Re: [PATCH net-next 10/11] net: marvell: prestera: add storm control (rate limiter) implementation

On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 06:16:00PM +0300, Oleksandr Mazur wrote:

Storm control (BUM) provides a mechanism to limit rate of ingress
port traffic (matched by type). Devlink port parameter API is used:
driver registers a set of per-port parameters that can be accessed to both
get/set per-port per-type rate limit.
Add new FW command - RATE_LIMIT_MODE_SET.

This should be properly modeled in the bridge driver and offloaded to
capable drivers via switchdev. Modeling it as a driver-specific devlink
parameter is wrong.