Re: [RFC net-next 6/9] net: dsa: Forward offloading

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On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 13:17, Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 07:04:08PM +0200, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
>> Allow DSA drivers to support forward offloading from a bridge by:
>> 
>> - Passing calls to .ndo_dfwd_{add,del}_station to the drivers.
>> 
>> - Recording the subordinate device of offloaded skbs in the control
>>   buffer so that the tagger can take the appropriate action.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  include/net/dsa.h |  7 +++++++
>>  net/dsa/slave.c   | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>  2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
>> index 1f9ba9889034..77d4df819299 100644
>> --- a/include/net/dsa.h
>> +++ b/include/net/dsa.h
>> @@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ struct dsa_netdevice_ops {
>>  
>>  struct dsa_skb_cb {
>>  	struct sk_buff *clone;
>> +	struct net_device *sb_dev;
>>  };
>>  
>>  struct __dsa_skb_cb {
>> @@ -828,6 +829,12 @@ struct dsa_switch_ops {
>>  					  const struct switchdev_obj_ring_role_mrp *mrp);
>>  	int	(*port_mrp_del_ring_role)(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
>>  					  const struct switchdev_obj_ring_role_mrp *mrp);
>> +
>> +	/* L2 forward offloading */
>> +	void *	(*dfwd_add_station)(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
>> +				    struct net_device *sb_dev);
>> +	void	(*dfwd_del_station)(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
>> +				    struct net_device *sb_dev);
>>  };
>>  
>>  #define DSA_DEVLINK_PARAM_DRIVER(_id, _name, _type, _cmodes)		\
>> diff --git a/net/dsa/slave.c b/net/dsa/slave.c
>> index 77b33bd161b8..3689ffa2dbb8 100644
>> --- a/net/dsa/slave.c
>> +++ b/net/dsa/slave.c
>> @@ -657,6 +657,13 @@ static netdev_tx_t dsa_slave_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>>  	return dsa_enqueue_skb(nskb, dev);
>>  }
>>  
>> +static u16 dsa_slave_select_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
>> +				  struct net_device *sb_dev)
>> +{
>> +	DSA_SKB_CB(skb)->sb_dev = sb_dev;
>> +	return netdev_pick_tx(dev, skb, sb_dev);
>> +}
>> +
>
> DSA_SKB_CB is going away:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20210427042203.26258-5-yangbo.lu@xxxxxxx/
>
> Let's either negotiate with Yangbo on keeping it, or make
> .ndo_select_queue a bypass towards the tagger, where it can use its own
> SKB_CB structure and be more flexible in general (I think I'm leaning
> towards the latter).

Thus far, Yangbo is a tough negotiator, giving me the silent treatment:

https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/87y2d2noe5.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

:)

That memset is giving me a hard time. I have just disabled it on my
branch at the moment. Any ideas on how to get rid of it without breaking
timestamping?



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