linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] bnxt_en: ethtool: Supply ntuple rss context action

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Message-ID: <CACKFLi=CMdJNYH4R-Chpnt+LpvUv4_0nFmhzQp7E9f_YVbDeaQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 20:21:17 -0800
From: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To: Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com>
Cc: Daniel Xu <dxu@...uu.xyz>, kuba@...nel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, 
	davem@...emloft.net, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	martin.lau@...ux.dev, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	kernel-team@...a.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bnxt_en: ethtool: Supply ntuple rss context action

On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 7:10 PM Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Nov 9, 2024 at 6:19 AM Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 11:07 AM Daniel Xu <dxu@...uu.xyz> wrote:
> > >
> > > Commit 2f4f9fe5bf5f ("bnxt_en: Support adding ntuple rules on RSS
> > > contexts") added support for redirecting to an RSS context as an ntuple
> > > rule action. However, it forgot to update the ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRULE
> > > codepath. This caused `ethtool -n` to always report the action as
> > > "Action: Direct to queue 0" which is wrong.
> > >
> > > Fix by teaching bnxt driver to report the RSS context when applicable.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Xu <dxu@...uu.xyz>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c | 8 ++++++--
> > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
> > > index cfd2c65b1c90..a218802befa8 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
> > > @@ -1187,10 +1187,14 @@ static int bnxt_grxclsrule(struct bnxt *bp, struct ethtool_rxnfc *cmd)
> > >                 }
> > >         }
> > >
> > > -       if (fltr->base.flags & BNXT_ACT_DROP)
> > > +       if (fltr->base.flags & BNXT_ACT_DROP) {
> > >                 fs->ring_cookie = RX_CLS_FLOW_DISC;
> > > -       else
> > > +       } else if (fltr->base.flags & BNXT_ACT_RSS_CTX) {
> > > +               fs->flow_type |= FLOW_RSS;
> > > +               cmd->rss_context = fltr->base.fw_vnic_id;
> >
> > I think the rss_context should be the index and not the VNIC ID.
>
> No, for RSS contexts, we save their index in the fw_vnic_id of the
> filters. Hence what Daniel has done is correct.
>

I see now.   The index is stored in the fltr->base.fw_vnic_id.  Thanks.

Reviewed-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>

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