netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] ethtool: rss: prevent rss ctx deletion when in use

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Message-ID: <c32a876f-4d20-c975-5a2f-3fa0ab229f05@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:23:21 +0100
From: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>
To: Daniel Zahka <daniel.zahka@...il.com>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] ethtool: rss: prevent rss ctx deletion when
 in use

On 15/10/2024 17:31, Daniel Zahka wrote:
> On 10/14/24 6:10 AM, Edward Cree wrote:
>> Imho it would make more sense to add core tracking of ntuple
>>   filters, along with a refcount on the rss context.  That way
>>   context deletion just has to check the count is zero.
>>
>> -ed
> 
> That sounds good to me. Is that something you are planning on sending patches for?

I'm afraid I don't have the bandwidth to do it any time soon.
If you aren't able to take this on, I'm okay with your original
 approach to get the issue fixed; I just wanted to ensure the
 'better' solution was considered if you do have the time for it.