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i40e/i40evf: Add a workaround to drop all flow control frames
authorAnjali Singhai Jain <anjali.singhai@intel.com>
Thu, 1 Oct 2015 18:37:34 +0000 (14:37 -0400)
committerChuck Anderson <chuck.anderson@oracle.com>
Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:33:07 +0000 (08:33 -0800)
commit782894dd070d60c9ffb507df5021394d27f8bade
tree2fc0a2e643870d5a4369b1c54421ef5b2ea6e704
parentb48b391a7363d8dcbb4e13e6243fee758113b25c
i40e/i40evf: Add a workaround to drop all flow control frames

Orabug: 22342532

This patch adds a workaround to drop any flow control frames from being
transmitted from any VSI. FW can still send flow control frames if flow
control is enabled.

With this patch in place a malicious VF cannot send flow control or PFC
packets out on the wire.

Change-ID: I4303b24e98b93066d2767fec24dfe78be591c277
Signed-off-by: Anjali Singhai Jain <anjali.singhai@intel.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
(cherry picked from commit e7358f54a3954df16d4f87e3cad35063f1c17de5)
Signed-off-by: Brian Maly <brian.maly@oracle.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_prototype.h
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_prototype.h