netdev - Re: [PATCH iwl-next v3 2/2] ice: Implement 'flow-type ether' rules

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Message-ID: <693fb63e-8369-9cf7-4b41-7afc00b30618@amd.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 09:35:32 -0800
From: Brett Creeley <bcreeley@....com>
To: Lukasz Plachno <lukasz.plachno@...el.com>,
 intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jakub Buchocki <jakubx.buchocki@...el.com>,
 Mateusz Pacuszka <mateuszx.pacuszka@...el.com>,
 Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-next v3 2/2] ice: Implement 'flow-type ether' rules



On 12/13/2023 8:34 PM, Lukasz Plachno wrote:
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> 
> 
> From: Jakub Buchocki <jakubx.buchocki@...el.com>
> 
> Add support for 'flow-type ether' Flow Director rules via ethtool.
> 
> Rules not containing masks are processed by the Flow Director,
> and support the following set of input parameters in all combinations:
> src, dst, proto, vlan-etype, vlan, action.
> 
> It is possible to specify address mask in ethtool parameters but only
> 00:00:00:00:00 and FF:FF:FF:FF:FF are valid.
> The same applies to proto, vlan-etype and vlan masks:
> only 0x0000 and 0xffff masks are valid.

Would it be useful to have user facing error messages for invalid masks 
stating what the valid masks are?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Buchocki <jakubx.buchocki@...el.com>
> Co-developed-by: Mateusz Pacuszka <mateuszx.pacuszka@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Pacuszka <mateuszx.pacuszka@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Plachno <lukasz.plachno@...el.com>
> ---
>   .../net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool_fdir.c | 128 +++++++++++++++++-
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fdir.c     |  27 ++++
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fdir.h     |  11 ++
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_type.h     |   1 +
>   4 files changed, 166 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

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