netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 4/9] net: bridge: switchdev: Forward offloading

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Date:   Mon, 03 May 2021 10:53:36 +0200
From:   Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...il.com, f.fainelli@...il.com, olteanv@...il.com,
        roopa@...dia.com, nikolay@...dia.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        stephen@...workplumber.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 4/9] net: bridge: switchdev: Forward offloading

On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 18:04, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 07:04:06PM +0200, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
>> +static void nbp_switchdev_fwd_offload_add(struct net_bridge_port *p)
>> +{
>> +	void *priv;
>> +
>> +	if (!(p->dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_L2FW_DOFFLOAD))
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	priv = p->dev->netdev_ops->ndo_dfwd_add_station(p->dev, p->br->dev);
>
> Some changes to team/bond/8021q will be needed in order to get this
> optimization to work when they are enslaved to the bridge instead of the
> front panel port itself?

Right you are. We should probably do something similar to the
switchdev_handle_port_* family of helpers that could be reused in
stacked devices. I will look at it for v1.

>> +	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv))
>> +		p->accel_priv = priv;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void nbp_switchdev_fwd_offload_del(struct net_bridge_port *p)
>> +{
>> +	if (!p->accel_priv)
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	p->dev->netdev_ops->ndo_dfwd_del_station(p->dev, p->accel_priv);
>> +	p->accel_priv = NULL;
>> +}