netdev - [net 10/10] net/mlx5e: Switch to Toeplitz RSS hash by default

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Date:   Tue,  9 Apr 2019 12:36:36 -0700
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>,
        Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Subject: [net 10/10] net/mlx5e: Switch to Toeplitz RSS hash by default

From: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>

Although XOR hash function can perform very well on some special use
cases, to align with all drivers, mlx5 driver should use Toeplitz hash
by default.
Toeplitz is more stable for the general use case and it is more standard
and reliable.

On top of that, since XOR (MLX5_RX_HASH_FN_INVERTED_XOR8) gives only a
repeated 8 bits pattern. When used for udp tunneling RSS source port
manipulation it results in fixed source port, which will cause bad RSS
spread.

Fixes: 2be6967cdbc9 ("net/mlx5e: Support ETH_RSS_HASH_XOR")
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 4187c43b20ad..f7eb521db580 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -4564,7 +4564,7 @@ void mlx5e_build_rss_params(struct mlx5e_rss_params *rss_params,
 {
 	enum mlx5e_traffic_types tt;
 
-	rss_params->hfunc = ETH_RSS_HASH_XOR;
+	rss_params->hfunc = ETH_RSS_HASH_TOP;
 	netdev_rss_key_fill(rss_params->toeplitz_hash_key,
 			    sizeof(rss_params->toeplitz_hash_key));
 	mlx5e_build_default_indir_rqt(rss_params->indirection_rqt,
-- 
2.20.1