netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/13] mlxsw: Add resource scale tests

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Date:   Sat, 30 Jun 2018 22:06:54 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     petrm@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        jiri@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com, shuah@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/13] mlxsw: Add resource scale tests

From: Petr Machata <petrm@...lanox.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 02:44:23 +0200

> There are a number of tests that check features of the Linux networking
> stack. By running them on suitable interfaces, one can exercise the
> mlxsw offloading code. However none of these tests attempts to push
> mlxsw to the limits supported by the ASIC.
> 
> As an additional wrinkle, the "limits supported by the ASIC" themselves
> may not be a set of fixed numbers, but rather depend on a profile that
> determines how the ASIC resources are allocated for different purposes.
> 
> This patchset introduces several tests that verify capability of mlxsw
> to offload amounts of routes, flower rules, and mirroring sessions that
> match predicted ASIC capacity, at different configuration profiles.
> Additionally they verify that amounts exceeding the predicted capacity
> can *not* be offloaded.
 ...

Good stuff, series applied, thanks!