netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v7] ethtool: add netlink based get rss support

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Message-ID: <Y4yPwR2vBSepDNE+@unreal>
Date:   Sun, 4 Dec 2022 14:17:05 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Sudheer Mogilappagari <sudheer.mogilappagari@...el.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, mkubecek@...e.cz,
        andrew@...n.ch, corbet@....net, sridhar.samudrala@...el.com,
        anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7] ethtool: add netlink based get rss support

On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 04:25:55PM -0800, Sudheer Mogilappagari wrote:
> Add netlink based support for "ethtool -x <dev> [context x]"
> command by implementing ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_GET netlink message.
> This is equivalent to functionality provided via ETHTOOL_GRSSH
> in ioctl path. It sends RSS table, hash key and hash function
> of an interface to user space.
> 
> This patch implements existing functionality available
> in ioctl path and enables addition of new RSS context
> based parameters in future.

But why do you do this conversion now? Was this "future" already
discussed on the ML?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudheer Mogilappagari <sudheer.mogilappagari@...el.com>
> ---

<...>

> +	u8 *rss_config;
> +	int ret;

<...>

> +		data->indir_table = (u32 *)rss_config;

Please use correct type from the beginning.

Thanks