Re: [PATCH RESEND net-next v3 00/18] devlink: rate objects API

[Dmytro Linkin <dlinkin@nvidia.com>]

On 6/2/21 7:58 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jun 2021 15:17:13 +0300 dlinkin@nvidia.com wrote:
>> From: Dmytro Linkin <dlinkin@nvidia.com>
>>
>> Resending without RFC.
>>
>> Currently kernel provides a way to change tx rate of single VF in
>> switchdev mode via tc-police action. When lots of VFs are configured
>> management of theirs rates becomes non-trivial task and some grouping
>> mechanism is required. Implementing such grouping in tc-police will bring
>> flow related limitations and unwanted complications, like:
>> - tc-police is a policer and there is a user request for a traffic
>>   shaper, so shared tc-police action is not suitable;
>> - flows requires net device to be placed on, means "groups" wouldn't
>>   have net device instance itself. Taking into the account previous
>>   point was reviewed a sollution, when representor have a policer and
>>   the driver use a shaper if qdisc contains group of VFs - such approach
>>   ugly, compilated and misleading;
>> - TC is ingress only, while configuring "other" side of the wire looks
>>   more like a "real" picture where shaping is outside of the steering
>>   world, similar to "ip link" command;
>>
>> According to that devlink is the most appropriate place.
> 
> I don't think you researched TC well enough. But whatever, I'm tired 
> of being the only one who pushes back given I neither work on or use
> any of these features.
> 
> You need to provide a real implementation for this new uAPI, tho.
> netdevsim won't cut it.
> 

+Saeed

The series is already big enough to add more patches to it and
implementation (mlx5_core) must go through Saeed. How would You like to
proceed?