netdev - Re: Enable and configure storm prevention in a network device

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Date:   Mon, 9 Apr 2018 17:18:31 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@...com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Enable and configure storm prevention in a network device

> > The Marvell switches have leaky buckets, which can be used for
> > limiting broadcast and multicast packets, as well as traffic shaping
> > in general. Storm prevention is just a form of traffic shaping, so if
> > we have generic traffic shaping, it can be used for storm prevention.
> > 
> TI's CPSW hardware as well has similar capability to limit broadcast and
> multicast packets at the ingress. Isn't it a traffic policing at the Ingress
> rather than traffic shaping as the hardware drops the frames at the ingress
> if the rate exceeds a limit?

Hi Murali

It depends on the generation of Marvell switches. Older ones have just
egress traffic shaping. Newer ones also have ingress rate limiting.

       Andrew