netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] eth: fbnic: Add support to write TCE TCAM entries

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Message-ID: <20241023191414.GD402847@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 20:14:14 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Mohsin Bashir <mohsin.bashr@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, alexanderduyck@...com, kuba@...nel.org,
	andrew@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com, kernel-team@...a.com, sanmanpradhan@...a.com,
	sdf@...ichev.me, vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] eth: fbnic: Add support to write TCE TCAM
 entries

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 11:55:44AM -0700, Mohsin Bashir wrote:
> Add support for writing to the tce tcam to enable host to bmc traffic.
> Currently, we lack metadata to track where addresses have been written
> in the tcam, except for the last entry written. To address this issue,
> we start at the opposite end of the table in each pass, so that adding
> or deleting entries does not affect the availability of all entrie,

nit: entries

> assuming there is no significant reordering of entries.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mohsin Bashir <mohsin.bashr@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>