Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] hinic: add support for rss parameters with ethtool

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Jun 14 2019 - 11:54:14 EST


From: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 09:32:09 +0200

> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 01:58:02AM +0000, Xue Chaojing wrote:
>> This patch adds support rss parameters with ethtool,
>> user can change hash key, hash indirection table, hash
>> function by ethtool -X, and show rss parameters by ethtool -x.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Xue Chaojing <xuechaojing@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>
> If you are going to submit a new version, please split the patch into
> one moving the existing ethtool code into a new file and one with the
> new features so that it's clear what is new.
>
> I'm also not sure if an error lever message in kernel log is an
> appropriate response to user trying to perform an unsupported operation,
> in particular if it can be triggered by a regular user.

I think no log message should be reported.