[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH bpf RFC 1/4] xdp: rss hash types representation

Edward Cree ecree.xilinx at gmail.com
Wed Mar 29 08:10:55 UTC 2023


On 28/03/2023 21:15, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> Hardware RSS types are differently encoded for each hardware NIC. Most
> hardware represent RSS hash type as a number. Determining L3 vs L4 often
> requires a mapping table as there often isn't a pattern or sorting
> according to ISO layer.
> 
> The patch introduce a XDP RSS hash type (xdp_rss_hash_type) that can both
> be seen as a number that is ordered according by ISO layer, and can be bit
> masked to separate IPv4 and IPv6 types for L4 protocols. Room is available
> for extending later while keeping these properties. This maps and unifies
> difference to hardware specific hashes.

Would it be better to make use of the ETHTOOL_GRXFH defines (stuff
 like UDP_V6_FLOW, RXH_L4_B_0_1 etc.)?  Seems like that could allow
 for some code reuse in drivers.


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