When created in [1], frames length definitions were added to implement
byte queue limits (bql). Because bql expects lengths in bytes, bit
length definitions were not considered back then.
Recently, a need to refer to the exact frame length in bits, with CAN
bit stuffing, appeared in [2].
This series introduces can_frame_bits(): an inline function that can
calculate the exact size of a CAN(-FD) frame in bits with or without
bitsuffing.
The review of v1, pointed out a few discrepancies of the current
length definitions. This series got extended to fix those
discrepancies.
[1] commit 85d99c3e2a13 ("can: length: can_skb_get_frame_len(): introduce
function to get data length of frame in data link layer")
Link: https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/85d99c3e2a13
[2] RE: [PATCH] can: mcp251xfd: Increase poll timeout
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-can/BL3PR11MB64846C83ACD04E9330B0FE66FB729@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
* Changelog *
v1 -> v2:
* as suggested by Thomas Kopp, add a new patch to the series to fix
the stuff bit count and the fixed stuff bits definitions
* and another patch to fix documentation of the Remote Request
Substitution (RRS).
* refactor the length definition. Instead of using individual macro,
rely on an inline function. One reason is to minimize the number
of definitions. An other reason is that because the dynamic bit
stuff is calculated differently for CAN and CAN-FD, it is just not
possible to multiply the existing CANFD_FRAME_OVERHEAD_SFF/EFF by
the overhead ratio to get the bitsuffing: for CAN-FD, the CRC
field is already stuffed by the fix stuff bits and is out of scope
of the dynamic bitstuffing.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-can/20230507155506.3179711-1-mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u
Vincent Mailhol (3):
can: length: fix bitstuffing count
can: length: fix description of the RRS field
can: length: refactor frame lengths definition to add size in bits
drivers/net/can/dev/length.c | 15 +-
include/linux/can/length.h | 323 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
2 files changed, 238 insertions(+), 100 deletions(-)
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