Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] net: stmmac: Don't set or get RSS parameters when not supported

[Maxime Chevallier]

Hi Jakub,

On 9/30/26 03:09, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:57:10 +0200 Maxime Chevallier wrote:
>>>> @@ -943,6 +949,9 @@ static int stmmac_get_rxfh(struct net_device *dev,
>>>>  	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
>>>>  	int i;
>>>>  
>>>> +	if (!stmmac_rss_is_supported(priv))
>>>> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>>> +  
>>>
>>> [Severity: Medium]
>>> Does this -EOPNOTSUPP break namespace-wide ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_GET dumps?  
>>
>> This was reported by Nicolai already, and other drivers report -EOPNOTSUPP
>> here.
>>
>> If we address that, I'd say we do that in the RSS ethnl code.
> 
> Let's get this in the same series, cause I'm not 100% convinced.
> My instinct is that returning 0 size for indir table and key
> would be correct and less hairy for the core to handle.
> All pieces of RSS are optional so returning 0 size for everything
> should be equivalent to having no RSS.

Ok no problem, I'll also give it a test on mvpp2 as well then.

Thanks,

Maxime