From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5377A00BE; Fri, 1 Nov 2019 14:25:43 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F7451BFC1; Fri, 1 Nov 2019 14:25:43 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-io1-f68.google.com (mail-io1-f68.google.com [209.85.166.68]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECB981BFBD for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2019 14:25:41 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-io1-f68.google.com with SMTP id k1so10871946iom.9 for ; Fri, 01 Nov 2019 06:25:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=cThdDnAZ4HqhKYdkbS/k4b5u7CX/4v56wq8Blsbs0p8=; b=TTERv7W2VWtlb7m39mAJIEaqvOBKm3QLnFgNZOMSY5zUPv7k2TIWdImR/OgfUxLoS0 OHb6wu75pkLccULq9DCwfHZv+i+ERu/mDofm5BGiJ1AmNRKF4BZNuj6vk/wk7hlkjk/G EJKxtST0BA7rvQNn/OWw/j+zUka2gXr/Mc5tppeBCYLHpsEx20WcwxABXgZTrokJrjbV 2JA0GxPh7TKlvrfEiImXDGArMkzqoGVxbDF0XGmAQxevBd2K3c8CQ1ufzNATtg0+27o+ qLqIp2CgdGGk91TCvQINQ6a3URD7tEDPRAsmCIxqR++ZIfnRd3onHrX3Qpkys/6QhFFw 41cA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=cThdDnAZ4HqhKYdkbS/k4b5u7CX/4v56wq8Blsbs0p8=; b=QyDYfpQbSYpBhqK7FPO34T/fOEd2T0weTpTOnq3lR+GhkdN2XgK+JWItPNobMG9PBc B1DgrjPwuu1tuhXuwa/4q716IzxpgzOdvKR0tFUJvYJqn1bMLxSH6CXqDS7tDpcAZyrb qNG9lOLOBowfaV8Zs3c5XHIvOgpjaLDqmpQ+3vODlXzwM/I6fdJ2jevQXHExbgtx6Pzp Q9xF4txW2UB0NYRZdhKwMfrxopmKdsYjDfYpNCQpvWD5HGF65jLd3v3j3eJKuvMi9qo9 0po9DkL239JEisEb+9SqFLpwsezYg2wcUgdht3Fdz+1859T5Vs2NYJBGSqHfUZLlvbpu xeuw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXoPCGaLlQsV7kCXNFAQ9B73eMgERQizscbrk+6n3jf8uiYVyUj 7X0plhvGCZbP2unhNtEsRQRseT5CweWZKjuGRbk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxkYbYC8yg5XdqEM0d3aEpe2R29lMWNcpi8grObA8Ky58iyjzv99/D8M2JbqKQ8d6wJVqi49+UU2fmKeaDcU8o= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6602:2429:: with SMTP id g9mr10690765iob.294.1572614741007; Fri, 01 Nov 2019 06:25:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4165509.5enYigmRGf@xps> <4976847.S65dXbhd2F@xps> <19415242.5f0JWZHRpF@xps> In-Reply-To: <19415242.5f0JWZHRpF@xps> From: Jerin Jacob Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 18:55:24 +0530 Message-ID: To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: dpdk-dev , Stephen Hemminger , Andrew Rybchenko , Ferruh Yigit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 6:03 AM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 30/10/2019 10:15, Jerin Jacob: > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:26 PM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > > > 30/10/2019 05:08, Jerin Jacob: > > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:21 AM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > > > > > > > In a virtual environment, the network controller may have to configure > > > > > some SR-IOV VF parameters for security reasons. > > > > > > > > Just to understand, Could you explain more details/examples for > > > > security reasons? > > > > > > Examples are setting the MAC address or the promiscuous mode. > > > These settings should be decided by the hypervisor, > > > and not freely set by the VM. > > > > What is hypervisor here, rte_flow based DPDK application over using > > port representor? > > Yes, something like that. An example is OpenStack/OVS. So it is more of an orchestration primitive. Not the security primitive as mentioned above, Because in case the kernel will approve the data set from the guest. Right?