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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/4] virtio_net: vdpa: update MAC address when it is generated by virtio-net
On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 11:05:22AM +0100, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> When the MAC address is not provided by the vdpa device virtio_net
> driver assigns a random one without notifying the device.
> The consequence, in the case of mlx5_vdpa, is the internal routing
> tables of the device are not updated and this can block the
> communication between two namespaces.
>
> To fix this problem, use virtnet_send_command(VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MAC)
> to set the address from virtnet_probe() when the MAC address is
> randomly assigned from virtio_net.
>
> While I was testing this change I found 3 other bugs in vdpa_sim_net:
>
> - vdpa_sim_net sets the VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC even if no MAC address is
> provided. So virtio_net doesn't generate a random MAC address and
> the MAC address appears to be 00:00:00:00:00:00
>
> - vdpa_sim_net never processes the command and virtnet_send_command()
> hangs in an infinite loop. To avoid a kernel crash add a timeout
> in the loop.
>
> - To allow vdpa_sim_net to process the command, replace the cpu_relax()
> in the loop by a schedule(). vdpa_sim_net uses a workqueue to process
> the queue, and if we don't allow the kernel to schedule, the queue
> is not processed and the loop is infinite.

I'd split these things out as opposed to a series unless there's
a dependency I missed.

All this reminds me of
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221226074908.8154-5-jasowang%40redhat.com

how is this patch different/better?
Pls also CC people involved in that original discussion.

Thanks!

> Laurent Vivier (4):
> virtio_net: notify MAC address change on device initialization
> virtio_net: add a timeout in virtnet_send_command()
> vdpa_sim_net: don't always set VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC
> virtio_net: fix virtnet_send_command() with vdpa_sim_net
>
> drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
> drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim_net.c | 6 ++++++
> 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.39.0
>

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