Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] net: vlan: Use vlan_prio instead of vlan_qos in mapping

["Yajun Deng" <yajun.deng@linux.dev>]

October 22, 2024 at 12:27 AM, "Guillaume Nault" <gnault@redhat.com> wrote:



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> On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 03:29:21PM +0300, Ido Schimmel wrote:
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> > On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 10:12:33PM +0800, Yajun Deng wrote:
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> >  The vlan_qos member is used to save the vlan qos, but we only save the
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> >  priority. Also, we will get the priority in vlan netlink and proc.
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> >  We can just save the vlan priority using vlan_prio, so we can use vlan_prio
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> >  to get the priority directly.
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> >  
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> >  For flexibility, we introduced vlan_dev_get_egress_priority() helper
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> >  function. After this patch, we will call vlan_dev_get_egress_priority()
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> >  instead of vlan_dev_get_egress_qos_mask() in irdma.ko and rdma_cm.ko.
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> >  Because we don't need the shift and mask operations anymore.
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> >  
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> >  There is no functional changes.
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> >  
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> >  Not sure I understand the motivation.
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> >  
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> >  IIUC, currently, struct vlan_priority_tci_mapping::vlan_qos is shifted
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> >  and masked in the control path (vlan_dev_set_egress_priority) so that
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> >  these calculations would not need to be performed in the data path where
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> >  the VLAN header is constructed (vlan_dev_hard_header /
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> >  vlan_dev_hard_start_xmit).
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> >  
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> >  This patch seems to move these calculations to the data path so that
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> >  they would not need to be performed in the control path when dumping the
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> >  priority mapping via netlink / proc.
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> >  
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> >  Why is it a good trade-off?
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> I agree with Ido. The commit description doesn't explain why these
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> changes are made and I also can't see how this patch can improve
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> performances.
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> If it's about code readability, why not just add a helper that gets a
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> struct vlan_priority_tci_mapping pointer as input and returns a __u8
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> corresponding to the priority? This way, the /proc and netlink handlers
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> (and other potential users) wouldn't have to do the bit shifting and
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> masking manually.
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Okay, that's a better way.