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* [PATCH net-next 1/3] ethtool: Clarify use of size field for ETHTOOL_GRXFHINDIR
@ 2011-12-15 23:51 Ben Hutchings
  2011-12-15 23:55 ` [PATCH net-next 2/3] ethtool: Centralise validation of ETHTOOL_{G,S}RXFHINDIR parameters Ben Hutchings
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  0 siblings, 4 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Ben Hutchings @ 2011-12-15 23:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Miller; +Cc: netdev, linux-net-drivers, Matt Carlson

In order to find out the device's RX flow hash table size, ethtool
initially uses ETHTOOL_GRXFHINDIR with a buffer size of zero.  This
must be supported, but it is not necessary to support any other user
buffer size less than the device table size.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
---
 include/linux/ethtool.h |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index 20db5b27..0ec2fd4 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -543,8 +543,9 @@ struct compat_ethtool_rxnfc {
 /**
  * struct ethtool_rxfh_indir - command to get or set RX flow hash indirection
  * @cmd: Specific command number - %ETHTOOL_GRXFHINDIR or %ETHTOOL_SRXFHINDIR
- * @size: On entry, the array size of the user buffer.  On return from
- *	%ETHTOOL_GRXFHINDIR, the array size of the hardware indirection table.
+ * @size: On entry, the array size of the user buffer, which may be zero
+ *	for %ETHTOOL_GRXFHINDIR.  On return from %ETHTOOL_GRXFHINDIR, the
+ *	array size of the hardware indirection table.
  * @ring_index: RX ring/queue index for each hash value
  */
 struct ethtool_rxfh_indir {
-- 
1.7.4.4



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2011-12-15 23:55 ` [PATCH net-next 2/3] ethtool: Centralise validation of ETHTOOL_{G,S}RXFHINDIR parameters Ben Hutchings
2011-12-16  0:51   ` Dimitris Michailidis
2011-12-16 18:53   ` David Miller
2011-12-15 23:56 ` [PATCH net-next 3/3] ethtool: Define and apply a default policy for RX flow hash indirection Ben Hutchings
2011-12-16  3:38   ` Shreyas Bhatewara
2011-12-16 18:54   ` David Miller
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