Re: [PATCH rdma-rc] RDMA/mlx5: Block FDB rules when not in switchdev mode

Jason Gunthorpe
2021-06-08T20:10:21Z

On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 11:03:12AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>
>
> Allow creating FDB steering rules only when in switchdev mode.
>
> The only software model where a userspace application can manipulate
> FDB entries is when it manages the eswitch. This is only possible in
> switchdev mode where we expose a single RDMA device with representors
> for all the vports that are connected to the eswitch.
>
> Fixes: 52438be44112 ("RDMA/mlx5: Allow inserting a steering rule to the FDB")
> Reviewed-by: Maor Gottlieb <maorg@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/fs.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Applied to for-rc, thanks

Jason