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ethtool: work-around ETHTOOL_GRSSH/ETHTOOL_SRSSH ABI breakage
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ethtool since version 6.9 introduced support for getting/setting RSS
input transformation supported in Linux since version 6.8.

The now changed kernel ioctl ABI, however, cannot be detected from
userland, and ethtool since version 6.9 simply assumes that a previously
reserved field is now used to set the input transformation.
Unfortunately the default value RXH_XFRM_NO_CHANGE (0xff) used by ethtool
userland creates an incompatibility with older kernels which cannot be
resolved easily without introducing even more ABI breakage.

Work-around the issue and fix support for --set-rxfh and --set-rxfh-indir
ethtool userland tool commands by making the support for input_xfrm
conditional on compile time, and keep it disabled for Linux 6.6.

Fixes: 8c2dcd1 ("ethtool: update to 6.10")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Stijn Segers <[email protected]>
(cherry picked from commit 3a7467f)
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dangowrt committed Feb 28, 2025
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions package/network/utils/ethtool/Makefile
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Expand Up @@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ else
CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-netlink --disable-pretty-dump
endif

# enable support for input_xfrm with kernels newer than 6.6
ifeq ($(CONFIG_LINUX_6_6),)
CONFIGURE_ARGS += --enable-rss-input-xfrm
endif

define Package/ethtool/install
$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ethtool $(1)/usr/sbin
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From c88eb6f4e9b2d8f71f3391db2bf0ec82ecccae81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Golle <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 04:12:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ethtool: make building for RSS input xfrm optional

Unfortunately there is no way to detect at runtime if the kernel the
support for RSS input transformation, and the default value
RXH_XFRM_NO_CHANGE (0xff) used by newer ethtool results in breakage
with older kernels.
As a stop-gap solution simply don't compile with support for input
xfrm by default.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <[email protected]>
---
configure.ac | 10 ++++++++++
ethtool.c | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ if test x$enable_pretty_dump = xyes; the
fi
AM_CONDITIONAL([ETHTOOL_ENABLE_PRETTY_DUMP], [test x$enable_pretty_dump = xyes])

+AC_ARG_ENABLE(rss-input-xfrm,
+ [ --enable-rss-input-xfrm build with support for RSS input transformation (disabled by default)],
+ ,
+ enable_rss_input_xfrm=no)
+if test x$enable_rss_input_xfrm = xyes; then
+ AC_DEFINE(ETHTOOL_ENABLE_RSS_INPUT_XFRM, 1,
+ [Define this to enable building with support for RSS input transformation.])
+fi
+AM_CONDITIONAL([ETHTOOL_ENABLE_RSS_INPUT_XFRM], [test x$enable_rss_input_xfrm = xyes])
+
AC_ARG_WITH([bash-completion-dir],
AS_HELP_STRING([--with-bash-completion-dir[=PATH]],
[Install the bash-completion script in this directory. @<:@default=yes@:>@]),
--- a/ethtool.c
+++ b/ethtool.c
@@ -4109,9 +4109,11 @@ static int do_grxfh(struct cmd_context *
(const char *)hfuncs->data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN,
(rss->hfunc & (1 << i)) ? "on" : "off");

+#ifdef ETHTOOL_ENABLE_RSS_INPUT_XFRM
printf("RSS input transformation:\n");
printf(" symmetric-xor: %s\n",
(rss->input_xfrm & RXH_XFRM_SYM_XOR) ? "on" : "off");
+#endif

out:
free(hfuncs);
@@ -4431,7 +4433,15 @@ static int do_srxfh(struct cmd_context *
rss->cmd = ETHTOOL_SRSSH;
rss->rss_context = rss_context;
rss->hfunc = req_hfunc;
+#ifdef ETHTOOL_ENABLE_RSS_INPUT_XFRM
rss->input_xfrm = req_input_xfrm;
+#else
+ if (req_input_xfrm != 0xff) {
+ perror("Compiled for kernel without support for input transformation");
+ err = 1;
+ goto free;
+ }
+#endif
if (delete) {
rss->indir_size = rss->key_size = 0;
} else {

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