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Commit 5e7695e0 authored by Larysa Zaremba's avatar Larysa Zaremba Committed by Paolo Abeni
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idpf: Interpret .set_channels() input differently

Unlike ice, idpf does not check, if user has requested at least 1 combined
channel. Instead, it relies on a check in the core code. Unfortunately, the
check does not trigger for us because of the hacky .set_channels()
interpretation logic that is not consistent with the core code.

This naturally leads to user being able to trigger a crash with an invalid
input. This is how:

1. ethtool -l <IFNAME> -> combined: 40
2. ethtool -L <IFNAME> rx 0 tx 0
   combined number is not specified, so command becomes {rx_count = 0,
   tx_count = 0, combined_count = 40}.
3. ethnl_set_channels checks, if there is at least 1 RX and 1 TX channel,
   comparing (combined_count + rx_count) and (combined_count + tx_count)
   to zero. Obviously, (40 + 0) is greater than zero, so the core code
   deems the input OK.
4. idpf interprets `rx 0 tx 0` as 0 channels and tries to proceed with such
   configuration.

The issue has to be solved fundamentally, as current logic is also known to
cause AF_XDP problems in ice [0].

Interpret the command in a way that is more consistent with ethtool
manual [1] (--show-channels and --set-channels) and new ice logic.

Considering that in the idpf driver only the difference between RX and TX
queues forms dedicated channels, change the correct way to set number of
channels to:

ethtool -L <IFNAME> combined 10 /* For symmetric queues */
ethtool -L <IFNAME> combined 8 tx 2 rx 0 /* For asymmetric queues */

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240418095857.2827-1-larysa.zaremba@intel.com/
[1] https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/ethtool.8.html

Fixes: 02cbfba1

 ("idpf: add ethtool callbacks")
Reviewed-by: default avatarPrzemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarIgor Bagnucki <igor.bagnucki@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLarysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@intel.com>
Tested-by: default avatarKrishneil Singh <krishneil.k.singh@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarSimon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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