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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Cc: <edward.cree@amd.com>, <linux-net-drivers@amd.com>,
	<davem@davemloft.net>, <edumazet@google.com>, <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@gmail.com>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	<habetsm.xilinx@gmail.com>, <sudheer.mogilappagari@intel.com>,
	<jdamato@fastly.com>, <andrew@lunn.ch>, <mw@semihalf.com>,
	<linux@armlinux.org.uk>, <sgoutham@marvell.com>,
	<gakula@marvell.com>, <sbhatta@marvell.com>, <hkelam@marvell.com>,
	<saeedm@nvidia.com>, <leon@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 2/7] net: ethtool: attach an XArray of custom RSS contexts to a netdevice
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 15:56:55 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231004155655.470845fb@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <781cf46c-bbcc-5223-76b8-176c7bf5836d@intel.com>

On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:17:53 -0700 Jacob Keller wrote:
> > +struct ethtool_rxfh_context {
> > +	u32 indir_size;
> > +	u32 key_size;
> > +	u8 hfunc;
> > +	u16 priv_size;
> > +	u8 indir_no_change:1;
> > +	u8 key_no_change:1;
> > +	/* private: driver private data, indirection table, and hash key are
> > +	 * stored sequentially in @data area.  Use below helpers to access.
> > +	 */
> > +	u8 data[] __aligned(sizeof(void *));
> > +};  
> 
> Is it not feasible to use container_of to get to private data for the
> drivers? I guess this change in particular doesn't actually include any
> users yet...

That could work in general but here specifically there are also 
2 variable-size arrays hiding in data[].

  reply	other threads:[~2023-10-04 22:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-27 18:13 [PATCH v4 net-next 0/7] ethtool: track custom RSS contexts in the core edward.cree
2023-09-27 18:13 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 1/7] net: move ethtool-related netdev state into its own struct edward.cree
2023-09-29 18:15   ` Jacob Keller
2023-10-02  9:59   ` Martin Habets
2023-09-27 18:13 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 2/7] net: ethtool: attach an XArray of custom RSS contexts to a netdevice edward.cree
2023-09-29 18:17   ` Jacob Keller
2023-10-04 22:56     ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2023-09-29 20:59   ` Mogilappagari, Sudheer
2023-10-02 10:23   ` Martin Habets
2023-10-04 23:00   ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-10-05 18:32     ` Edward Cree
2023-10-04 23:10   ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-10-05 18:43     ` Edward Cree
2023-10-05 23:53       ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-09-27 18:13 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 3/7] net: ethtool: record custom RSS contexts in the XArray edward.cree
2023-09-29 18:20   ` Jacob Keller
2023-10-02 10:41   ` Martin Habets
2023-09-27 18:13 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 4/7] net: ethtool: let the core choose RSS context IDs edward.cree
2023-09-29 18:23   ` Jacob Keller
2023-10-02 10:54   ` Martin Habets
2023-09-27 18:13 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 5/7] net: ethtool: add an extack parameter to new rxfh_context APIs edward.cree
2023-09-29 18:24   ` Jacob Keller
2023-10-02 12:13   ` Martin Habets
2023-09-27 18:13 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 6/7] net: ethtool: add a mutex protecting RSS contexts edward.cree
2023-09-29 18:27   ` Jacob Keller
2023-10-02 12:16   ` Martin Habets
2023-10-04 23:16   ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-10-05 20:56     ` Edward Cree
2023-10-06  0:07       ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-12-07 14:15     ` Edward Cree
2023-12-07 16:45       ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-09-27 18:13 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 7/7] sfc: use new rxfh_context API edward.cree
2023-09-29 18:27   ` Jacob Keller
2023-10-02 13:01   ` Martin Habets
2023-10-05 20:54     ` Edward Cree

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