linux-kernel - Re: [net v5 PATCH] net: stmmac: replace priv->speed with the portTransmitRate from the tc-cbs parameters

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Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 01:58:24 +0300
From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@...driver.com>
Cc: linux@...linux.org.uk, andrew@...n.ch, alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com,
	joabreu@...opsys.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com,
	wojciech.drewek@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net v5 PATCH] net: stmmac: replace priv->speed with the
 portTransmitRate from the tc-cbs parameters

On Sat, Jun 08, 2024 at 10:35:24PM +0800, Xiaolei Wang wrote:
> The current cbs parameter depends on speed after uplinking,
> which is not needed and will report a configuration error
> if the port is not initially connected. The UAPI exposed by
> tc-cbs requires userspace to recalculate the send slope anyway,
> because the formula depends on port_transmit_rate (see man tc-cbs),
> which is not an invariant from tc's perspective. Therefore, we
> use offload->sendslope and offload->idleslope to derive the
> original port_transmit_rate from the CBS formula.
> 
> Fixes: 1f705bc61aee ("net: stmmac: Add support for CBS QDISC")
> Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@...driver.com>
> Reviewed-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@...el.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>