netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] net: lan966x: Add xdp support

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Date:   Thu, 20 Oct 2022 22:51:54 +0200
From:   Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <bpf@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
        <pabeni@...hat.com>, <ast@...nel.org>, <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        <hawk@...nel.org>, <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        <linux@...linux.org.uk>, <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] net: lan966x: Add xdp support

The 10/19/2022 15:50, Horatiu Vultur wrote:
> Add support for xdp in lan966x driver. Currently on XDP_PASS and
> XDP_DROP are supported.
> 
> The first 3 patches are just moving things around just to simplify
> the code for when the xdp is added.
> Patch 4 actually adds the xdp. Currently the only supported actions
> are XDP_PASS and XDP_DROP. In the future this will be extended with
> XDP_TX and XDP_REDIRECT.
> Patch 5 changes to use page pool API, because the handling of the
> pages is similar with what already lan966x driver is doing. In this
> way is possible to remove some of the code.
> 
> All these changes give a small improvement on the RX side:
> Before:
> iperf3 -c 10.96.10.1 -R
> [  5]   0.00-10.01  sec   514 MBytes   430 Mbits/sec    0         sender
> [  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   509 MBytes   427 Mbits/sec              receiver
> 
> After:
> iperf3 -c 10.96.10.1 -R
> [  5]   0.00-10.02  sec   540 MBytes   452 Mbits/sec    0         sender
> [  5]   0.00-10.01  sec   537 MBytes   450 Mbits/sec              receiver

If it is possible I would like to withdraw the submission for this patch
series.
The reason is that patch 2 touches some code that has some issues. The
issues were not introduced in this patch series. So I prefer to send first
the patches to fix those issues which need to go in net and only when those
fixes reaches net-next to resend this patch series. Otherwise will be some
pretty ugly merge conflicts.
So just to make the life easier for everyone, please ignore for now
this patch series.

> 
> 
> Horatiu Vultur (5):
>   net: lan966x: Add define IFH_LEN_BYTES
>   net: lan966x: Rename lan966x_fdma_get_max_mtu
>   net: lan966x: Split function lan966x_fdma_rx_get_frame
>   net: lan966x: Add basic XDP support
>   net: lan96x: Use page_pool API
> 
>  .../net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/Kconfig    |   1 +
>  .../net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/Makefile   |   3 +-
>  .../ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_fdma.c | 194 +++++++++++-------
>  .../ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_ifh.h  |   1 +
>  .../ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c |  26 ++-
>  .../ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.h |  28 +++
>  .../ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_xdp.c  | 100 +++++++++
>  7 files changed, 275 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_xdp.c
> 
> -- 
> 2.38.0
> 

-- 
/Horatiu