netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: Allow FIB notifiers to fail add and replace

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Message-ID: <20180329082934.GG22733@splinter>
Date:   Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:29:34 +0300
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, shm@...ulusnetworks.com,
        jiri@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com,
        jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, andy.roulin@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: Allow FIB notifiers to fail add and
 replace

On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 06:21:54PM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> I wanted to revisit how resource overload is handled for hardware offload
> of FIB entries and rules. At the moment, the in-kernel fib notifier can
> tell a driver about a route or rule add, replace, and delete, but the
> notifier can not affect the action. Specifically, in the case of mlxsw
> if a route or rule add is going to overflow the ASIC resources the only
> recourse is to abort hardware offload. Aborting offload is akin to taking
> down the switch as the path from data plane to the control plane simply
> can not support the traffic bandwidth of the front panel ports. Further,
> the current state of FIB notifiers is inconsistent with other resources
> where a driver can affect a user request - e.g., enslavement of a port
> into a bridge or a VRF.
> 
> As a result of the work done over the past 3+ years, I believe we are
> at a point where we can bring consistency to the stack and offloads,
> and reliably allow the FIB notifiers to fail a request, pushing an error
> along with a suitable error message back to the user. Rather than
> aborting offload when the switch is out of resources, userspace is simply
> prevented from adding more routes and has a clear indication of why.

Nice work, David. Ran various tests and didn't see any regressions.

I know you already know this, but for the record, we plan to add
accounting to KVD hash resources which will eventually allow us to
return errors when resources are exceeded.