RE: [PATCH 3/3] ocelot_ace: fix action of trap

["Y.b. Lu" <yangbo.lu@nxp.com>]

Hi Allan,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allan W. Nielsen <allan.nielsen@microchip.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 2:16 PM
> To: Y.b. Lu <yangbo.lu@nxp.com>
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; David S . Miller <davem@davemloft.net>;
> Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>; Microchip Linux Driver
> Support <UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ocelot_ace: fix action of trap
> 
> The 08/13/2019 02:12, Y.b. Lu wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Allan W. Nielsen <allan.nielsen@microchip.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2019 8:32 PM
> > > To: Y.b. Lu <yangbo.lu@nxp.com>
> > > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; David S . Miller <davem@davemloft.net>;
> > > Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>; Microchip Linux
> > > Driver Support <UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ocelot_ace: fix action of trap
> > >
> > > The 08/12/2019 18:48, Yangbo Lu wrote:
> > > > The trap action should be copying the frame to CPU and dropping it
> > > > for forwarding, but current setting was just copying frame to CPU.
> > >
> > > Are there any actions which do a "copy-to-cpu" and still forward the
> > > frame in HW?
> >
> > [Y.b. Lu] We're using Felix switch whose code hadn't been accepted by
> upstream.
> > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatc
> >
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> >
> > I'd like to trap all IEEE 1588 PTP Ethernet frames to CPU through etype
> 0x88f7.
> > When I used current TRAP option, I found the frames were not only copied to
> CPU, but also forwarded to other ports.
> > So I just made the TRAP option same with DROP option except enabling
> CPU_COPY_ENA in the patch.
> This is still wrong to do - and it will not work for Ocelot (and I doubt it will
> work for your Felix target).
> 
> The policer setting in the drop action ensure that the frame is dropped even if
> other pipe-line steps in the switch has set the copy-to-cpu flag.
> 
> I think you can fix this patch my just clearing the port mask, and not set the
> policer.

[Y.b. Lu] Sorry. I missed your previous comments on the TRAP action.
With my configuration in the patch, it indeed worked. Maybe it was because "the CPU port is not touched by MASK_MODE" which I saw in RM.

I will try your suggestion too. It sound more proper.
Thanks.

> 
> /Allan