diff options
author | Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> | 2014-05-15 01:07:16 +0100 |
---|---|---|
committer | Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> | 2014-05-19 01:19:30 +0100 |
commit | 38c891a49dec43dbb1575cc40d10dbd49c4961ab (patch) | |
tree | 7d8a1cddd6daa3020e3de2e82694e54bacc1e5bf | |
parent | 7455fa2422898eee3464032351d20695930d9542 (diff) | |
download | blackbird-op-linux-38c891a49dec43dbb1575cc40d10dbd49c4961ab.tar.gz blackbird-op-linux-38c891a49dec43dbb1575cc40d10dbd49c4961ab.zip |
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.h | 17 |
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 { * struct ethtool_rxfh - command to get/set RX flow hash indir or/and hash key. * @cmd: Specific command number - %ETHTOOL_GRSSH or %ETHTOOL_SRSSH * @rss_context: RSS context identifier. - * @indir_size: On entry, the array size of the user buffer, which may be zero, - * or (for %ETHTOOL_SRSSH), %ETH_RXFH_INDIR_NO_CHANGE. - * On return from %ETHTOOL_GRSSH, the array size of the hardware - * indirection table. - * @key_size: On entry, the array size of the user buffer in bytes, - * which may be zero. - * On return from %ETHTOOL_GRSSH, the size of the RSS hash key. + * @indir_size: On entry, the array size of the user buffer for the + * indirection table, which may be zero, or (for %ETHTOOL_SRSSH), + * %ETH_RXFH_INDIR_NO_CHANGE. On return from %ETHTOOL_GRSSH, + * the array size of the hardware indirection table. + * @key_size: On entry, the array size of the user buffer for the hash key, + * which may be zero. On return from %ETHTOOL_GRSSH, the size of the + * hardware hash key. * @rsvd: Reserved for future extensions. * @rss_config: RX ring/queue index for each hash value i.e., indirection table - * of size @indir_size followed by hash key of size @key_size. + * of @indir_size __u32 elements, followed by hash key of @key_size + * bytes. * * For %ETHTOOL_GRSSH, a @indir_size and key_size of zero means that only the * size should be returned. For %ETHTOOL_SRSSH, an @indir_size of |