netdev - Re: [PATCH] bonding: Offloading bonds to hardware

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Date:	Mon, 16 Nov 2015 08:46:30 +0100
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Premkumar Jonnala <pjonnala@...adcom.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
	"f.fainelli@...il.com" <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	"idosch@...lanox.com" <idosch@...lanox.com>,
	"nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com" <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	"sfeldma@...il.com" <sfeldma@...il.com>,
	"gospo@...ulusnetworks.com" <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: Offloading bonds to hardware

Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 07:48:34AM CET, pjonnala@...adcom.com wrote:
>> 
>> Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 05:02:18PM CET, pjonnala@...adcom.com wrote:
>> >Packet forwarding to/from bond interfaces is done in software.
>> >
>> >This patch enables certain platforms to bridge traffic to/from
>> >bond interfaces in hardware.  Notifications are sent out when
>> >the "active" slave set for a bond interface is updated in
>> >software.  Platforms use the notifications to program the
>> >hardware accordingly.  The changes have been verified to work
>> >with configured and 802.3ad bond interfaces.
>> >
>> >Signed-off-by: Premkumar Jonnala <pjonnala@...adcom.com>
>
>Thank you for the comments Jiri.
>
>> This patch is wrong, in many different acpects. Leaving the submission
>> style, and no in-tree consumer aside, adding ndos for this thing is
>> unacceptable. It should be handled as a part of switchdev attrs.
>> Also, the solution should not be bonding-centric.
>
>Can you elaborate on how you envision the solution to be, when you say 
>the solution should not be "bonding centric"?

You should be able to offload team as well, using the same api.

>
>Thanks
>Prem
>
>> 
>> I have a patchset in my queue which does this correctly, for bond and team
>> using switchdev attr and with actual in-tree consumer, mlxsw driver.
>> I plan to send that soon after net-next opens.
>> 
>> Jiri
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