netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 3/3] net/smc: Fallback when handshake workqueue congested

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Date:   Mon, 7 Feb 2022 15:13:22 +0800
From:   "D. Wythe" <alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Tony Lu <tonylu@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     kgraul@...ux.ibm.com, kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, matthieu.baerts@...sares.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 3/3] net/smc: Fallback when handshake
 workqueue congested


After some trial and thought, I found that the scope of netlink control 
is too large, we should limit the scope to socket. Adding a socket 
option may be a better choice, what do you think?


在 2022/1/29 下午12:33, Tony Lu 写道:
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 10:44:38PM +0800, D. Wythe wrote:
>> From: "D. Wythe" <alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com>
>> @@ -19,3 +19,15 @@ config SMC_DIAG
> 
> ...
> 
>> +if SMC
>> +
>> +config SMC_AUTO_FALLBACK
>> +	bool "SMC: automatic fallback to TCP"
>> +	default y
>> +	help
>> +	  Allow automatic fallback to TCP accroding to the pressure of SMC-R
>> +	  handshake process.
>> +
>> +	  If that's not what you except or unsure, say N.
>> +endif
> 
> Using a netlink knob to control behavior with static key should be more
> flexible. As I appended in the previous version of this patch.
> 
> Thank you,
> Tony Lu