From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, mschmidt@redhat.com,
Jedrzej Jagielski <jedrzej.jagielski@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-next v4 5/5] iavf: add RSS support for GTP protocol via ethtool
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:03:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250912090359.GY30363@horms.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250829101809.1022945-6-aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 10:18:08AM +0000, Aleksandr Loktionov wrote:
> Extend the iavf driver to support Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
> configuration for GTP (GPRS Tunneling Protocol) flows using ethtool.
>
> The implementation introduces new RSS flow segment headers and hash field
> definitions for various GTP encapsulations, including:
>
> - GTPC
> - GTPU (IP, Extension Header, Uplink, Downlink)
> - TEID-based hashing
>
> The ethtool interface is updated to parse and apply these new flow types
> and hash fields, enabling fine-grained traffic distribution for GTP-based
> mobile workloads.
>
> This enhancement improves performance and scalability for virtualized
> network functions (VNFs) and user plane functions (UPFs) in 5G and LTE
> deployments.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jedrzej Jagielski <jedrzej.jagielski@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-12 9:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-29 10:18 [PATCH iwl-next v4 0/5] iavf and ice: GTP RSS support and flow enhancements Aleksandr Loktionov
2025-08-29 10:18 ` [PATCH iwl-next v4 1/5] ice: add flow parsing for GTP and new protocol field support Aleksandr Loktionov
2025-09-12 9:03 ` Simon Horman
2025-09-12 10:04 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Paul Menzel
2025-09-15 12:32 ` Loktionov, Aleksandr
2025-08-29 10:18 ` [PATCH iwl-next v4 2/5] ice: add virtchnl and VF context support for GTP RSS Aleksandr Loktionov
2025-09-12 9:02 ` Simon Horman
2025-09-13 4:41 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Paul Menzel
2025-08-29 10:18 ` [PATCH iwl-next v4 3/5] ice: improve TCAM priority handling for RSS profiles Aleksandr Loktionov
2025-09-12 9:03 ` Simon Horman
2025-08-29 10:18 ` [PATCH iwl-next v4 4/5] ice: Extend PTYPE bitmap coverage for GTP encapsulated flows Aleksandr Loktionov
2025-09-12 9:03 ` Simon Horman
2025-08-29 10:18 ` [PATCH iwl-next v4 5/5] iavf: add RSS support for GTP protocol via ethtool Aleksandr Loktionov
2025-09-12 9:03 ` Simon Horman [this message]
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