netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/8] taprio: Add support for frame preemption offload

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Date:   Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:57:02 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>
Cc:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "jhs@...atatu.com" <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        "xiyou.wangcong@...il.com" <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        "jiri@...nulli.us" <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        "Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com" <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>,
        Po Liu <po.liu@....com>,
        "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        "anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        "mkubecek@...e.cz" <mkubecek@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/8] taprio: Add support for frame
 preemption offload

On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:13:24 -0800 Vinicius Costa Gomes wrote:
> Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 02:44:47PM -0800, Vinicius Costa Gomes wrote:  
> >> +	/* It's valid to enable frame preemption without any kind of
> >> +	 * offloading being enabled, so keep it separated.
> >> +	 */
> >> +	if (tb[TCA_TAPRIO_ATTR_PREEMPT_TCS]) {
> >> +		u32 preempt = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_TAPRIO_ATTR_PREEMPT_TCS]);
> >> +		struct tc_preempt_qopt_offload qopt = { };
> >> +
> >> +		if (preempt == U32_MAX) {
> >> +			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "At least one queue must be not be preemptible");
> >> +			err = -EINVAL;
> >> +			goto free_sched;
> >> +		}
> >> +
> >> +		qopt.preemptible_queues = tc_map_to_queue_mask(dev, preempt);
> >> +
> >> +		err = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_setup_tc(dev, TC_SETUP_PREEMPT,
> >> +						    &qopt);
> >> +		if (err)
> >> +			goto free_sched;
> >> +
> >> +		q->preemptible_tcs = preempt;
> >> +	}
> >> +  
> >
> > First I'm interested in the means: why check for preempt == U32_MAX when
> > you determine that all traffic classes are preemptible? What if less
> > than 32 traffic classes are used by the netdev? The check will be
> > bypassed, won't it?  
> 
> Good catch :-)
> 
> I wanted to have this (at least one express queue) handled in a
> centralized way, but perhaps this should be handled best per driver.

Centralized is good. Much easier than reviewing N drivers to make sure
they all behave the same, and right.