[PATCH 1/2] net/af_packet: do not set rollover flag in rollover mode

Frank Dressler frank at dressler.pro
Fri Oct 23 18:22:46 CEST 2026


The kernel rejects fanout configurations in which both the rollover
mode and the rollover flag are set. Because the PMD always set the
flag, the mode never worked.

Fixes: d3bc77ab05a4 ("net/af_packet: allow changing fanout mode")
Cc: tudor.cornea at gmail.com
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Frank Dressler <frank at dressler.pro>
---
 drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c b/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c
index ef57719803..870536a8b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c
@@ -844,6 +844,8 @@ get_fanout_mode(const char *fanout_mode)
 	} else if (!strcmp(fanout_mode, "cpu")) {
 		load_balance |= PACKET_FANOUT_CPU;
 	} else if (!strcmp(fanout_mode, "rollover")) {
+		/* setting both is rejected by kernel */
+		load_balance &= ~PACKET_FANOUT_FLAG_ROLLOVER;
 		load_balance |= PACKET_FANOUT_ROLLOVER;
 	} else if (!strcmp(fanout_mode, "rnd")) {
 		load_balance |= PACKET_FANOUT_RND;
-- 
2.56.0



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