Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2] bpf/cpumap.c: Remove unnecessary TODO comment

[Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>]

On 20/10/2025 19.02, Mehdi Ben Hadj Khelifa wrote:
> After discussion with bpf maintainers[1], queue_index could
> be propagated to the remote XDP program by the xdp_md struct[2]
> which makes this todo a misguide for future effort.
> 
> [1]:https://lore.kernel.org/all/87y0q23j2w.fsf@cloudflare.com/
> [2]:https://docs.ebpf.io/linux/helper-function/bpf_xdp_adjust_meta/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mehdi Ben Hadj Khelifa <mehdi.benhadjkhelifa@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changelog:
> 
> Changes from v1:
> 
> -Added a comment to clarify that RX queue_index is lost after the frame
> redirection.
> 
> Link:https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/d9819687-5b0d-4bfa-9aec-aef71b847383@gmail.com/T/#mcb6a0315f174d02db3c9bc4fa556cc939c87a706
>   kernel/bpf/cpumap.c | 5 ++++-
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/cpumap.c b/kernel/bpf/cpumap.c
> index 703e5df1f4ef..6856a4a67840 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/cpumap.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/cpumap.c
> @@ -195,7 +195,10 @@ static int cpu_map_bpf_prog_run_xdp(struct bpf_cpu_map_entry *rcpu,
>   
>   		rxq.dev = xdpf->dev_rx;
>   		rxq.mem.type = xdpf->mem_type;
> -		/* TODO: report queue_index to xdp_rxq_info */
> +		/* The NIC RX queue_index is lost after the frame redirection
> +		 * but in case of need, it can be passed as a custom XDP
> +		 * metadata via xdp_md struct to the remote XDP program

Argh, saying XDP metadata is accessed via the xdp_md struct is just wrong.

Nacked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>

> +		 */
>   
>   		xdp_convert_frame_to_buff(xdpf, &xdp);
>