netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] cxgb4: set skb->rxhash

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Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:45:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	dm@...lsio.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] cxgb4: set skb->rxhash

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:43:12 +0200

> Le mardi 27 avril 2010 à 15:20 -0700, Dimitris Michailidis a écrit :
>> Implement the ->set_flags ethtool method to control NETIF_F_RXHASH and
>> set skb->rxhash to the HW calculated hash accordingly.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Dimitris Michailidis <dm@...lsio.com>
> 
>>  	skb_record_rx_queue(skb, rxq->rspq.idx);
>> +	if (rxq->rspq.netdev->features & NETIF_F_RXHASH)
>> +		skb->rxhash = ntohl(pkt->rsshdr.hash_val);
>>  
> 
> Its probably minor, but hash_val being a semi random 32bits value, you
> can avoid the ntohl() conversion, using a (__force u32) cast ...

Agreed.
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