Re: [PATCH net 1/4] docs: net: dsa: document the tagger-owned storage mechanism
From: Linus Walleij <hidden>
Date: 2023-12-08 22:15:22
On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 8:36 PM Vladimir Oltean [off-list ref] wrote:
Introduced 2 years ago in commit dc452a471dba ("net: dsa: introduce
tagger-owned storage for private and shared data"), the tagger-owned
storage mechanism has recently sparked some discussions which denote a
general lack of developer understanding / awareness of it. There was
also a bug in the ksz switch driver which indicates the same thing.
Admittedly, it is also not obvious to see the design constraints that
led to the creation of such a complicated mechanism.
Here are some paragraphs that explain what it's about.
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>Clear and to the point. Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <redacted> Yours, Linus Walleij