netdev - Re: [patch net-next 00/18] devlink + mlxsw: add support for config and control of shared buffers

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Message-Id: <20160414.152156.2049059347507873710.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:21:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...lanox.com, eladr@...lanox.com,
	yotamg@...lanox.com, ogerlitz@...lanox.com,
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next 00/18] devlink + mlxsw: add support for config
 and control of shared buffers

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 18:19:12 +0200

> ASICs implement shared buffer for packet forwarding purposes and enable
> flexible partitioning of the shared buffer for different flows and ports,
> enabling non-blocking progress of different flows as well as separation
> of lossy traffic from loss-less traffic when using Per-Priority Flow
> Control (PFC). The shared buffer optimizes the buffer utilization for better
> absorption of packet bursts.
> 
> This patchset implements API which is based on the model SAI uses. That is
> aligned with multiple ASIC vendors so this API should be vendor neutral.
> 
> Userspace counterpart patchset for devlink iproute2 tool can be found here:
> https://github.com/jpirko/iproute2_mlxsw/tree/devlink_sb
> 
> Couple of examples of usage:
 ...

This looks really nice to me, series applied, thanks Jiri.