netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/11] ethtool: rss: support RSS

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Message-ID: <7f9b4414-a972-4256-953e-103e3055276b@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:33:38 +0300
From: Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.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,
 donald.hunter@...il.com, shuah@...nel.org, kory.maincent@...tlin.com,
 maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com, sdf@...ichev.me, ecree.xilinx@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/11] ethtool: rss: support RSS_SET via Netlink

On 14/07/2025 19:35, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 14:06:25 +0300 Gal Pressman wrote:
>> On 11/07/2025 4:52, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>>> Support configuring RSS settings via Netlink.
>>> Creating and removing contexts remains for the following series.  
>>
>> I was also working on this, but admittedly your version looks better.
> 
> Oh, sorry :S
> 
>> Given the fact that this is not "feature complete" compared to the ioctl
>> interface, isn't it considered a degradation from the user's perspective?
>>
>> New userspace ethtool will choose the netlink path and some of the
>> functionality will be lost. I assume rss_ctx.py fails?
> 
> I'm planning / hoping to get all of the functionality implemented
> before the merge window.

Are you also working on the userspace part?