[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/fm10k: fix RSS hash config

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Fri Jul 22 10:28:44 CEST 2016


2016-07-22 08:23, Chen, Jing D:
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> > 2016-07-21 09:35, Wang, Xiao W:
> > > From: Chen, Jing D
> > > > > --- a/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
> > > > > @@ -2159,8 +2159,8 @@ fm10k_rss_hash_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
> > > > >
> > > > >  	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
> > > > >
> > > > > -	if (rss_conf->rss_key_len < FM10K_RSSRK_SIZE *
> > > > > -		FM10K_RSSRK_ENTRIES_PER_REG)
> > > > > +	if (key && (rss_conf->rss_key_len < FM10K_RSSRK_SIZE *
> > > > > +				FM10K_RSSRK_ENTRIES_PER_REG))
> > > > >  		return -EINVAL;
> > > > >
> > > > >  	if (hf == 0)
> > > >
> > > > It's also possible that app wants to update rss key and not expect to update hash
> > > > function.
> > > > Is that indicate we shouldn't return error in case hf == 0?
> > > >
> > >
> > > If the app just wants to update RSS key, it needs to read out the RSS config first,
> > then
> > > change only the key field. This is what testpmd does for this operation.
> > >
> > > hf == 0 will disable RSS feature, I think we should return error to protect multi-
> > queue.
> > 
> > Jing, do you confirm we can apply this patch, please?
> I think we need some rework or more explanations here.

It is not reasonnable to wait RC5 for such a fix.
Either it is not important and postponed to 16.11 or you submit
a v2 very shortly for 16.07.
Please advise


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