netdev - Re: [net-next V2 08/15] net/mlx5e: Add TX PTP port object support

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Date:   Sun, 6 Dec 2020 15:33:22 +0200
From:   Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...dia.com>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Tariq Toukan" <tariqt@...dia.com>,
        Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next V2 08/15] net/mlx5e: Add TX PTP port object support



On 12/4/2020 11:57 PM, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> We only forward ptp traffic to the new special queue but we create more
> than one to avoid internal locking as we will utilize the tx softirq
> percpu.
> 
> After double checking the code it seems Eran and Tariq have decided to
> forward all UDP traffic, let me double check with them what happened
> here.

We though about extending the support of these queues to UDP in general, 
and not just PTP. But we can role this back to PTP time critical events 
on dport 319 only.