DPDK mbufs contain a valid RSS hash only if PKT_RX_RSS_HASH is set in 'ol_flags'. Otherwise the hash is garbage and doesn't relate to the packet.
This fixes an issue with vhost, which, being a virtual NIC, doesn't compute the hash. Reported-by: Dongjun <do...@dtdream.com> Suggested-by: Flavio Leitner <f...@sysclose.org> Signed-off-by: Daniele Di Proietto <diproiet...@vmware.com> --- v1 -> v2: * Added a comment above dp_packet_get_rss_hash() * Added an OVS_UNUSED attribute on dp_packet_rss_valid() --- lib/dp-packet.h | 13 +++++++++++++ lib/dpif-netdev.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/dp-packet.h b/lib/dp-packet.h index e4c2593..5532bee 100644 --- a/lib/dp-packet.h +++ b/lib/dp-packet.h @@ -514,6 +514,8 @@ dp_packet_reset_packet(struct dp_packet *b, int off) b->l2_5_ofs = b->l3_ofs = b->l4_ofs = UINT16_MAX; } +/* Returns the RSS hash of the packet 'p'. Note that the returned value is + * correct only if 'dp_packet_rss_valid(p)' returns true */ static inline uint32_t dp_packet_get_rss_hash(struct dp_packet *p) { @@ -529,11 +531,22 @@ dp_packet_set_rss_hash(struct dp_packet *p, uint32_t hash) { #ifdef DPDK_NETDEV p->mbuf.hash.rss = hash; + p->mbuf.ol_flags |= PKT_RX_RSS_HASH; #else p->rss_hash = hash; #endif } +static inline bool +dp_packet_rss_valid(struct dp_packet *p OVS_UNUSED) +{ +#ifdef DPDK_NETDEV + return p->mbuf.ol_flags & PKT_RX_RSS_HASH; +#else + return true; +#endif +} + #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif diff --git a/lib/dpif-netdev.c b/lib/dpif-netdev.c index db76290..490ced3 100644 --- a/lib/dpif-netdev.c +++ b/lib/dpif-netdev.c @@ -3100,7 +3100,7 @@ dpif_netdev_packet_get_rss_hash(struct dp_packet *packet, { uint32_t hash, recirc_depth; - hash = dp_packet_get_rss_hash(packet); + hash = dp_packet_rss_valid(packet) ? dp_packet_get_rss_hash(packet) : 0; if (OVS_UNLIKELY(!hash)) { hash = miniflow_hash_5tuple(mf, 0); dp_packet_set_rss_hash(packet, hash); -- 2.1.4 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev