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authorBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>2014-05-14 20:07:16 -0400
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>2014-05-18 20:19:30 -0400
commit38c891a49dec43dbb1575cc40d10dbd49c4961ab (patch)
tree7d8a1cddd6daa3020e3de2e82694e54bacc1e5bf
parent7455fa2422898eee3464032351d20695930d9542 (diff)
ethtool: Improve explanation of the two arrays following struct ethtool_rxfh
The use of two variable-length arrays is unusual so deserves a bit more explanation. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h17
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
index cba18e3f8fab..e3c7a719c76b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -850,16 +850,17 @@ struct ethtool_rxfh_indir {
850 * struct ethtool_rxfh - command to get/set RX flow hash indir or/and hash key. 850 * struct ethtool_rxfh - command to get/set RX flow hash indir or/and hash key.
851 * @cmd: Specific command number - %ETHTOOL_GRSSH or %ETHTOOL_SRSSH 851 * @cmd: Specific command number - %ETHTOOL_GRSSH or %ETHTOOL_SRSSH
852 * @rss_context: RSS context identifier. 852 * @rss_context: RSS context identifier.
853 * @indir_size: On entry, the array size of the user buffer, which may be zero, 853 * @indir_size: On entry, the array size of the user buffer for the
854 * or (for %ETHTOOL_SRSSH), %ETH_RXFH_INDIR_NO_CHANGE. 854 * indirection table, which may be zero, or (for %ETHTOOL_SRSSH),
855 * On return from %ETHTOOL_GRSSH, the array size of the hardware 855 * %ETH_RXFH_INDIR_NO_CHANGE. On return from %ETHTOOL_GRSSH,
856 * indirection table. 856 * the array size of the hardware indirection table.
857 * @key_size: On entry, the array size of the user buffer in bytes, 857 * @key_size: On entry, the array size of the user buffer for the hash key,
858 * which may be zero. 858 * which may be zero. On return from %ETHTOOL_GRSSH, the size of the
859 * On return from %ETHTOOL_GRSSH, the size of the RSS hash key. 859 * hardware hash key.
860 * @rsvd: Reserved for future extensions. 860 * @rsvd: Reserved for future extensions.
861 * @rss_config: RX ring/queue index for each hash value i.e., indirection table 861 * @rss_config: RX ring/queue index for each hash value i.e., indirection table
862 * of size @indir_size followed by hash key of size @key_size. 862 * of @indir_size __u32 elements, followed by hash key of @key_size
863 * bytes.
863 * 864 *
864 * For %ETHTOOL_GRSSH, a @indir_size and key_size of zero means that only the 865 * For %ETHTOOL_GRSSH, a @indir_size and key_size of zero means that only the
865 * size should be returned. For %ETHTOOL_SRSSH, an @indir_size of 866 * size should be returned. For %ETHTOOL_SRSSH, an @indir_size of