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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst index 63350e7332ce..a09971c2115c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst @@ -287,6 +287,32 @@ narrow. The description of these groups must be added to the following table: - Contains packet traps for packets that were dropped by the device during ACL processing +Packet Trap Policers +==================== + +As previously explained, the underlying device can trap certain packets to the +CPU for processing. In most cases, the underlying device is capable of handling +packet rates that are several orders of magnitude higher compared to those that +can be handled by the CPU. + +Therefore, in order to prevent the underlying device from overwhelming the CPU, +devices usually include packet trap policers that are able to police the +trapped packets to rates that can be handled by the CPU. + +The ``devlink-trap`` mechanism allows capable device drivers to register their +supported packet trap policers with ``devlink``. The device driver can choose +to associate these policers with supported packet trap groups (see +:ref:`Generic-Packet-Trap-Groups`) during its initialization, thereby exposing +its default control plane policy to user space. + +Device drivers should allow user space to change the parameters of the policers +(e.g., rate, burst size) as well as the association between the policers and +trap groups by implementing the relevant callbacks. + +If possible, device drivers should implement a callback that allows user space +to retrieve the number of packets that were dropped by the policer because its +configured policy was violated. + Testing ======= |