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Date:      Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:49:37 -0400
From:      Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
To:        Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com>, Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws>, Kevin Bowling <kbowling@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "<dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>" <dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 68a46f11eada - main - e1000: Restore VF interface random MAC
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Ah. I think I misinterpreted your email. Sorry about that!

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 03:22:41PM -0500, Kyle Evans wrote:
> Yes, sorry, this is precisely what I meant.
>=20
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 3:20 PM Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> w=
rote:
> >
> > Could ether_gen_addr be updated to take into account the zero'd
> > hostuuid and handle appropriately like you mentioned below?
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 03:12:14PM -0500, Kyle Evans wrote:
> > > I think it'd be the right choice, but it needs a little work first.
> > > e.g., it's not a good fit right now for VMs that don't use loader, for
> > > instance, because it relies on the hostuuid actually being somewhat
> > > unique or else it generates the same MAC address across different VMs
> > > and you end up with conflicts in the broadcast domain. I think there's
> > > a good argument to make for having it check if the hostuuid is the
> > > default all-0 hostuuid and just generating a random address as this
> > > does right now. I might go ahead and prepare such a change and
> > > document the KPI in the process.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 3:06 PM Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.c=
om> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I would like to discuss this further, it crossed my mind, but none =
of
> > > > the intel drivers currently use it.  If this is the right KPI I thi=
nk
> > > > a review should be prepared that updates e1000, ixgbe (ixv), ixl
> > > > (iavf) in one go.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Kevin
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 12:36 PM Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> wr=
ote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 2:32 PM Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws=
> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 4/15/21 8:48 PM, Kevin Bowling wrote:
> > > > > > > The branch main has been updated by kbowling (ports committer=
):
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3D68a46f11eadab4=
8a1da9e3d3900569a6a1ce142e
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > commit 68a46f11eadab48a1da9e3d3900569a6a1ce142e
> > > > > > > Author:     Kevin Bowling <kbowling@FreeBSD.org>
> > > > > > > AuthorDate: 2021-04-15 18:45:02 +0000
> > > > > > > Commit:     Kevin Bowling <kbowling@FreeBSD.org>
> > > > > > > CommitDate: 2021-04-15 18:45:02 +0000
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >      e1000: Restore VF interface random MAC
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >      Restore 525e07418c77 after the iflib conversion of igb(4=
). This
> > > > > > >      reenables random MAC address generation when attaching t=
o a VF with a
> > > > > > >      zeroed MAC.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >      PR:             253535
> > > > > > >      Reported by:    Balaev PA <mail@void.so>
> > > > > > >      Reviewed by:    markj
> > > > > > >      MFC after:      2 weeks
> > > > > > >      Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D297=
85
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > >   sys/dev/e1000/if_em.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
> > > > > > >   1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/sys/dev/e1000/if_em.c b/sys/dev/e1000/if_em.c
> > > > > > > index 6f022c80c01c..79a617b3342f 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/sys/dev/e1000/if_em.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/sys/dev/e1000/if_em.c
> > > > > > > @@ -1061,9 +1061,17 @@ em_if_attach_pre(if_ctx_t ctx)
> > > > > > >       }
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >       if (!em_is_valid_ether_addr(hw->mac.addr)) {
> > > > > > > -             device_printf(dev, "Invalid MAC address\n");
> > > > > > > -             error =3D EIO;
> > > > > > > -             goto err_late;
> > > > > > > +             if (adapter->vf_ifp) {
> > > > > > > +                     u8 addr[ETHER_ADDR_LEN];
> > > > > > > +                     arc4rand(&addr, sizeof(addr), 0);
> > > > > > > +                     addr[0] &=3D 0xFE;
> > > > > > > +                     addr[0] |=3D 0x02;
> > > > > > > +                     bcopy(addr, hw->mac.addr, sizeof(addr));
> > > > > > > +             } else {
> > > > > > > +                     device_printf(dev, "Invalid MAC address=
\n");
> > > > > > > +                     error =3D EIO;
> > > > > > > +                     goto err_late;
> > > > > > > +             }
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Just curious. Would ether_gen_addr() be useful here?
> > > > > > It is implemented in net/if_ethersubr.c.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I had asked myself the same question, but I suspect these machine=
s may
> > > > > not necessarily have a hostuuid preloaded to avoid collisions fro=
m the
> > > > > generated addresses.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Kyle Evans
> > > _______________________________________________
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> >
> > --
> > Shawn Webb
> > Cofounder / Security Engineer
> > HardenedBSD
> >
> > https://git.hardenedbsd.org/hardenedbsd/pubkeys/-/raw/master/Shawn_Webb=
/03A4CBEBB82EA5A67D9F3853FF2E67A277F8E1FA.pub.asc

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Shawn Webb
Cofounder / Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

https://git.hardenedbsd.org/hardenedbsd/pubkeys/-/raw/master/Shawn_Webb/03A=
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