netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net/mlx5: HWS single flow counter support

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Message-ID: <aWdRiAIAxoDE1ihV@horms.kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:19:20 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>,
	Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, Mark Bloch <mbloch@...dia.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>,
	Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...dia.com>,
	Yevgeny Kliteynik <kliteyn@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net/mlx5: HWS single flow counter support

On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 11:40:22AM +0200, Tariq Toukan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This small series refactors the flow counter bulk initialization code
> and extends it so that single flow counters are also usable by hardware
> steering (HWS) rules.
> 
> Patches 1-2 refactor the bulk init path: first by factoring out common
> flow counter bulk initialization into mlx5_fc_bulk_init(), then by
> splitting the bitmap allocation into mlx5_fs_bulk_bitmap_alloc(), with
> no functional changes.
> 
> Patch 3 initializes bulk data for counters allocated via
> mlx5_fc_single_alloc(), so they can be safely used by HWS rules.

Hi Tariq,

Overall this looks good to me.
Am I correct in thinking that there will
be follow-up patches to make HWS use counters?