Hi, Thomas,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 4:22 PM
> To: Chen, Jing D <jing.d.chen at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Wang, Xiao W <xiao.w.wang at intel.com>; Lin, Xueqin
> <xueqin.lin at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/fm10k: fix RSS hash config
> 
> 2016-07-21 09:35, Wang, Xiao W:
> > From: Chen, Jing D
> > > > --- a/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
> > > > @@ -2159,8 +2159,8 @@ fm10k_rss_hash_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
> > > >
> > > >         PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
> > > >
> > > > -       if (rss_conf->rss_key_len < FM10K_RSSRK_SIZE *
> > > > -               FM10K_RSSRK_ENTRIES_PER_REG)
> > > > +       if (key && (rss_conf->rss_key_len < FM10K_RSSRK_SIZE *
> > > > +                               FM10K_RSSRK_ENTRIES_PER_REG))
> > > >                 return -EINVAL;
> > > >
> > > >         if (hf == 0)
> > >
> > > It's also possible that app wants to update rss key and not expect to 
> > > update hash
> > > function.
> > > Is that indicate we shouldn't return error in case hf == 0?
> > >
> >
> > If the app just wants to update RSS key, it needs to read out the RSS 
> > config first,
> then
> > change only the key field. This is what testpmd does for this operation.
> >
> > hf == 0 will disable RSS feature, I think we should return error to protect 
> > multi-
> queue.
> 
> Jing, do you confirm we can apply this patch, please?
I think we need some rework or more explanations here.

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