netdev - Re: [PATCH ethtool-next v4 2/2] netlink: add netlink handler for get rss (-x)

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Date:   Mon, 9 Jan 2023 11:13:40 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     "Mogilappagari, Sudheer" <sudheer.mogilappagari@...el.com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "mkubecek@...e.cz" <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "Samudrala, Sridhar" <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>,
        "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ethtool-next v4 2/2] netlink: add netlink handler for
 get rss (-x)

On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 18:07:45 +0000 Mogilappagari, Sudheer wrote:
> > > Are you suggesting we need to use ioctl for fetching ring info to
> > > avoid mix-up. Is there alternative way to do it ?  
> > 
> > No no, look how the strings for hfunc names are fetched - they are
> > fetched over a different socket, right?  
> 
> global_stringset is using nlctx->ethnl2_socket. Are you suggesting use
> of it for fetching channels info too ? 
> 
> ret = netlink_init_ethnl2_socket(nlctx);
> ...
> hash_funcs = global_stringset(ETH_SS_RSS_HASH_FUNCS, nlctx->ethnl2_socket);

Yessir.