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[dpdk-dev,51/53] net/sfc/base: expand on comment on number of queues field

Message ID 1510819481-6809-52-git-send-email-arybchenko@solarflare.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: Ferruh Yigit
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Andrew Rybchenko Nov. 16, 2017, 8:04 a.m. UTC 
  From: Mark Spender <mspender@solarflare.com>

Expand on comment on RSS_CONTEXT_ALLOC_IN_NUM_QUEUES field.

Signed-off-by: Mark Spender <mspender@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
---
 drivers/net/sfc/base/ef10_rx.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/base/ef10_rx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/base/ef10_rx.c
index 5cf5910..9b0e1ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/base/ef10_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/base/ef10_rx.c
@@ -217,7 +217,13 @@  efx_mcdi_rss_context_alloc(
 	MCDI_IN_SET_DWORD(req, RSS_CONTEXT_ALLOC_IN_UPSTREAM_PORT_ID,
 	    EVB_PORT_ID_ASSIGNED);
 	MCDI_IN_SET_DWORD(req, RSS_CONTEXT_ALLOC_IN_TYPE, context_type);
-	/* NUM_QUEUES is only used to validate indirection table offsets */
+
+	/*
+	 * For exclusive contexts, NUM_QUEUES is only used to validate
+	 * indirection table offsets.
+	 * For shared contexts, the provided context will spread traffic over
+	 * NUM_QUEUES many queues.
+	 */
 	MCDI_IN_SET_DWORD(req, RSS_CONTEXT_ALLOC_IN_NUM_QUEUES, num_queues);
 
 	efx_mcdi_execute(enp, &req);