Re: [PATCH net-next] bnxt_en: Allow ntuple filters for drops

[Michael Chan]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM Joe Damato <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 03:09:21PM -0800, Michael Chan wrote:
> > Alternatively, we can also change ethtool_get_flow_spec_ring_vf() to
> > check that the cookie is not RX_CLS_FLOW_DISC or RX_CLS_FLOW_WAKE.
>
> That's up to the maintainers.
>
> The existing drivers I checked which use ethtool_get_flow_spec_ring_vf all
> explicitly check RX_CLS_FLOW_DISC, so it seems to be an established pattern.
>
> I think we should fix this in the broadcom driver first and if there is a
> desire from the maintainers to handle this in ethtool_get_flow_spec_ring_vf,
> that can be done as a separate series which updates all of the drivers to
> remove the redundant check.

Sounds good.  Thanks.

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