Jiri. It's a basic forwarding problem,
> isn't it? Match on EtherType and forward?
>

For RX: match on Ethertype and mirror, every trusted VF should be able to scan 
neighbors.

For TX this is more complicated and is done not through eswitch, but through 
modifying security options, so do not think this would work with tc. So private 
flags are the best option? Our requirements say only a single VSI can transmit 
LLDP.

> > The lazy part of me likes the private flag direction, because just
> > replacing sysfs entries with corresponding private flags would make
> > patch look better while not changing the implementation much.
> > 
> > I guess, treating it like a normal eswitch configuration would be
> > ideal, but it would not be purely generic, as there is an added level
> > of complexity because of FW Agent interactions.
>