Re: [PATCH net-next 1/6] net/mlx5: HWS, Enable IPSec hardware offload in legacy mode

[Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>]

On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 11:04:54PM +0800, Jianbo Liu wrote:
> 
> 
> On 7/14/2025 2:43 PM, Michal Swiatkowski wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 08:39:40AM +0300, Tariq Toukan wrote:
> > > From: Lama Kayal <lkayal@nvidia.com>
> > > 
> > > IPSec hardware offload in legacy mode should not be affected by the
> > > steering mode, hence it should also work properly with hmfs mode.
> > 
> > What about dmfs mode? I am not sure, if you didn't remove it because it
> > is still needed or just forgot about removing it.
> > 
> 
> It is still needed.
> We support packet offload for all steering modes in legacy, and only dmfs in
> switchdev. This is the logic we added before:
> 
>             dmfs    smfs
> legacy       Y       Y
> switchdev    Y       N
> 
> Now we support hmfs. It is the same as smfs. So the table becomes:
>             dmfs    smfs   hmfs
> legacy       Y       Y      Y
> switchdev    Y       N      N
> 
> Instead of adding "mdev->priv.steering->mode ==
> MLX5_FLOW_STEERING_MODE_HMFS", We removed "mdev->priv.steering->mode ==
> MLX5_FLOW_STEERING_MODE_SMFS", and the code is simpler and clean.
> 

Ok, got it, thanks.

> 
> > In case it is ok as it is:
> > Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>
> > 
> 
> Yes, it's ok. Thanks for the review.
> 
> Jianbo
> 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > > 
> > > Remove steering mode validation when calculating the cap for packet
> > > offload, this will also enable the missing cap MLX5_IPSEC_CAP_PRIO
> > > needed for crypto offload.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Lama Kayal <lkayal@nvidia.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Jianbo Liu <jianbol@nvidia.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
> > > ---
> > >   .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_offload.c   | 3 +--
> > >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_offload.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_offload.c
> > > index 820debf3fbbf..ef7322d381af 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_offload.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_offload.c
> > > @@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ u32 mlx5_ipsec_device_caps(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
> > >   	if (MLX5_CAP_IPSEC(mdev, ipsec_full_offload) &&
> > >   	    (mdev->priv.steering->mode == MLX5_FLOW_STEERING_MODE_DMFS ||
> > > -	     (mdev->priv.steering->mode == MLX5_FLOW_STEERING_MODE_SMFS &&
> > > -	     is_mdev_legacy_mode(mdev)))) {
> > > +	     is_mdev_legacy_mode(mdev))) {
> > >   		if (MLX5_CAP_FLOWTABLE_NIC_TX(mdev,
> > >   					      reformat_add_esp_trasport) &&
> > >   		    MLX5_CAP_FLOWTABLE_NIC_RX(mdev,
> > > -- 
> > > 2.40.1
> > > 
> > 
>