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Parav Pandit 7bf481d7e7 net/mlx5: E-Switch, let user to enable disable metadata 
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 of the E-switch
when it is in switchdev mode.

Below table show performance gain with metadata disabled for VXLAN
offload rules in both SMFS and DMFS steering mode on ConnectX-5 device.

----------------------------------------------
| steering | metadata | pkt size | rx pps    |
| mode     |          |          | (million) |
----------------------------------------------
| smfs     | disabled | 128Bytes | 42        |
----------------------------------------------
| smfs     | enabled  | 128Bytes | 36        |
----------------------------------------------
| dmfs     | disabled | 128Bytes | 42        |
----------------------------------------------
| dmfs     | enabled  | 128Bytes | 36        |
----------------------------------------------

Hence, allow user to disable metadata using driver specific devlink
parameter. Metadata setting of the eswitch is applicable only for the
switchdev mode.

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

Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Roi Dayan <roid@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Vu Pham <vuhuong@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
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changelog:
v1->v2:
 - added performance numbers in commit log
 - updated commit log and documentation for switchdev mode
 - added explicit note on when user can disable metadata in
   documentation
 		2021-04-14 11:02:26 -07:00
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caif tty_port: drop last traces of low_latency 2021-01-07 16:17:32 +01:00
device_drivers net/mlx5: E-Switch, let user to enable disable metadata 2021-04-14 11:02:26 -07:00
devlink Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2021-03-25 15:31:22 -07:00
dsa Documentation: networking: dsa: mention that the master is brought up automatically 2021-03-17 12:34:35 -07:00
mac80211_hwsim
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6lowpan.rst
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6pack.rst docs: networking: convert 6pack.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:38:38 -07:00
af_xdp.rst xsk: Documentation for XDP_SHARED_UMEM between queues and netdevs 2020-08-31 21:18:00 +02:00
alias.rst
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arcnet-hardware.rst docs: networking: arcnet-hardware.rst: don't duplicate chapter names 2020-05-01 12:24:43 -07:00
arcnet.rst Documentation: networking: arcnet: drop doubled word 2020-07-04 17:46:21 -07:00
atm.rst docs: networking: convert atm.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:38:38 -07:00
ax25.rst Documentation: networking: ax25: drop doubled word 2020-07-04 17:46:21 -07:00
bareudp.rst Documentation: bareudp: Corrected description of bareudp module. 2020-07-28 17:53:03 -07:00
batman-adv.rst batman-adv: Fix typos and grammar in documentation 2020-06-26 10:36:30 +02:00
bonding.rst docs: networking: bonding.rst Fix a typo in bonding.rst 2021-03-01 13:53:21 -08:00
bridge.rst
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can.rst can: update documentation for DLC usage in Classical CAN 2020-11-20 12:05:14 +01:00
can_ucan_protocol.rst Documentation: networking: can_ucan_protocol: drop doubled words 2020-07-04 17:46:21 -07:00
cdc_mbim.rst docs: networking: convert cdc_mbim.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:38:39 -07:00
checksum-offloads.rst docs: networking: convert netdev-features.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
dccp.rst net: dccp: Add SIOCOUTQ IOCTL support (send buffer fill) 2020-07-22 17:00:37 -07:00
dctcp.rst docs: networking: convert dctcp.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:38:39 -07:00
decnet.rst docs: networking: convert decnet.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:45 -07:00
dns_resolver.rst docs: networking: convert dns_resolver.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
driver.rst docs: networking: convert driver.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
eql.rst docs: networking: convert eql.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
ethtool-netlink.rst ethtool: Allow network drivers to dump arbitrary EEPROM data 2021-04-11 16:34:56 -07:00
failover.rst
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fib_trie.rst docs: networking: convert fib_trie.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
filter.rst docs: bpf: Clarify BPF_CMPXCHG wording 2021-02-11 22:01:13 -08:00
gen_stats.rst docs: networking: convert gen_stats.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
generic-hdlc.rst docs: networking: convert generic-hdlc.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
generic_netlink.rst docs: networking: convert generic_netlink.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
gtp.rst docs: networking: convert gtp.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
ieee802154.rst docs: net: ieee802154.rst: fix C expressions 2020-10-15 07:49:41 +02:00
ila.rst docs: networking: convert ila.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:47 -07:00
index.rst Documentation: net: Document resilient next-hop groups 2021-03-29 13:51:38 -07:00
ip-sysctl.rst net: document a side effect of ip_local_reserved_ports 2021-04-01 15:58:36 -07:00
ip_dynaddr.rst docs: networking: convert ip_dynaddr.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:47 -07:00
ipddp.rst docs: networking: convert ipddp.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:47 -07:00
ipsec.rst docs: networking: convert ipsec.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:47 -07:00
ipv6.rst docs: networking: convert ipv6.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:40:18 -07:00
ipvlan.rst docs: networking: convert ipvlan.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:40:18 -07:00
ipvs-sysctl.rst Documentation: networking: ipvs-sysctl: drop doubled word 2020-07-04 17:46:21 -07:00
j1939.rst can: j1939: add tables for the CAN identifier and its fields 2020-11-20 09:43:29 +01:00
kapi.rst wimax: move out to staging 2020-10-29 19:27:45 +01:00
kcm.rst docs: networking: convert kcm.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:40:19 -07:00
l2tp.rst docs: networking: add tracepoint info to l2tp.rst 2020-08-22 12:44:37 -07:00
lapb-module.rst docs: networking: convert lapb-module.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:35 -07:00
mac80211-auth-assoc-deauth.txt
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mac80211-injection.rst doc: networking: wireless: fix wiki website url 2020-06-08 10:05:53 +02:00
mpls-sysctl.rst docs: networking: convert mpls-sysctl.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
mptcp-sysctl.rst docs: networking: mptcp: Add MPTCP sysctl entries 2020-11-04 17:45:53 -08:00
msg_zerocopy.rst
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multiqueue.rst docs: networking: convert multiqueue.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
net_dim.rst docs: networking: add full DIM API 2020-04-10 18:11:04 -07:00
net_failover.rst
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netconsole.rst docs: networking: convert netconsole.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
netdev-FAQ.rst docs: networking: drop special stable handling 2021-03-03 08:49:08 -08:00
netdev-features.rst net: hsr: add offloading support 2021-02-11 13:24:44 -08:00
netdevices.rst docs: net: explain struct net_device lifetime 2021-01-08 19:27:41 -08:00
netfilter-sysctl.rst docs: networking: convert netfilter-sysctl.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
netif-msg.rst docs: networking: convert netif-msg.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
nexthop-group-resilient.rst Documentation: net: Document resilient next-hop groups 2021-03-29 13:51:38 -07:00
nf_conntrack-sysctl.rst docs: networking: convert nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
nf_flowtable.rst docs: nf_flowtable: fix compilation and warnings 2021-03-25 17:42:02 -07:00
nfc.rst
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openvswitch.rst docs: networking: convert openvswitch.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
operstates.rst docs: networking: convert operstates.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:37 -07:00
packet_mmap.rst docs: networking: packet_mmap: fix old config reference 2021-01-04 13:21:46 -08:00
page_pool.rst net: page_pool: Add page_pool_put_page_bulk() to page_pool.rst 2020-11-24 14:56:54 -08:00
phonet.rst docs: networking: convert phonet.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:37 -07:00
phy.rst docs: networking: phy: Improve placement of parenthesis 2021-03-12 12:29:11 -08:00
pktgen.rst docs: networking: convert pktgen.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:37 -07:00
plip.rst docs: networking: convert PLIP.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:37 -07:00
ppp_generic.rst docs: update ppp_generic.rst to document new ioctls 2020-12-10 13:57:36 -08:00
proc_net_tcp.rst docs: networking: convert proc_net_tcp.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:37 -07:00
radiotap-headers.rst docs: networking: convert radiotap-headers.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:37 -07:00
rds.rst docs: networking: convert rds.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:37 -07:00
regulatory.rst doc: networking: wireless: fix wiki website url 2020-06-08 10:05:53 +02:00
rxrpc.rst Documentation: networking: rxrpc: drop doubled word 2020-07-04 17:46:21 -07:00
scaling.rst docs: networking: update XPS to account for netif_set_xps_queue 2020-10-13 16:21:54 -07:00
sctp.rst docs: networking: convert sctp.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
secid.rst docs: networking: convert secid.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
seg6-sysctl.rst docs: networking: convert seg6-sysctl.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
segmentation-offloads.rst
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sfp-phylink.rst net: mdio: Remove of_phy_attach() 2021-02-17 13:17:49 -08:00
snmp_counter.rst net-next: docs: Fix typos in snmp_counter.rst 2021-01-05 17:07:38 -08:00
statistics.rst docs: net: statistics.rst: remove a duplicated kernel-doc 2020-10-28 11:26:10 -06:00
strparser.rst docs: networking: convert strparser.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
switchdev.rst Documentation: networking: switchdev: add missing "and" word 2021-03-17 12:34:34 -07:00
sysfs-tagging.rst Documentation: better locations for sysfs-pci, sysfs-tagging 2020-10-09 09:33:23 -06:00
tc-actions-env-rules.rst docs: networking: convert tc-actions-env-rules.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
tcp-thin.rst docs: networking: convert tcp-thin.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
team.rst docs: networking: convert team.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
timestamping.rst docs: networking: timestamping: fix section title markup 2021-01-29 19:14:23 -08:00
tipc.rst net/tipc: add TIPC chapter to networking Documentation 2020-12-01 15:38:39 -08:00
tls-offload-layers.svg
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tls-offload-reorder-bad.svg
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tls-offload-reorder-good.svg
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tls-offload.rst net: Disable NETIF_F_HW_TLS_RX when RXCSUM is disabled 2021-01-19 15:58:05 -08:00
tls.rst
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tproxy.rst docs: networking: convert tproxy.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
tuntap.rst docs: networking: convert tuntap.txt to ReST 2020-05-01 12:24:40 -07:00
udplite.rst docs: networking: convert udplite.txt to ReST 2020-05-01 12:24:40 -07:00
vrf.rst docs: networking: convert vrf.txt to ReST 2020-05-01 12:24:40 -07:00
vxlan.rst docs: vxlan: add info about device features 2020-09-28 12:50:12 -07:00
x25-iface.rst net: x25: Queue received packets in the drivers instead of per-CPU queues 2021-04-05 11:42:12 -07:00
x25.rst net: x25: Remove unimplemented X.25-over-LLC code stubs 2020-12-12 17:15:33 -08:00
xfrm_device.rst docs: networking: Fix a typo 2021-03-20 19:02:42 -07:00
xfrm_proc.rst docs: networking: convert xfrm_proc.txt to ReST 2020-05-01 12:24:40 -07:00
xfrm_sync.rst docs: networking: convert xfrm_sync.txt to ReST 2020-05-01 12:24:41 -07:00
xfrm_sysctl.rst docs: networking: convert xfrm_sysctl.txt to ReST 2020-05-01 12:24:41 -07:00