On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 12:29:51 -0700 Saeed Mahameed wrote: > Currently each packet inserted in eswitch is tagged with a internal > metadata to indicate source vport. Metadata tagging is not always > needed. Metadata insertion is needed for multi-port RoCE, failover > between representors and stacked devices. In many other cases, > metadata enablement is not needed. > > Metadata insertion slows down the packet processing rate.
Can you share example numbers? > Hence, allow user to disable metadata using driver specific devlink > parameter. > > Example to show and disable metadata before changing eswitch mode: > $ devlink dev param show pci/0000:06:00.0 name esw_port_metadata > pci/0000:06:00.0: > name esw_port_metadata type driver-specific > values: > cmode runtime value true > > $ devlink dev param set pci/0000:06:00.0 \ > name esw_port_metadata value false cmode runtime > > $ devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:06:00.0 mode switchdev Is this something that only gets enabled when device is put into switchdev mode? That needs to be clarified in the documentation IMO to give peace of mind to all users who don't enable switchdev.
