netdev - Re: [PATCv4 net-next] octeontx2-pf: Add RSS multi group support

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Message-ID: <5f140376c36bbe47edeb8784ada3b74fafe05afe.camel@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:16:10 -0800
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
To:     Geetha sowjanya <gakula@...vell.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     sgoutham@...vell.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCv4 net-next] octeontx2-pf: Add RSS multi group support

On Mon, 2021-01-04 at 12:50 +0530, Geetha sowjanya wrote:
> Hardware supports 8 RSS groups per interface. Currently we are using
> only group '0'. This patch allows user to create new RSS
> groups/contexts
> and use the same as destination for flow steering rules.
> 
> usage:
> To steer the traffic to RQ 2,3
> 
> ethtool -X eth0 weight 0 0 1 1 context new
> (It will print the allocated context id number)
> New RSS context is 1
> 
> ethtool -N eth0 flow-type tcp4 dst-port 80 context 1 loc 1
> 
> To delete the context
> ethtool -X eth0 context 1 delete
> 
> When an RSS context is removed, the active classification
> rules using this context are also removed.
> 
> Change-log:
> 
> v4
> - Fixed compiletime warning.
> - Address Saeed's comments on v3.
> 

This patch is marked as accepted in patchwork
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20210104072039.27297-1-gakula@marvell.com/

but it is not actually applied, maybe resend..


you can add:
Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>