netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/4] net-next: dsa: fix flow dissection

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Date:   Wed, 09 Aug 2017 22:52:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     john@...ozen.org
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, sean.wang@...iatek.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, muciri@...nmesh.com,
        shashidhar.lakkavalli@...nmesh.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] net-next: dsa: fix flow dissection

From: John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>
Date: Wed,  9 Aug 2017 14:41:15 +0200

> RPS and probably other kernel features are currently broken on some if not
> all DSA devices. The root cause of this is that skb_hash will call the
> flow_dissector. At this point the skb still contains the magic switch
> header and the skb->protocol field is not set up to the correct 802.3
> value yet. By the time the tag specific code is called, removing the header
> and properly setting the protocol an invalid hash is already set. In the
> case of the mt7530 this will result in all flows always having the same
> hash.
> 
> Changes since RFC:
> * use a callback instead of static values
> * add cover letter

Series applied, thanks.