Re: [PATCH 4/4] thunderbolt: Get rid of E2E workaround

[Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 06:15:47PM +0300, Yehezkel Bernat wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 5:22 PM Mika Westerberg
> <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 05:18:38PM +0300, Yehezkel Bernat wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 4:51 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > > <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 04:45:22PM +0300, Yehezkel Bernat wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 4:02 PM Mika Westerberg
> > > > > <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > diff --git a/include/linux/thunderbolt.h b/include/linux/thunderbolt.h
> > > > > > index ff397c0d5c07..5db2b11ab085 100644
> > > > > > --- a/include/linux/thunderbolt.h
> > > > > > +++ b/include/linux/thunderbolt.h
> > > > > > @@ -504,8 +504,6 @@ struct tb_ring {
> > > > > >  #define RING_FLAG_NO_SUSPEND   BIT(0)
> > > > > >  /* Configure the ring to be in frame mode */
> > > > > >  #define RING_FLAG_FRAME                BIT(1)
> > > > > > -/* Enable end-to-end flow control */
> > > > > > -#define RING_FLAG_E2E          BIT(2)
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Isn't it better to keep it (or mark it as reserved) so it'll not cause
> > > > > compatibility issues with older versions of the driver or with Windows?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > How can you have "older versions of the driver"?  All drivers are in the
> > > > kernel tree at the same time, you can't ever mix-and-match drivers and
> > > > kernels.
> > > >
> > > > And how does Windows come into play here?
> > > >
> > >
> > > As much as I remember, this flag is sent as part of creating the
> > > interdomain connection.
> > > If we reuse this bit to something else, and the other host runs an
> > > older kernel or
> > > Windows, this seems to be an issue.
> > > But maybe I don't remember it correctly.
> >
> > We never send this flag anywhere. At the moment we do not announce
> > support the "full E2E" in the network driver. Basically this is dead
> > code what we remove.
> 
> OK, maybe we never sent it, but Windows driver does send such a flag somewhere.

It does yes but that is optional and we chose not to support it in
Linux TBT network driver.

> This is the only way both sides can know both of them support it and that they
> should start using it. I'd prefer at least leaving a comment here that mentions
> this, so if someone goes to add flags in the future, they will know to
> take it into consideration.

This flag here (RING_FLAG_E2E) is not exposed anywhere outside of
thunderbolt driver.

I think you are talking about the "prtstns" property in the network
driver. There we only set TBNET_MATCH_FRAGS_ID (bit 1). This is the
thing that get exposed to the other side of the connection and we never
announced support for full E2E.