Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] vhost_vdpa : Add a new parameter to enable check mac address

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 03:59:59PM +0800, Cindy Lu wrote:
> When using a VDPA device, it's important to ensure that the MAC
> address is correctly set.
> Add a new parameter in qemu cmdline to enable this check, default value
> is false
> 
> The usage is:
> ....
> -netdev type=vhost-vdpa,vhostdev=/dev/vhost-vdpa-0,id=vhost-vdpa0,macstrickcheck=true\

typos in command line are not welcome.
you should also separate words e.g. by dashes.
Are there more options than strict?
Also if not strict, should we still warn?


> -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=vhost-vdpa0\
> ....
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cindy Lu <lulu@redhat.com>
> ---
>  include/net/net.h | 1 +
>  net/vhost-vdpa.c  | 4 ++++
>  qapi/net.json     | 5 +++++
>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/net.h b/include/net/net.h
> index c8f679761b..e00651a97b 100644
> --- a/include/net/net.h
> +++ b/include/net/net.h
> @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ struct NetClientState {
>      bool is_netdev;
>      bool do_not_pad; /* do not pad to the minimum ethernet frame length */
>      bool is_datapath;
> +    bool check_mac;
>      QTAILQ_HEAD(, NetFilterState) filters;
>  };
>  
> diff --git a/net/vhost-vdpa.c b/net/vhost-vdpa.c
> index 46b02c50be..071c3ff065 100644
> --- a/net/vhost-vdpa.c
> +++ b/net/vhost-vdpa.c
> @@ -1860,6 +1860,8 @@ int net_init_vhost_vdpa(const Netdev *netdev, const char *name,
>                                       iova_range, features, shared, errp);
>          if (!ncs[i])
>              goto err;
> +
> +        ncs[i]->check_mac = opts->macstrickcheck;
>      }
>  
>      if (has_cvq) {
> @@ -1872,6 +1874,8 @@ int net_init_vhost_vdpa(const Netdev *netdev, const char *name,
>                                   errp);
>          if (!nc)
>              goto err;
> +
> +        nc->check_mac = opts->macstrickcheck;
>      }
>  
>      return 0;
> diff --git a/qapi/net.json b/qapi/net.json
> index 87fc0d0b28..7d75119858 100644
> --- a/qapi/net.json
> +++ b/qapi/net.json
> @@ -510,6 +510,10 @@
>  # @queues: number of queues to be created for multiqueue vhost-vdpa
>  #     (default: 1)
>  #
> +# @macstrickcheck: Enable the check for whether the device's MAC address
> +#     and the MAC in QEMU command line are acceptable for booting.
> +#     (default: false)
> +#
>  # @x-svq: Start device with (experimental) shadow virtqueue.  (Since
>  #     7.1) (default: false)
>  #
> @@ -524,6 +528,7 @@
>      '*vhostdev':     'str',
>      '*vhostfd':      'str',
>      '*queues':       'int',
> +    '*macstrickcheck':    'bool',
>      '*x-svq':        {'type': 'bool', 'features' : [ 'unstable'] } } }
>  
>  ##
> -- 
> 2.45.0