1. 31 Mar, 2020 2 commits
    • Ido Schimmel's avatar
      Documentation: Add description of packet trap policers · ef7d5c7d
      Ido Schimmel authored
      Extend devlink-trap documentation with information about packet trap
      policers.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarIdo Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
      Reviewed-by: default avatarJiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      ef7d5c7d
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      devlink: Add packet trap policers support · 1e8c6619
      Ido Schimmel authored
      Devices capable of offloading the kernel's datapath and perform
      functions such as bridging and routing must also be able to send (trap)
      specific packets to the kernel (i.e., the CPU) for processing.
      
      For example, a device acting as a multicast-aware bridge must be able to
      trap IGMP membership reports to the kernel for processing by the bridge
      module.
      
      In most cases, the underlying device is capable of handling packet rates
      that are several orders of magnitude higher compared to those that can
      be handled by the CPU.
      
      Therefore, in order to prevent the underlying device from overwhelming
      the CPU, devices usually include packet trap policers that are able to
      police the trapped packets to rates that can be handled by the CPU.
      
      This patch allows capable device drivers to register their supported
      packet trap policers with devlink. User space can then tune the
      parameters of these policer (currently, rate and burst size) and read
      from the device the number of packets that were dropped by the policer,
      if supported.
      
      Subsequent patches in the series will allow device drivers to create
      default binding between these policers and packet trap groups and allow
      user space to change the binding.
      
      v2:
      * Add 'strict_start_type' in devlink policy
      * Have device drivers provide max/min rate/burst size for each policer.
        Use them to check validity of user provided parameters
      Signed-off-by: default avatarIdo Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
      Reviewed-by: default avatarJiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
      Reviewed-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      1e8c6619
  2. 30 Mar, 2020 38 commits