When a flow API RSS rule is issued in testpmd, device RSS key is changed
unexpectedly, device RSS key is changed to the testpmd default RSS key.
Consider the following usage with testpmd:
1. first, startup testpmd:
testpmd> show port 0 rss-hash key
RSS functions: all ipv4-frag ipv4-other ipv6-frag ipv6-other ip
RSS key: 6D5A56DA255B0EC24167253D43A38FB0D0CA2BCBAE7B30B477CB2DA38030F
20C6A42B73BBEAC01FA
2. create a rss rule
testpmd> flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / ipv4 / udp / end \
actions rss types ipv4-udp end queues end / end
3. show rss-hash key
testpmd> show port 0 rss-hash key
RSS functions: all ipv4-udp udp
RSS key: 74657374706D6427732064656661756C74205253532068617368206B65792
C206F76657272696465
This is because testpmd always sends a key with the RSS rule,
if user provides a key as part of the rule that key is used, if user
doesn't provide a key, testpmd default key is sent to the PMDs, which is
causing device programmed RSS key to be changed.
There was a previous attempt to fix the same issue [1], but it has been
reverted back [2] because of the crash when 'key_len' is provided
without 'key'.
This patch follows the same approach with the initial fix [1] but also
addresses the crash.
After change, testpmd RSS key is 'NULL' by default, if user provides a
key as part of rule it is used, if not no key is sent to the PMDs at all
[1]
Commit a4391f8bae85 ("app/testpmd: set default RSS key as null")
[2]
Commit f3698c3d09a6 ("app/testpmd: revert setting default RSS")
Fixes: d0ad8648b1c5 ("app/testpmd: fix RSS flow action configuration")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Lijun Ou <oulijun@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Ophir Munk <ophirmu@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
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