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Message-ID: <ZpBzlkdMP6wnQnz7@x130>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:06:46 -0700
From: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com, tariqt@...dia.com, rrameshbabu@...dia.com,
	saeedm@...dia.com, yuehaibing@...wei.com, horms@...nel.org,
	jacob.e.keller@...el.com, afaris@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] eth: mlx5: expose NETIF_F_NTUPLE when ARFS
 is compiled out

On 11 Jul 16:16, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>On Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:05:29 -0700 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
>> >+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MLX5_EN_ARFS)
>> > 		netdev->hw_features	 |= NETIF_F_NTUPLE;
>> >+#elif IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MLX5_EN_RXNFC)
>> >+		netdev->features	 |= NETIF_F_NTUPLE;
>>
>> Why default ON when RXNFC and OFF when ARFS ?
>> Default should be off always, and this needs to be advertised in
>> hw_features in both cases.
>>
>> I think this should be
>> #if IS_ENABLED(ARFS) || IS_ENABLED(RXFNC)
>> 	netdev->hw_features |= NTUPLE;
>
>That's what I thought, but on reflection since the filters can be
>added, and disable doesn't actually do anything - "fixed on" started
>to sound more appropriate. The additional "[fixed]" could also be useful
>for troubleshooting, to signal that this is a different situation than
>ARFS=y. No hard preference tho.
>

Agreed, Thanks.

>> Otherwise LGTM
>>
>> Acked-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
>
>Thanks!

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