[PATCH net-next v6 2/6] net: dcb: add new apptrust attribute

Petr Machata petrm at nvidia.com
Tue Nov 1 07:04:51 PDT 2022


Daniel Machon <daniel.machon at microchip.com> writes:

> Add new apptrust extension attributes to the 8021Qaz APP managed object.
>
> Two new attributes, DCB_ATTR_DCB_APP_TRUST_TABLE and
> DCB_ATTR_DCB_APP_TRUST, has been added. Trusted selectors are passed in
> the nested attribute DCB_ATTR_DCB_APP_TRUST, in order of precedence.
>
> The new attributes are meant to allow drivers, whose hw supports the
> notion of trust, to be able to set whether a particular app selector is
> trusted - and in which order.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Machon <daniel.machon at microchip.com>

Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm at nvidia.com>



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