Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] net/mlx5: Add balance ID support for LAG multiplane groups

[Tariq Toukan <ttoukan.linux@gmail.com>]

On 26/10/2025 1:59, Zhu Yanjun wrote:
> 在 2025/10/23 2:16, Tariq Toukan 写道:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This series adds balance ID support for MLX5 LAG in multiplane
>> configurations.
>>
>> See detailed description by Mark below [1].
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tariq
>>
>>
>> [1]
>> The problem: In complex multiplane LAG setups, we need finer control 
>> over LAG
>> groups. Currently, devices with the same system image GUID are treated
>> identically, but hardware now supports per-multiplane-group balance 
>> IDs that
>> let us differentiate between them. On such systems image system guid
>> isn't enough to decide which devices should be part of which LAG.
>>
>> The solution: Extend the system image GUID with a balance ID byte when 
>> the
>> hardware supports it. This gives us the granularity we need without 
>> breaking
>> existing deployments.
>>
>> What this series does:
>>
>> 1. Add the hardware interface bits (load_balance_id and lag_per_mp_group)
>> 2. Clean up some duplicate code while we're here
>> 3. Rework the system image GUID infrastructure to handle variable lengths
>> 4. Update PTP clock pairing to use the new approach
>> 5. Restructure capability setting to make room for the new feature
>> 6. Actually implement the balance ID support
>>
>> The key insight is in patch 6: we only append the balance ID when both
> 
> In the above, patch 6 is the following patch? It should be patch 5?
> 
> [PATCH net-next 5/5] net/mlx5: Add balance ID support for LAG multiplane 
> groups
> 
> Yanjun.Zhu
> 

Right.

Indices shifted because we sent the preparation IFC patch a priori:
137d1a635513 net/mlx5: IFC add balance ID and LAG per MP group bits

>> capabilities are present, so older hardware and software continue to work
>> exactly as before. For newer setups, you get the extra byte that enables
>> per-multiplane-group load balancing.
>>
>> This has been tested with both old and new hardware configurations.
>>
>>
>> Mark Bloch (5):
>>    net/mlx5: Use common mlx5_same_hw_devs function
>>    net/mlx5: Add software system image GUID infrastructure
>>    net/mlx5: Refactor PTP clock devcom pairing
>>    net/mlx5: Refactor HCA cap 2 setting
>>    net/mlx5: Add balance ID support for LAG multiplane groups
>>
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/dev.c | 12 ++++---
>>   .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/devlink.c  |  7 ++--
>>   .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/mapping.c  | 13 +++++---
>>   .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/mapping.h  |  3 +-
>>   .../mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/bridge.c        |  6 +---
>>   .../mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc/int_port.c       |  8 +++--
>>   .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_ct.c    | 11 ++++---
>>   .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c   | 32 ++++++++++---------
>>   .../mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/devlink_port.c     |  6 +---
>>   .../mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c     |  8 +++--
>>   .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c |  4 ++-
>>   .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/clock.c   | 19 ++++++-----
>>   .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/devcom.h  |  2 ++
>>   .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c    | 23 +++++++++----
>>   .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h   |  2 ++
>>   .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c   | 19 +++++++++++
>>   include/linux/mlx5/driver.h                   |  3 ++
>>   17 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)
>>
>>
>> base-commit: d550d63d0082268a31e93a10c64cbc2476b98b24
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