sfc: Document conditions for multicast replication vs filter replacement

Add the efx_filter_is_mc_recip() function to decide whether a filter
is for a multicast recipient and can coexist with other filters with
the same match values.  Update efx_filter_insert_filter() kernel-doc
to explain the conditions for this.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
index 3bbc047baea2..9de28f69c6aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
@@ -79,13 +79,20 @@ extern void efx_schedule_slow_fill(struct efx_rx_queue *rx_queue);
  * On success, return the filter ID.
  * On failure, return a negative error code.
  *
- * If an existing filter has equal match values to the new filter
- * spec, then the new filter might replace it, depending on the
- * relative priorities.  If the existing filter has lower priority, or
- * if @replace_equal is set and it has equal priority, then it is
- * replaced.  Otherwise the function fails, returning -%EPERM if
- * the existing filter has higher priority or -%EEXIST if it has
- * equal priority.
+ * If existing filters have equal match values to the new filter spec,
+ * then the new filter might replace them or the function might fail,
+ * as follows.
+ *
+ * 1. If the existing filters have lower priority, or @replace_equal
+ *    is set and they have equal priority, replace them.
+ *
+ * 2. If the existing filters have higher priority, return -%EPERM.
+ *
+ * 3. If !efx_filter_is_mc_recipient(@spec), or the NIC does not
+ *    support delivery to multiple recipients, return -%EEXIST.
+ *
+ * This implies that filters for multiple multicast recipients must
+ * all be inserted with the same priority and @replace_equal = %false.
  */
 static inline s32 efx_filter_insert_filter(struct efx_nic *efx,
 					   struct efx_filter_spec *spec,
@@ -169,6 +176,7 @@ static inline void efx_filter_rfs_expire(struct efx_channel *channel)
 static inline void efx_filter_rfs_expire(struct efx_channel *channel) {}
 #define efx_filter_rfs_enabled() 0
 #endif
+extern bool efx_filter_is_mc_recipient(const struct efx_filter_spec *spec);
 
 /* Channels */
 extern int efx_channel_dummy_op_int(struct efx_channel *channel);