[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ice: ignore error when remove RSS rule

[Ye Xiaolong]

On 11/12, Qi Zhang wrote:
>Currently, multiple rte_flow RSS rules may mapping to the same

s/mapping/map

>hardware rule if a later rule is just for inputset change or symm
>turn on/off. so after one of the rules be destroyed, we will
>get error ICE_ERR_DOES_NOT_EXIST when destroying any other rules.

In this case, the hardware rule has been destroyed by the first rte_flow RSS
rule removal, right? Do we need a counter or similar to record how
may rte_flow RSS rules are linked to the hardware rule?

>The patch simply fix this by ignore this error. A more sophistic

s/fix/fixes

And I think you mean "sophisticated"?

>fix that remember the sequence and replay properly will be provided
>in future.
>
>Fixes: 5ad3db8d4bdd ("net/ice: enable advanced RSS")
>
>Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
>---
> drivers/net/ice/ice_hash.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/ice_hash.c b/drivers/net/ice/ice_hash.c
>index d88434305..2e9c1bc67 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/ice/ice_hash.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/ice/ice_hash.c
>@@ -536,7 +536,12 @@ ice_hash_destroy(struct ice_adapter *ad,
> 		ret = ice_rem_rss_cfg(hw, vsi->idx,
> 				filter_ptr->rss_cfg.hashed_flds,
> 				filter_ptr->rss_cfg.packet_hdr);
>-		if (ret) {
>+		/* Fixme: Ignore the error if a rule does not exist.
>+		 * Currently a rule for inputset change or symm turn on/off
>+		 * will overwrite an exist rule, while application still
>+		 * have 2 rte_flow handles.
>+		 **/
>+		if (ret && ret != ICE_ERR_DOES_NOT_EXIST) {

This patch can't be applied cleanly on top of latest dpdk-next-net-intel, please
help do a rebase.

Thanks,
Xiaolong

> 			rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
> 					RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_HANDLE, NULL,
> 					"rss flow destroy fail");
>-- 
>2.13.6
>