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-rw-r--r--include/linux/ethtool.h4
-rw-r--r--net/core/ethtool.c5
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index 886e127..de687a97 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ static inline u32 ethtool_rxfh_indir_default(u32 index, u32 n_rx_rings)
* @set_rxfh_indir: Set the contents of the RX flow hash indirection table.
* Will not be called if @get_rxfh_indir_size returns zero.
* @set_rxfh: Set the contents of the RX flow hash indirection table and/or
- * hash key. Either or both arguments may be %NULL if that attribute
- * is not to be changed.
+ * hash key. In case only the indirection table or hash key is to be
+ * changed, the other argument will be %NULL.
* Will only be called if one or both of @get_rxfh_indir_size and
* @get_rxfh_key_size are implemented and return non-zero.
* Returns a negative error code or zero.
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 7156fe5..b885734 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -802,11 +802,14 @@ static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_set_rxfh(struct net_device *dev,
return -EFAULT;
/* If either indir or hash key is valid, proceed further.
+ * It is not valid to request that both be unchanged.
*/
if ((user_indir_size &&
user_indir_size != ETH_RXFH_INDIR_NO_CHANGE &&
user_indir_size != dev_indir_size) ||
- (user_key_size && (user_key_size != dev_key_size)))
+ (user_key_size && (user_key_size != dev_key_size)) ||
+ (user_indir_size == ETH_RXFH_INDIR_NO_CHANGE &&
+ user_key_size == 0))
return -EINVAL;
if (user_indir_size != ETH_RXFH_INDIR_NO_CHANGE)
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