linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/3] Multi-CPU DSA support

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Message-ID: <20210413023159.1f8fbfc1@thinkpad>
Date:   Tue, 13 Apr 2021 02:31:59 +0200
From:   Marek Behun <marek.behun@....cz>
To:     Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>
Cc:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>,
        Cong Wang <cong.wang@...edance.com>,
        Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>,
        Björn Töpel <bjorn@...nel.org>,
        zhang kai <zhangkaiheb@....com>,
        Weilong Chen <chenweilong@...wei.com>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Di Zhu <zhudi21@...wei.com>,
        Francis Laniel <laniel_francis@...vacyrequired.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/3] Multi-CPU DSA support

On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 02:27:30 +0200
Marek Behun <marek.behun@....cz> wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 01:54:50 +0200
> Marek Behun <marek.behun@....cz> wrote:
> 
> > I will look into this, maybe ask some follow-up questions.
> 
> Tobias,
> 
> it seems that currently the LAGs in mv88e6xxx driver do not use the
> HashTrunk feature (which can be enabled via bit 11 of the
> MV88E6XXX_G2_TRUNK_MAPPING register).
> 
> If we used this feature and if we knew what hash function it uses, we
> could write a userspace tool that could recompute new MAC
> addresses for the CPU ports in order to avoid the problem I explained
> previously...
> 
> Or the tool can simply inject frames into the switch and try different
> MAC addresses for the CPU ports until desired load-balancing is reached.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Marek

Although changing MAC addresses of the CPU ports each time some new
device comes into the network doesn't seem like a good idea, now that I
think about it. Hmm.