From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: idosch@idosch.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org, jiri@mellanox.com,
mlxsw@mellanox.com, idosch@mellanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/14] devlink: Add support for control packet traps
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2020 11:49:53 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200601.114953.415493454319425185.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200529183649.1602091-1-idosch@idosch.org>
From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@idosch.org>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 21:36:35 +0300
> So far device drivers were only able to register drop and exception
> packet traps with devlink. These traps are used for packets that were
> either dropped by the underlying device or encountered an exception
> (e.g., missing neighbour entry) during forwarding.
>
> However, in the steady state, the majority of the packets being trapped
> to the CPU are packets that are required for the correct functioning of
> the control plane. For example, ARP request and IGMP query packets.
>
> This patch set allows device drivers to register such control traps with
> devlink and expose their default control plane policy to user space.
> User space can then tune the packet trap policer settings according to
> its needs, as with existing packet traps.
...
Series applied, thank you.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-01 18:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-29 18:36 [PATCH net-next 00/14] devlink: Add support for control packet traps Ido Schimmel
2020-05-29 18:36 ` [PATCH net-next 01/14] devlink: Create dedicated trap group for layer 3 exceptions Ido Schimmel
2020-05-29 18:36 ` [PATCH net-next 02/14] mlxsw: spectrum_trap: Move layer 3 exceptions to exceptions trap group Ido Schimmel
2020-05-29 18:36 ` [PATCH net-next 03/14] netdevsim: " Ido Schimmel
2020-05-29 18:36 ` [PATCH net-next 04/14] devlink: Add 'mirror' trap action Ido Schimmel
2020-05-29 18:36 ` [PATCH net-next 05/14] devlink: Add 'control' trap type Ido Schimmel
2020-05-29 18:36 ` [PATCH net-next 06/14] devlink: Add layer 2 control packet traps Ido Schimmel
2020-05-29 18:36 ` [PATCH net-next 07/14] devlink: Add layer 3 " Ido Schimmel
2020-05-29 18:36 ` [PATCH net-next 08/14] devlink: Add ACL " Ido Schimmel
2020-05-29 18:36 ` [PATCH net-next 09/14] netdevsim: Register control traps Ido Schimmel
2020-05-29 18:36 ` [PATCH net-next 10/14] mlxsw: spectrum_trap: Factor out common Rx listener function Ido Schimmel
2020-05-29 18:36 ` [PATCH net-next 11/14] mlxsw: spectrum_trap: Register layer 2 control traps Ido Schimmel
2020-05-29 18:36 ` [PATCH net-next 12/14] mlxsw: spectrum_trap: Register layer 3 " Ido Schimmel
2020-05-29 18:36 ` [PATCH net-next 13/14] mlxsw: spectrum_trap: Register ACL " Ido Schimmel
2020-05-29 18:36 ` [PATCH net-next 14/14] selftests: mlxsw: Add test for control packets Ido Schimmel
2020-06-01 18:49 ` David Miller [this message]
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