Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip link set vf: Added "query_rss" command

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:47:32 -0700

On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 20:52:58 +0200
Vlad Zolotarov <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Add a new option to toggle the ability of querying the RSS configuration of a specific VF.
> 
> VF RSS information like RSS hash key may be considered sensitive on some devices where
> this information is shared between VF and PF and thus its querying may be prohibited by default.
> 
> This new option allows a system administrator with privileges to modify a PF state
> to control if the above VF querying is allowed or not.
> 
> For example:
>  To enable RSS querying of VF[0] of ethX:
>  >> ip link set dev ethX vf 0 query_rss on  
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Zolotarov <[email-masked]>

Holding off on this going into iproute until kernel component goes
into net-next