linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v0] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Add FID map cache

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Message-ID: <e850b74d-fac6-4680-b9d0-fc2c3e1aa848@lunn.ch>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:23:54 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Aryan Srivastava <aryan.srivastava@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v0] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Add FID map cache

On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 05:07:23PM +1200, Aryan Srivastava wrote:
> Add a cached FID bitmap. This mitigates the need to
> walk all VTU entries to find the next free FID.
> 
> Walk VTU once, then store read FID map into bitmap. Use
> and manipulate this bitmap from now on, instead of re-reading
> HW for the FID map.
> 
> The repeatedly VTU walks are costly can result in taking ~40 mins
> if ~4000 vlans are added. Caching the FID map reduces this time
> to <2 mins.

How long does the first walk take? Rather than having fid_populated, i
wounder if the walk should just be done in mv88e6xxx_vtu_setup() or
mv88e6xxx_atu_setup().

	Andrew