linux-kernel - RE: [xdp-hints] Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 3/3] selftests/bpf: add Launch Time request to xdp_hw

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Date:   Tue, 5 Dec 2023 14:55:17 +0000
From:   "Song, Yoong Siang" <yoong.siang.song@...el.com>
To:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Bjorn Topel <bjorn@...nel.org>,
        "Karlsson, Magnus" <magnus.karlsson@...el.com>,
        "Fijalkowski, Maciej" <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>,
        Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
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        Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>,
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        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>,
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Subject: RE: [xdp-hints] Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 3/3] selftests/bpf: add Launch
 Time request to xdp_hw_metadata

On Monday, December 4, 2023 11:00 PM, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
>Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 12/3/23 17:51, Song Yoong Siang wrote:
>> > This patch is tested with stmmac on Intel Tiger Lake platform. Refer to
>> > result below, the delta between pre-determined launch time and actual HW
>> > transmit complete time is around 24 us.
>>
>> Is there any NIC setup (e.g. ethtool/qdisc) requirements to enable HW
>> for this feature?
>
>Judging from how we currently use this with FQ and ETF, no.
>
>See for instance tools/testing/selftests/net/so_txtime.sh

For stmmac, we need to enable per queue launch time support
by using tc qdisc etf offload command.
I believe igc also using the same way.
I will add into documentation to make it clear that
XDP_TXMD_FLAGS_LAUNCH_TIME only used to pass the
launch time value, not enable launch time feature.