netdev - Re: [net PATCH v3 07/10] octeontx2-af: Update/Fix NPC field hash extract feature

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Date:   Wed, 19 Apr 2023 13:05:38 +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, leon@...nel.org,
        sgoutham@...vell.com, gakula@...vell.com, lcherian@...vell.com,
        jerinj@...vell.com, hkelam@...vell.com, sbhatta@...vell.com,
        Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [net PATCH v3 07/10] octeontx2-af: Update/Fix NPC field hash
 extract feature

On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:50:15AM +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
> 
> Fixes: 56d9f5fd2246 ("octeontx2-af: Use hashed field in MCAM key")
> Signed-off-by: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@...vell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sunil Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@...vell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sai Krishna <saikrishnag@...vell.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>

As an aside. The indentation of some of this code is quite deep.
You may want to consider cleaning that up at some point.