On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 09:24:12AM +0200, Vlad Buslov wrote:
> Referenced commit changed policer action type from TC_ACT_UNSPEC (continue)
> to TC_ACT_PIPE. However, since neither TC hardware offload layer nor mlx5
> driver at the time validated action type and always assumed 'continue', the
> breakage wasn't caught until later validation code was added. The change
> also broke valid configuration when sending from offload-capable device to
> non-offload capable. For example, when sending from mlx5 VF to OvS bridge
> netdevice the traffic that passed matchall classifier with policer could no
> longer match the following flower rule in software:
>
> filter protocol all pref 1 matchall chain 0
> filter protocol all pref 1 matchall chain 0 handle 0x1
> in_hw (rule hit 7863)
> action order 1: police 0x1 rate 32Mbit burst 1000Kb mtu 64Kb action
> drop/pipe overhead 0b
> ref 1 bind 1 installed 17 sec firstused 17 sec
> Action statistics:
> Sent 152199634 bytes 102550 pkt (dropped 1315, overlimits 1315
> requeues 0)
> Sent software 74612172 bytes 51275 pkt
> Sent hardware 77587462 bytes 51275 pkt
> backlog 0b 0p requeues 0
> used_hw_stats delayed
>
> filter protocol ip pref 3 flower chain 0
> filter protocol ip pref 3 flower chain 0 handle 0x1
> dst_mac aa:94:1f:f2:f8:44
> src_mac e4:00:01:08:00:02
> eth_type ipv4
> ip_flags nofrag
> not_in_hw
> action order 1: skbedit ptype host pipe
> index 1 ref 1 bind 1 installed 6 sec used 6 sec
> Action statistics:
> Sent 0 bytes 0 pkt (dropped 0, overlimits 0 requeues 0)
> backlog 0b 0p requeues 0
>
> action order 2: mirred (Ingress Redirect to device br-ovs) stolen
> index 1 ref 1 bind 1 installed 6 sec used 6 sec
> Action statistics:
> Sent 0 bytes 0 pkt (dropped 0, overlimits 0 requeues 0)
> backlog 0b 0p requeues 0
> cookie 401a9c8b3d403c62240d3eb5e21c1604
> no_percpu
>
> Fix the issue by restoring pps policer action type to 'continue'.
>
> Fixes: c2567e533f8a ("add port-based ingress policing based packet-per-second
> rate-limiting")
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Buslov <vla...@nvidia.com>
Review-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <mleit...@redhat.com>
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