netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "net: ethtool: add support for symmetric-xor RSS hash"

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Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2023 20:54:12 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Gerhard Engleder <gerhard@...leder-embedded.com>
Cc: ahmed.zaki@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	kuba@...nel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
	Jeff Guo <jia.guo@...el.com>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "net: ethtool: add support for
 symmetric-xor RSS hash"

+ Jeff Guo <jia.guo@...el.com>
  Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
  Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>

On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 10:00:00PM +0100, Gerhard Engleder wrote:
> This reverts commit 13e59344fb9d3c9d3acd138ae320b5b67b658694.
> 
> The tsnep driver and at least also the macb driver implement the ethtool
> operation set_rxnfc but not the get_rxfh operation. With this commit
> set_rxnfc returns -EOPNOTSUPP if get_rxfh is not implemented. This renders
> set_rxnfc unuseable for drivers without get_rxfh.
> 
> Make set_rxfnc working again for drivers without get_rxfh by reverting
> that commit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gerhard Engleder <gerhard@...leder-embedded.com>

Hi Gerhard,

I think it would be nice to find a way forwards that resolved
the regression without reverting the feature. But, if that doesn't work
out, I think the following two patches need to be reverted first in
order to avoid breaking (x86_64 allmodconfig) builds.

 352e9bf23813 ("ice: enable symmetric-xor RSS for Toeplitz hash function")
 4a3de3fb0eb6 ("iavf: enable symmetric-xor RSS for Toeplitz hash function")

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