netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] net: ethtool: prevent flow steering to RSS contexts which don't exist

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Message-ID: <Z6ZephEIxtHfG4bi@LQ3V64L9R2>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 11:27:34 -0800
From: Joe Damato <jdamato@...tly.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, horms@...nel.org,
	ecree.xilinx@...il.com, gal@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] net: ethtool: prevent flow steering to RSS
 contexts which don't exist

On Thu, Feb 06, 2025 at 03:53:28PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Since commit 42dc431f5d0e ("ethtool: rss: prevent rss ctx deletion
> when in use") we prevent removal of RSS contexts pointed to by
> existing flow rules. Core should also prevent creation of rules
> which point to RSS context which don't exist in the first place.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> ---
> CC: ecree.xilinx@...il.com
> CC: gal@...dia.com
> ---
>  net/ethtool/ioctl.c | 12 ++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Joe Damato <jdamato@...tly.com>