netdev - Re: [net PATCH v2 5/7] octeontx2-af: Fix issues with NPC field hash extract

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Date:   Sat, 8 Apr 2023 17:21:19 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Sai Krishna <saikrishnag@...vell.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sgoutham@...vell.com,
        gakula@...vell.com, richardcochran@...il.com, lcherian@...vell.com,
        jerinj@...vell.com, hkelam@...vell.com, sbhatta@...vell.com,
        Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [net PATCH v2 5/7] octeontx2-af: Fix issues with NPC field hash
 extract

On Fri, Apr 07, 2023 at 05:53:42PM +0530, Sai Krishna wrote:
> From: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@...vell.com>
> 
> 1. As per previous implementation, mask and control parameter to
> generate the field hash value was not passed to the caller program.
> Updated the secret key mbox to share that information as well,
> as a part of the fix.
> 2. Earlier implementation did not consider hash reduction of both
> source and destination IPv6 addresses. Only source IPv6 address
> was considered. This fix solves that and provides option to hash
> reduce both source and destination IPv6 addresses.
> 3. Fix endianness issue during hash reduction while storing the IPv6
>  source/destination address as hash keys.
> 4. Configure hardware parser based on hash extract feature enable flag
>        for IPv6.

Hi Sai and Ratheesh,

there is a lot going on here.
Could you consider breaking this up into more than one patch?