[PATCH 7/8] ethdev: check RSS availability
David Marchand
david.marchand at redhat.com
Fri Oct 16 15:05:53 CEST 2026
Add RSS capability check in rte_eth_dev_configure() using
dev_info.flow_type_rss_offloads.
When zero, reject Rx modes with RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG.
Remove redundant RSS checks from drivers.
Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
---
devtools/check-doc-vs-code.sh | 14 +++++++++++++-
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst | 2 ++
drivers/net/intel/cpfl/cpfl_ethdev.c | 3 ---
drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net_common.c | 7 -------
drivers/net/octeontx/octeontx_ethdev.c | 3 +--
drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c | 9 +--------
lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c | 8 ++++++++
7 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/devtools/check-doc-vs-code.sh b/devtools/check-doc-vs-code.sh
index 81c9713f5a..da8398bfa4 100755
--- a/devtools/check-doc-vs-code.sh
+++ b/devtools/check-doc-vs-code.sh
@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ check_mq_caps() # <driver>
fi
fi
+ if all_docs_agree $1 "RSS hash"; then
+ if has_doc_feature "$doc" "RSS hash"; then
+ git grep -qE 'flow_type_rss_offloads[[:space:]]*\|?=' -- "$code" ||
+ error "RSS documented but flow_type_rss_offloads not set for $1"
+ else
+ ! git grep -qE 'flow_type_rss_offloads[[:space:]]*\|?=' -- "$code" ||
+ error "flow_type_rss_offloads set but RSS not documented for $1"
+ ! git grep -qE 'RTE_ETH_MQ_RX.*RSS' -- "$code" ||
+ error "RSS mq_mode referenced but RSS not documented for $1"
+ fi
+ fi
+
if all_docs_agree $1 "VMDq"; then
if has_doc_feature "$doc" "VMDq"; then
git grep -qE 'max_vmdq_pools[[:space:]]*=' -- "$code" ||
@@ -131,7 +143,7 @@ if has_code_change 'RTE_FLOW_.*_TYPE_' ||
check_rte_flow $driver
done
fi
-if has_code_change 'get_dcb_info\|max_vmdq_pools\|RTE_ETH_MQ_.*DCB\|RTE_ETH_MQ_.*VMDQ' ||
+if has_code_change 'get_dcb_info\|flow_type_rss_offloads\|max_vmdq_pools\|RTE_ETH_MQ_' ||
has_file_change 'doc/guides/nics/features'; then
for driver in $(changed_net_drivers); do
check_mq_caps $driver
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst
index 9341769c32..caffd2a611 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst
@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ API Changes
* DCB modes (Rx ``RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_DCB_FLAG``, Tx ``RTE_ETH_MQ_TX_DCB``/``RTE_ETH_MQ_TX_VMDQ_DCB``)
are rejected if the driver has no ``get_dcb_info`` callback.
+ * RSS mode (Rx ``RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG``) is rejected if the driver reports no
+ ``flow_type_rss_offloads``.
* VMDq modes (Rx ``RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_FLAG``,
Tx ``RTE_ETH_MQ_TX_VMDQ_DCB``/``RTE_ETH_MQ_TX_VMDQ_ONLY``) are rejected
if the driver reports no VMDq pool.
diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/cpfl/cpfl_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/intel/cpfl/cpfl_ethdev.c
index 0863043a2e..f425181bf2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/cpfl/cpfl_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/cpfl/cpfl_ethdev.c
@@ -752,9 +752,6 @@ cpfl_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Failed to init rss");
return ret;
}
- } else if (conf->rxmode.mq_mode == RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS) {
- PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "RSS is not supported.");
- return -ENOTSUP;
}
vport->max_pkt_len =
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net_common.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
index afa0bc0faf..f9957086d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
@@ -373,13 +373,6 @@ nfp_net_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
return -EINVAL;
}
- /* Checking RX mode */
- if ((rxmode->mq_mode & RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG) != 0 &&
- (hw->super.cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_RSS_ANY) == 0) {
- PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "RSS not supported.");
- return -EINVAL;
- }
-
/* Checking MTU set */
if (rxmode->mtu > hw->max_mtu + NFP_ETH_OVERHEAD) {
PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "MTU (%u) larger than the maximum possible frame size (%u).",
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx/octeontx_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/octeontx/octeontx_ethdev.c
index e173535d29..e0df23049c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx/octeontx_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx/octeontx_ethdev.c
@@ -499,8 +499,7 @@ octeontx_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
return -EINVAL;
}
- if (rxmode->mq_mode != RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_NONE &&
- rxmode->mq_mode != RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS) {
+ if (rxmode->mq_mode != RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_NONE) {
octeontx_log_err("unsupported rx qmode %d", rxmode->mq_mode);
return -EINVAL;
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
index 1d4101b9e9..aa59931f06 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
@@ -1668,21 +1668,14 @@ sfc_rx_qinit_info(struct sfc_adapter *sa, sfc_sw_index_t sw_index,
static int
sfc_rx_check_mode(struct sfc_adapter *sa, struct rte_eth_rxmode *rxmode)
{
- struct sfc_adapter_shared * const sas = sfc_sa2shared(sa);
uint64_t offloads_supported = sfc_rx_get_dev_offload_caps(sa) |
sfc_rx_get_queue_offload_caps(sa);
- struct sfc_rss *rss = &sas->rss;
int rc = 0;
switch (rxmode->mq_mode) {
case RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_NONE:
- /* No special checks are required */
- break;
case RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS:
- if (rss->context_type == EFX_RX_SCALE_UNAVAILABLE) {
- sfc_err(sa, "RSS is not available");
- rc = EINVAL;
- }
+ /* No special checks are required */
break;
default:
sfc_err(sa, "Rx multi-queue mode %u not supported",
diff --git a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
index 39a895c9e4..44b20697ae 100644
--- a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -1526,6 +1526,14 @@ rte_eth_dev_configure(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t nb_rx_q, uint16_t nb_tx_q,
goto rollback;
}
+ if (dev_info.flow_type_rss_offloads == 0 &&
+ (dev_conf->rxmode.mq_mode & RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG) != 0) {
+ RTE_ETHDEV_LOG_LINE(ERR, "Ethdev port_id=%u does not support RSS rx mode",
+ port_id);
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto rollback;
+ }
+
dev->data->dev_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf =
rte_eth_rss_hf_refine(dev_conf->rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf);
--
2.54.0
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