netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 4/7] net: ethtool: let the core choose RSS context IDs

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Message-ID: <20230412185326.3b07201e@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:53:26 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     <edward.cree@....com>
Cc:     <linux-net-drivers@....com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <pabeni@...hat.com>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <habetsm.xilinx@...il.com>, <sudheer.mogilappagari@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 4/7] net: ethtool: let the core choose
 RSS context IDs

On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 19:26:12 +0100 edward.cree@....com wrote:
> From: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>
> 
> Add a new API to create/modify/remove RSS contexts, that passes in the
>  newly-chosen context ID (not as a pointer) rather than leaving the
>  driver to choose it on create.  Also pass in the ctx, allowing drivers
>  to easily use its private data area to store their hardware-specific
>  state.
> Keep the existing .set_rxfh_context API for now as a fallback, but
>  deprecate it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>