Re: [PATCH 15/17] net: sfc calls skb_get_rxhash

[Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>]

On Tue, 2013-11-26 at 15:35 -0800, Tom Herbert wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Ben Hutchings
> <bhutchings@solarflare.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2013-11-25 at 21:57 -0800, Tom Herbert wrote:
> >> Drivers should call skb_get_rxhash to set the rxhash and its type
> >> in an skbuff.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c | 3 ++-
> >>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c
> >> index 8f09e68..b51466e 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c
> >> @@ -439,7 +439,8 @@ efx_rx_packet_gro(struct efx_channel *channel, struct efx_rx_buffer *rx_buf,
> >>       }
> >>
> >>       if (efx->net_dev->features & NETIF_F_RXHASH)
> >> -             skb->rxhash = efx_rx_buf_hash(efx, eh);
> >> +             skb_set_rxhash(skb, efx_rx_buf_hash(efx, eh),
> >> +                            RXHASH_TYPE_L3);
> >
> > This is equivalent to what we do now.  But efx_rx_packet_gro() is only
> > ever called for TCP packets (checked in __efx_rx_packet()) and their
> > hashes include port numbers, so the hash type could be RXHASH_TYPE_L4.
> >
> It would be great for sfc (and more drivers) to provide L4 hash. I
> think we should fix the API first and then fix drivers to return L4.

OK, so:

Acked-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>

Ben.

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