Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mt7530: support setting ageing time

[Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 10:56:21PM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 03:00:28PM +0800, DENG Qingfang wrote:
> > MT7530 has a global address age control register, so use it to set
> > ageing time.
> > 
> > The applied timer is (AGE_CNT + 1) * (AGE_UNIT + 1) seconds
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: DENG Qingfang <dqfext@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h | 13 +++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
> > index 6408402a44f5..99bf8fed6536 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
> > @@ -870,6 +870,46 @@ mt7530_get_sset_count(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port, int sset)
> >  	return ARRAY_SIZE(mt7530_mib);
> >  }
> >  
> > +static int
> > +mt7530_set_ageing_time(struct dsa_switch *ds, unsigned int msecs)
> > +{
> > +	struct mt7530_priv *priv = ds->priv;
> > +	unsigned int secs = msecs / 1000;
> > +	unsigned int tmp_age_count;
> > +	unsigned int error = -1;
> > +	unsigned int age_count;
> > +	unsigned int age_unit;
> > +
> > +	/* Applied timer is (AGE_CNT + 1) * (AGE_UNIT + 1) seconds */
> > +	if (secs < 1 || secs > (AGE_CNT_MAX + 1) * (AGE_UNIT_MAX + 1))
> > +		return -ERANGE;
> > +
> > +	/* iterate through all possible age_count to find the closest pair */
> > +	for (tmp_age_count = 0; tmp_age_count <= AGE_CNT_MAX; ++tmp_age_count) {
> > +		unsigned int tmp_age_unit = secs / (tmp_age_count + 1) - 1;
> > +
> > +		if (tmp_age_unit <= AGE_UNIT_MAX) {
> > +			unsigned int tmp_error = secs -
> > +				(tmp_age_count + 1) * (tmp_age_unit + 1);
> > +
> > +			/* found a closer pair */
> > +			if (error > tmp_error) {
> > +				error = tmp_error;
> > +				age_count = tmp_age_count;
> > +				age_unit = tmp_age_unit;
> > +			}
> 
> I feel that the error calculation is just snake oil. This would be enough:
> 
> 		if (tmp_age_unit <= AGE_UNIT_MAX)
> 			break;
> 
> Explanation:
> 
> You are given a number X, and must find A and B such that the error
> E = |(A x B) - X| should be minimum, with
> 1 <= A <= A_max
> 1 <= B <= B_max
> 
> It is logical to try with A=1 first. If X / A <= B_max, then of course,
> B = X / 1, and the error E is 0.
> 
> If that doesn't work out, and B > B_max, then you go to A=2. That gives
> you another B = X / 2, and the error E is 1. You check again if B <=
> B_max. If it is, that's your answer. B = X / 2, with an error E of 1.
> 
> You get my point. Iterating ascendingly through A, and calculating B as
> X / A, already gives you the smallest error as soon as it satisfies the
> B <= B_max requirement.
> 
> > +
> > +			/* found the exact match, so break the loop */
> > +			if (!error)
> > +				break;
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	mt7530_write(priv, MT7530_AAC, AGE_CNT(age_count) | AGE_UNIT(age_unit));
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}

Thinking more about it, it's not snake oil but is actually correct.
Where I was wrong was the division giving you a certain error, but it
actually only gives a maximum error. Other, larger, divisors can still
give you an error of 0.
If the number you're searching for, X, is, say, a multiple of 3 but not
of 2, and is:
B_max * 1 < X < B_max * 2
then exiting the loop at A=2 would give you an error E=1. But if you
continued the loop, then A=3 would have yielded an error E=0, because X
is a multiple of 3 but not of 2. I should probably go and refresh my
basic arithmetic.

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>