octeontx2-af: Allocate low priority entries for PF
If the mcam entry allocation request is from PF and NOT a priority allocation request then allocate low priority entries so that PF entries always have lower priority than its VFs. This is required so that entries with (base) MCAM match criteria have lower priority compared to entries with (base + additional) match criteria. This patch considers only best case scenario where PF entries are allocated from low priority zone if low priority zone has free space. There are worst case scenarios like: 1. VFs allocating hundreds of MCAM entries leading to VFs using all mid priority zone and low priority zone entries hence no entries free from low priority zone for PF. 2. All the PFs and VFs in the system allocating and freeing entries causing fragmentation in MCAM space and all the entries requested by PF could not fit in low priority zone for allocation. This patch do not handle worst case scenarios. Signed-off-by: Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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