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Message-ID: <20221031090822.q4zux45vrqr2wqi5@skbuf>
Date:   Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:08:23 +0000
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "jiri@...nulli.us" <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        "netdev@...io-technology.com" <netdev@...io-technology.com>,
        "mlxsw@...dia.com" <mlxsw@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] rocker: Explicitly mark learned FDB entries as
 offloaded

On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 10:32:04AM +0200, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 09:59:22AM +0200, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c
> > index 58cf7cc54f40..f5880d0053da 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c
> > @@ -1828,12 +1828,14 @@ static void ofdpa_port_fdb_learn_work(struct work_struct *work)
> >  	info.vid = lw->vid;
> >  
> >  	rtnl_lock();
> > -	if (learned && removing)
> > +	if (learned && removing) {
> >  		call_switchdev_notifiers(SWITCHDEV_FDB_DEL_TO_BRIDGE,
> >  					 lw->ofdpa_port->dev, &info.info, NULL);
> > -	else if (learned && !removing)
> > +	} else if (learned && !removing) {
> > +		info.offloaded = true;
> >  		call_switchdev_notifiers(SWITCHDEV_FDB_ADD_TO_BRIDGE,
> >  					 lw->ofdpa_port->dev, &info.info, NULL);
> > +	}
> >  	rtnl_unlock();
> >  
> >  	kfree(work);
> 
> Looking at it again, this is better:
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c
> index 58cf7cc54f40..4d17ae18ea61 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c
> @@ -1826,6 +1826,7 @@ static void ofdpa_port_fdb_learn_work(struct work_struct *work)
>  
>         info.addr = lw->addr;
>         info.vid = lw->vid;
> +       info.offloaded = learned && !removing;
>  
>         rtnl_lock();
>         if (learned && removing)
> 
> Will send another version tomorrow assuming no other comments.

It may also be an opportunity to not take rtnl_lock() if (!learned), and
this will in turn simplify the condition to just "info.offloaded = !removing"?

Actually this elimination of useless work should be done at the level of
ofdpa_port_fdb_learn(), if "flags" does not contain OFDPA_OP_FLAG_LEARNED.