Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 3/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: mac-auth/MAB implementation

[Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 02:06:03PM +0100, Hans J. Schultz wrote:
> This implementation for the Marvell mv88e6xxx chip series, is based on

Comma between subject and predicate?

> handling ATU miss violations occurring when packets ingress on a port
> that is locked with learning on. This will trigger a
> SWITCHDEV_FDB_ADD_TO_BRIDGE event, which will result in the bridge module
> adding a locked FDB entry. This bridge FDB entry will not age out as
> it has the extern_learn flag set.
> 
> Userspace daemons can listen to these events and either accept or deny
> access for the host, by either replacing the locked FDB entry with a
> simple entry or leave the locked entry.
> 
> If the host MAC address is already present on another port, a ATU
> member violation will occur, but to no real effect, and the packet will
> be dropped in hardware. Statistics on these violations can be shown with
> the command and example output of interest:
> 
> ethtool -S ethX
> NIC statistics:
> ...
>      atu_member_violation: 5
>      atu_miss_violation: 23
> ...
> 
> Where ethX is the interface of the MAB enabled port.
> 
> Furthermore, as added vlan interfaces where the vid is not added to the
> VTU will cause ATU miss violations reporting the FID as
> MV88E6XXX_FID_STANDALONE, we need to check and skip the miss violations
> handling in this case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hans J. Schultz <netdev@kapio-technology.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>