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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] mlxsw: Support DSCP prioritization and
 rewrite
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:18:18 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:26:54 +0300

> Petr says:
> 
> On ingress, a network device such as a switch assigns to packets
> priority based on various criteria. Common options include interpreting
> PCP and DSCP fields according to user configuration. When a packet
> egresses the switch, a reverse process may rewrite PCP and/or DSCP
> headers according to packet priority.
> 
> So far, mlxsw has supported prioritization based on PCP (802.1p priority
> tag). This patch set introduces support for prioritization based on
> DSCP, and DSCP rewrite.
> 
> To configure the DSCP-to-priority maps, the user is expected to invoke
> ieee_setapp and ieee_delapp DCBNL ops, e.g. by using lldptool:
 ...
> With this patch set, mlxsw uses these values to configure priority for
> DSCP values not explicitly specified in DSCP APP map. In the future we
> expect to also use this to configure default port priority for untagged
> packets.
> 
> Access to DSCP-to-priority map, priority-to-DSCP map, and default
> priority for a port is exposed through three new DCB helpers. Like the
> already-existing dcb_ieee_getapp_mask() helper, these helpers operate in
> terms of bitmaps, to support the arbitrary M:N mapping that the APP
> rules allow. Such interface presents all the relevant information from
> the APP database without necessitating exposition of iterators, locking
> or other complex primitives. It is up to the driver to then digest the
> mapping in a way that the device supports. In this patch set, mlxsw
> resolves conflicts by favoring higher-numbered DSCP values and
> priorities.

Series applied, thank you!