linux-kernel - Re: [net Patch] octeontx2-pf: Allow both ntuple and TC features on the interface

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Date:   Wed, 9 Aug 2023 15:26:37 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@...vell.com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <davem@...emloft.net>, <sgoutham@...vell.com>,
        <gakula@...vell.com>, <sbhatta@...vell.com>, <naveenm@...vell.com>,
        <edumazet@...gle.com>, <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [net Patch] octeontx2-pf: Allow both ntuple and TC features on
 the interface

On Tue, 8 Aug 2023 12:06:23 +0530 Hariprasad Kelam wrote:
> The current implementation does not allow the user to enable both
> hw-tc-offload and ntuple features on the interface. These checks
> are added as TC flower offload and ntuple features internally configures
> the same hardware resource MCAM. But TC HTB offload configures the
> transmit scheduler which can be safely enabled on the interface with
> ntuple feature.
> 
> This patch fixes the issue by relaxing the checks and ensures
> only TC flower offload and ntuple features are mutually exclusive.

Not enabling a feature is not a bug. And it will cause conflicts 
with net-next. Resend for net-next without the Fixes tag, please.
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