[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v2 0/2] net: intel: cleanup RSS hash configuration bits
Jacob Keller
jacob.e.keller at intel.com
Mon May 5 20:14:21 UTC 2025
The virtchnl API does not define the RSS Hash configuration bits directly
in virtchnl.h, but instead implicitly relies on the hardware definitions
for X710 and X722 in the i40e driver.
This results in duplicating the same bit definitions across 3 drivers. The
actual virtchnl.h header makes no mention of this, and its very unclear
what the bits mean without deep knowledge of the way RSS configuration
works over virtchnl.
In addition, the use of the term 'hena' is confusing. It comes from the
I40E_PFQF_HENA registers, indicating which hash types are enabled.
Rename the 'hena' fields and related functions to use 'hashcfg' as a
shorthand for hash configuration.
We could define the enumeration of packet types in virtchnl.h. Indeed, this
is what the out-of-tree releases of virtchnl.h do. However, this is
somewhat confusing for i40e. The X710 and X722 hardware use these bits
directly with PF hardware registers. It looks confusing to use "VIRTCHNL_*"
names for such access.
Instead, we move these definitions to libie as part of new pctype.h header
file. This allows us to remove all duplicate definitions and have a single
place for Linux to define the bit meanings. The virtchnl.h header can point
to this enumeration to clarify where the values are defined.
Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller at intel.com>
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Changes in v2:
- Convert kdoc comment in pctype.h to regular, since it feels too noisy to
add a near-duplicate message for each enum value to the kdoc comment.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250430-jk-hash-ena-refactor-v1-0-8310a4785472@intel.com
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Jacob Keller (2):
net: intel: rename 'hena' to 'hashcfg' for clarity
net: intel: move RSS packet classifier types to libie
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h | 43 ++++++------
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_type.h | 32 ---------
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf.h | 10 +--
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.h | 40 ++++++-----
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_type.h | 32 ---------
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_flow.h | 68 ++++++------------
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.h | 4 +-
include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h | 23 +++---
include/linux/net/intel/libie/pctype.h | 41 +++++++++++
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c | 81 +++++++++++-----------
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 25 +++----
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c | 25 +++----
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c | 46 ++++++------
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c | 17 ++---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c | 33 ++++-----
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_flow.c | 45 ++++++------
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c | 44 ++++++------
.../ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_allowlist.c | 2 +-
19 files changed, 286 insertions(+), 327 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 836b313a14a316290886dcc2ce7e78bf5ecc8658
change-id: 20250423-jk-hash-ena-refactor-9ac1e2b83a5e
Best regards,
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Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller at intel.com>
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