Currently, updating the RSS redirection table and then stopping and
starting a port loses the update. The port comes back with the default
table. The ethdev API requires RSS settings to be retained across
stop/start.

The `rss_reta_updated` flag protects a user-provided RETA from being
overwritten by the default table when the device is started. However
`i40e_dev_stop()` clears this flag, so a subsequent `i40e_dev_start()`
treats the RETA as untouched and resets it to the default.

Fix it by clearing `rss_reta_updated` in `i40e_dev_configure()` instead of
`i40e_dev_stop()`. A reconfiguration still reverts to the default table,
while a plain stop/start now preserves the RETA.

Bugzilla ID: 1127

Fixes: 36c5dc8e5d3c ("net/i40e: fix overwriting RSS RETA")
Cc: [email protected]

Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c 
b/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
index b6b2d291ee..3de3423634 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
@@ -1992,6 +1992,9 @@ i40e_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
        if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
                dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= 
RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
+       /* A new configuration reverts the RETA to the driver default. */
+       pf->adapter->rss_reta_updated = 0;
+
        ret = i40e_dev_init_vlan(dev);
        if (ret < 0)
                goto err;
@@ -2676,8 +2679,6 @@ i40e_dev_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
        hw->adapter_stopped = 1;
        dev->data->dev_started = 0;
 
-       pf->adapter->rss_reta_updated = 0;
-
        return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.43.0

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