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Commit e7358f54 authored by Anjali Singhai Jain's avatar Anjali Singhai Jain Committed by Jeff Kirsher
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i40e/i40evf: Add a workaround to drop all flow control frames



This patch adds a workaround to drop any flow control frames from being
transmitted from any VSI. FW can still send flow control frames if flow
control is enabled.

With this patch in place a malicious VF cannot send flow control or PFC
packets out on the wire.

Change-ID: I4303b24e98b93066d2767fec24dfe78be591c277
Signed-off-by: default avatarAnjali Singhai Jain <anjali.singhai@intel.com>
Tested-by: default avatarAndrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
parent 7b131180
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@@ -3828,6 +3828,28 @@ i40e_status i40e_aq_add_rem_control_packet_filter(struct i40e_hw *hw,
	return status;
}

/**
 * i40e_add_filter_to_drop_tx_flow_control_frames- filter to drop flow control
 * @hw: pointer to the hw struct
 * @seid: VSI seid to add ethertype filter from
 **/
#define I40E_FLOW_CONTROL_ETHTYPE 0x8808
void i40e_add_filter_to_drop_tx_flow_control_frames(struct i40e_hw *hw,
						    u16 seid)
{
	u16 flag = I40E_AQC_ADD_CONTROL_PACKET_FLAGS_IGNORE_MAC |
		   I40E_AQC_ADD_CONTROL_PACKET_FLAGS_DROP |
		   I40E_AQC_ADD_CONTROL_PACKET_FLAGS_TX;
	u16 ethtype = I40E_FLOW_CONTROL_ETHTYPE;
	i40e_status status;

	status = i40e_aq_add_rem_control_packet_filter(hw, NULL, ethtype, flag,
						       seid, 0, true, NULL,
						       NULL);
	if (status)
		hw_dbg(hw, "Ethtype Filter Add failed: Error pruning Tx flow control frames\n");
}

/**
 * i40e_aq_alternate_read
 * @hw: pointer to the hardware structure
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@@ -6837,6 +6837,15 @@ static void i40e_reset_and_rebuild(struct i40e_pf *pf, bool reinit)
	if (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_MSIX_ENABLED)
		ret = i40e_setup_misc_vector(pf);

	/* Add a filter to drop all Flow control frames from any VSI from being
	 * transmitted. By doing so we stop a malicious VF from sending out
	 * PAUSE or PFC frames and potentially controlling traffic for other
	 * PF/VF VSIs.
	 * The FW can still send Flow control frames if enabled.
	 */
	i40e_add_filter_to_drop_tx_flow_control_frames(&pf->hw,
						       pf->main_vsi_seid);

	/* restart the VSIs that were rebuilt and running before the reset */
	i40e_pf_unquiesce_all_vsi(pf);

@@ -10585,6 +10594,15 @@ static int i40e_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
			i40e_aq_str(&pf->hw, pf->hw.aq.asq_last_status));
	pf->hw.phy.phy_types = le32_to_cpu(abilities.phy_type);

	/* Add a filter to drop all Flow control frames from any VSI from being
	 * transmitted. By doing so we stop a malicious VF from sending out
	 * PAUSE or PFC frames and potentially controlling traffic for other
	 * PF/VF VSIs.
	 * The FW can still send Flow control frames if enabled.
	 */
	i40e_add_filter_to_drop_tx_flow_control_frames(&pf->hw,
						       pf->main_vsi_seid);

	/* print a string summarizing features */
	i40e_print_features(pf);

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@@ -322,4 +322,6 @@ i40e_status i40e_aq_debug_dump(struct i40e_hw *hw, u8 cluster_id,
			       void *buff, u16 *ret_buff_size,
			       u8 *ret_next_table, u32 *ret_next_index,
			       struct i40e_asq_cmd_details *cmd_details);
void i40e_add_filter_to_drop_tx_flow_control_frames(struct i40e_hw *hw,
						    u16 vsi_seid);
#endif /* _I40E_PROTOTYPE_H_ */
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@@ -101,4 +101,6 @@ i40e_status i40e_aq_add_rem_control_packet_filter(struct i40e_hw *hw,
				u16 vsi_seid, u16 queue, bool is_add,
				struct i40e_control_filter_stats *stats,
				struct i40e_asq_cmd_details *cmd_details);
void i40e_add_filter_to_drop_tx_flow_control_frames(struct i40e_hw *hw,
						    u16 vsi_seid);
#endif /* _I40E_PROTOTYPE_H_ */