netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 2/7] net: ethtool: add support for Frame Preemption and MAC Merge layer

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Date:   Wed, 17 Aug 2022 11:35:18 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>,
        Xiaoliang Yang <xiaoliang.yang_1@....com>,
        Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>,
        Rui Sousa <rui.sousa@....com>,
        Ferenc Fejes <ferenc.fejes@...csson.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 2/7] net: ethtool: add support for Frame
 Preemption and MAC Merge layer

On Wed, 17 Aug 2022 11:41:01 +0000 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > > +	nest_table = nla_nest_start(skb, ETHTOOL_A_FP_PARAM_TABLE);
> > > +	if (!nest_table)
> > > +		return -EMSGSIZE;  
> > 
> > Don't warp tables in nests, let the elements repeat in the parent.  
> 
> Ok, can do. I did this because 802.1Q actually specifies in the
> IEEE8021-Preemption-MIB that there is a ieee8021PreemptionParameterTable
> structure containing pairs of ieee8021PreemptionPriority and
> ieee8021FramePreemptionAdminStatus.

Yeah, netlink is a bit special in array definition. I need to document
it well in my YAML netlink patches..

> Do you have actual issues with the structuring of the FP parameters
> though? They look like this currently

IDK how to put it best, I shared my largely uninformed thoughts, you
know much more about the spec and HW so whatever you think is most
appropriate is fine by me.