>
>On Sun, 2015-12-06 at 23:34 +0000, Harish Patil wrote:
>> >
>> >The original was always setting unicast. While here, clean up some
>> >other references that also point into the Ethernet header.
>> >
>> >Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <3chas3 at gmail.com>
>> >---
>> > drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
>> > drivers/net/bnx2x/ecore_hsi.h | 5 +++--
>> > 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>> >
>> >diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.c b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.c
>> >index 76444eb..294711f 100644
>> >--- a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.c
>> >+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.c
>> >@@ -2177,25 +2177,32 @@ int bnx2x_tx_encap(struct bnx2x_tx_queue *txq,
>> >struct rte_mbuf **m_head, int m_p
>> > bd_prod = NEXT_TX_BD(bd_prod);
>> > if (IS_VF(sc)) {
>> > struct eth_tx_parse_bd_e2 *tx_parse_bd;
>> >- uint8_t *data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m0, uint8_t *);
>> >+ const struct ether_hdr *eh =
>>rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m0, struct ether_hdr *);
>> >+ uint8_t mac_type = UNICAST_ADDRESS;
>> >
>> > tx_parse_bd =
>> > &txq->tx_ring[TX_BD(bd_prod,
>>txq)].parse_bd_e2;
>> >+ if (is_multicast_ether_addr(&eh->d_addr)) {
>>
>> Minor comment. unlikely() may be used here to keep it consistent with
>>base
>> driver.
>
>It wasn't clear to me that this code path is all that unlikely().
Its an optional comment, unlikely() is because fast path traffic is mostly
unicast.
BTW, have you tested the patches? Another question, not related to your
change though.
I guess this block of code does not have to been under the IS_VF() check.
>
>> >+ if
>>(is_broadcast_ether_addr(&eh->d_addr))
>> >+ mac_type = BROADCAST_ADDRESS;
>> >+ else
>> >+ mac_type = MULTICAST_ADDRESS;
>> >+ }
>
>
>
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