This would be a no-op, so there is no reason to request it. This also allows conversion of the current implementations of ethtool_ops::{get,set}_rxfh_indir to ethtool_ops::{get,set}_rxfh with no change other than their parameters. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- include/linux/ethtool.h | 4 ++-- net/core/ethtool.c | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h index 886e127..de687a9 100644 --- a/include/linux/ethtool.h +++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h @@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ static inline u32 ethtool_rxfh_indir_default(u32 index, u32 n_rx_rings) * @set_rxfh_indir: Set the contents of the RX flow hash indirection table. * Will not be called if @get_rxfh_indir_size returns zero. * @set_rxfh: Set the contents of the RX flow hash indirection table and/or - * hash key. Either or both arguments may be %NULL if that attribute - * is not to be changed. + * hash key. In case only the indirection table or hash key is to be + * changed, the other argument will be %NULL. * Will only be called if one or both of @get_rxfh_indir_size and * @get_rxfh_key_size are implemented and return non-zero. * Returns a negative error code or zero. diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c index 7156fe5..b885734 100644 --- a/net/core/ethtool.c +++ b/net/core/ethtool.c @@ -802,11 +802,14 @@ static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_set_rxfh(struct net_device *dev, return -EFAULT; /* If either indir or hash key is valid, proceed further. + * It is not valid to request that both be unchanged. */ if ((user_indir_size && user_indir_size != ETH_RXFH_INDIR_NO_CHANGE && user_indir_size != dev_indir_size) || - (user_key_size && (user_key_size != dev_key_size))) + (user_key_size && (user_key_size != dev_key_size)) || + (user_indir_size == ETH_RXFH_INDIR_NO_CHANGE && + user_key_size == 0)) return -EINVAL; if (user_indir_size != ETH_RXFH_INDIR_NO_CHANGE) -- Ben Hutchings Any smoothly functioning technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo.