linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V7 net-next 4/4] net: hns3: add support to query scc version by devlink info

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Message-ID: <5e9abc23-96c8-4a37-abae-f6c208aacda2@huawei.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:12:17 +0800
From: Jijie Shao <shaojijie@...wei.com>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
CC: <shaojijie@...wei.com>, <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 net-next 4/4] net: hns3: add support to query scc
 version by devlink info


on 2024/4/11 14:23, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 03:05:53AM CEST, shaojijie@...wei.com wrote:
>> on 2024/4/10 22:59, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>> Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 02:53:54PM CEST, shaojijie@...wei.com wrote:
>>>> From: Hao Chen <chenhao418@...wei.com>
>>>>
>>>> Add support to query scc version by devlink info for device V3.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Hao Chen <chenhao418@...wei.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jijie Shao <shaojijie@...wei.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> Documentation/networking/devlink/hns3.rst     |  3 ++
>>>> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.h   |  9 ++++
>>>> .../hns3/hns3_common/hclge_comm_cmd.h         |  8 ++++
>>>> .../hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_devlink.c     | 44 +++++++++++++++++--
>>>> .../hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_devlink.h     |  2 +
>>>> .../hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c        | 18 ++++++++
>>>> .../hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.h        |  1 +
>>>> 7 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/hns3.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/hns3.rst
>>>> index 4562a6e4782f..e19dea8ef924 100644
>>>> --- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/hns3.rst
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/hns3.rst
>>>> @@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ The ``hns3`` driver reports the following versions
>>>>      * - ``fw``
>>>>        - running
>>>>        - Used to represent the firmware version.
>>>> +   * - ``fw.scc``
>>> What's scc? I don't see it described anywhere.
>> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/hns3.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/hns3.rst
>> index 4562a6e4782f..e19dea8ef924 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/hns3.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/hns3.rst
>> @@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ The ``hns3`` driver reports the following versions
>>     * - ``fw``
>>       - running
>>       - Used to represent the firmware version.
>> +   * - ``fw.scc``
>> +     - running
>> +     - Used to represent the soft congestion control firmware version.
>>
>> scc means "soft congestion control"
> I guess this is something specific to your device, isn't it? Can't you
> please extend the description a bit more?
>
> Thanks!
>
SCC is a firmware which provides multiple congestion control algorithms, including dcqcn.
Congestion control is a mechanism that controls the entry of rdma packets into the network,
enabling a better use of a shared network infrastructure and avoiding congestive collapse.


Jijie Shao