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* [PATCH net-next 00/10] mlxsw: Refactor qdisc offload
@ 2021-04-20 14:53 Petr Machata
  2021-04-20 14:53 ` [PATCH net-next 01/10] mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Drop one argument from check_params callback Petr Machata
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  0 siblings, 10 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Petr Machata @ 2021-04-20 14:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev; +Cc: mlxsw, Ido Schimmel, David S . Miller, Jakub Kicinski,
	Petr Machata

Currently, mlxsw admits for offload a suitable root qdisc, and its
children. Thus up to two levels of hierarchy are offloaded. Often, this is
enough: one can configure TCs with RED and TCs with a shaper, and can even
see counters for each TC by looking at a qdisc at a sufficiently shallow
position.

While simple, the system has obvious shortcomings. It is not possible to
configure both RED and shaping on one TC. It is not possible to place a
PRIO below root TBF, which would then be offloaded as port shaper. FIFOs
are only offloaded at root or directly below, which is confusing to users,
because RED and TBF of course have their own FIFO.

This patchset is a step towards the end goal of allowing more comprehensive
qdisc tree offload and cleans up the qdisc offload code.

- Patches #1-#4 contain small cleanups.

- Up until now, since mlxsw offloaded only a very simple qdisc
  configurations, basically all bookkeeping was done using one container
  for the root qdisc, and 8 containers for its children. Patches #5, #6, #8
  and #9 gradually introduce a more dynamic structure, where parent-child
  relationships are tracked directly at qdiscs, instead of being implicit.

- This tree management assumes only one qdisc is created at a time. In FIFO
  handlers, this condition was enforced simply by asserting RTNL lock. But
  instead of furthering this RTNL dependence, patch #7 converts the whole
  qdisc offload logic to a per-port mutex.

- Patch #10 adds a selftest.

Petr Machata (10):
  mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Drop one argument from check_params callback
  mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Simplify mlxsw_sp_qdisc_compare()
  mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Drop an always-true condition
  mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Track tclass_num as int, not u8
  mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Promote backlog reduction to
    mlxsw_sp_qdisc_destroy()
  mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Track children per qdisc
  mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Guard all qdisc accesses with a lock
  mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Allocate child qdiscs dynamically
  mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Index future FIFOs by band number
  selftests: mlxsw: sch_red_ets: Test proper counter cleaning in ETS

 .../ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_qdisc.c  | 448 ++++++++++++------
 .../drivers/net/mlxsw/sch_red_ets.sh          |   7 +
 2 files changed, 306 insertions(+), 149 deletions(-)

-- 
2.26.2


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2021-04-20 14:53 ` [PATCH net-next 02/10] mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Simplify mlxsw_sp_qdisc_compare() Petr Machata
2021-04-20 14:53 ` [PATCH net-next 03/10] mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Drop an always-true condition Petr Machata
2021-04-20 14:53 ` [PATCH net-next 04/10] mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Track tclass_num as int, not u8 Petr Machata
2021-04-20 14:53 ` [PATCH net-next 05/10] mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Promote backlog reduction to mlxsw_sp_qdisc_destroy() Petr Machata
2021-04-20 14:53 ` [PATCH net-next 06/10] mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Track children per qdisc Petr Machata
2021-04-20 14:53 ` [PATCH net-next 07/10] mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Guard all qdisc accesses with a lock Petr Machata
2021-04-20 14:53 ` [PATCH net-next 08/10] mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Allocate child qdiscs dynamically Petr Machata
2021-04-20 14:53 ` [PATCH net-next 09/10] mlxsw: spectrum_qdisc: Index future FIFOs by band number Petr Machata
2021-04-20 14:53 ` [PATCH net-next 10/10] selftests: mlxsw: sch_red_ets: Test proper counter cleaning in ETS Petr Machata

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