Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] bnxt_en: Introduce devlink runtime driver param to set ptp tx timeout

[Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>]

On 29/02/2024 17:30, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:11:49 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Idk. This does not look sane to me at all. Will we have custom knobs to
>> change timeout for arbitrary FW commands as this as a common thing?
>> Driver is the one to take care of timeouts of FW gracefully, he should
>> know the FW, not the user. Therefore exposing user knobs like this
>> sounds pure wrong to me.
>>
>> nack for adding this to devlink.
> 
> +1
> 
> BTW why is the documentation in a different patch that the param :(
> 
>> If this is some maybe-to-be-common ptp thing, can that be done as part
>> of ptp api perhaps?

Jiri, do you mean extend current ioctl used to enable/disable HW
timestamps?

> 
> Perhaps, but also I think it's fairly impractical. Specialized users may
> be able to tune this, but in DC environment PTP is handled at the host

That's correct, only 1 app is actually doing syncronization

> level, and the applications come and go. So all the poor admin can do

Container/VM level applications don't care about PTP packets timestamps.
They only care about the time being synchronized.

> is set this to the max value. While in the driver you can actually try

Pure admin will tune it according to the host level app configuration
which may differ because of environment.

> to be a bit more intelligent. Expecting the user to tune this strikes me
> as trying to take the easy way out..

There is no actual way for application to signal down to driver that it
gave up waiting for TX timestamp, what other kind of smartness can we
expect here?