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    mlxsw: spectrum: Set minimum shaper on MC TCs · 0fe64023
    Petr Machata authored
    An MC-aware mode was introduced in commit 7b819530 ("mlxsw:
    spectrum: Configure MC-aware mode on mlxsw ports"). In MC-aware mode,
    BUM traffic gets a special treatment by being assigned to a separate set
    of traffic classes 8..15. Pairs of TCs 0 and 8, 1 and 9, etc., are then
    configured to strictly prioritize the lower-numbered ones. The intention
    is to prevent BUM traffic from flooding the switch and push out all UC
    traffic, which would otherwise happen, and instead give UC traffic
    precedence.
    
    However strictly prioritizing UC traffic has the effect that UC overload
    pushes out all BUM traffic, such as legitimate ARP queries. These
    packets are kept in queues for a while, but under sustained UC overload,
    their lifetime eventually expires and these packets are dropped. That is
    detrimental to network performance as well.
    
    Therefore configure the MC TCs (8..15) with minimum shaper of 200Mbps (a
    minimum permitted value) to allow a trickle of necessary control traffic
    to get through.
    
    Fixes: 7b819530 ("mlxsw: spectrum: Configure MC-aware mode on mlxsw ports")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPetr Machata <petrm@mellanox.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIdo Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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