Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 5/6] net: ethtool: add a mutex protecting RSS contexts

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 16:46:08 -0700

On Tue, 4 Apr 2023 13:32:04 +0100 Edward Cree wrote:
> > Argh, the mutex doubles the size of the state, and most drivers don't
> > implement this feature.  My thinking was to add a "ethtool state">
> > pointer to net_device which will be allocated by ethtool on demand
> > and can hold all ethtool related state.  
> 
> Would any other existing net_device fields go in this struct, or is
>  it just the RSS stuff so far?

Only wol_enabled possibly, nothing else looks relevant.
But wol_enabled is one bit so up to you if you want to move it.