RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next, v1 0/3] Add Default Rx Queue Setting for igc driver

[Song, Yoong Siang]

On Thursday, August 1, 2024 7:53 AM, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 09:41:16 -0700 Jacob Keller wrote:
>> In this case, (I haven't dug into the actual patches or code), I suspect
>> the driver will need to validate the location values when adding rules
>> to ensure that all rules which don't use the default queue have higher
>> priority than the wild card rule. The request to add a filter should
>> reject the rule in the case where a default queue rule was added with a
>> higher priority location.
>
>Maybe I shouldn't say it aloud but picking a "known" location for such
>a wildcard rule wouldn't be the worst thing. Obviously better if the
>driver just understand ordering!

Thanks Jakub Kicinski and Jacob Keller for the suggestions.
I believe that it is a good idea to validate and ensure that the
default queue rule is located at the lowest priority location (loc 63).
I will go for this direction on my v2 submission.