linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] mvpp2: enable rxhash only on the first port

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Message-ID: <20200509145806.3e82a710@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Sat, 9 May 2020 14:58:06 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        Stefan Chulski <stefanc@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] mvpp2: enable rxhash only on the first port

On Sat, 9 May 2020 21:23:55 +0100 Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> I seem to have discovered the cause of the problem in the old thread,
> so I suggest we wait and see whether anyone offers up a proper
> solution to this regression before we rush to completely disable
> this feature.
> 
> I would suggest with a high degress of confidence based on my
> research that prior to the offending commit (895586d5dc32), rx
> hashing was working fine, distributing interrupts across the cores.

Ack, dropping this from patchwork for now. Thanks for the guidance.