Re: [PATCH] taprio: Set the value of picos_per_byte before fill sched_entry

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:58:30 +0800 jianghaoran wrote:
> If the value of picos_per_byte is set after fill sched_entry,
> as a result, the min_duration calculated by length_to_duration is 0,
> and the validity of the input interval cannot be judged,
> too small intervals couldn't allow any packet to be transmitted.

Meaning an invalid configuration is accepted but no packets
can ever be transmitted?  Could you make the user-visible 
issue clearer?

> It will appear like commit b5b73b26b3ca ("taprio:
> Fix allowing too small intervals") described problem.
> Here is a further modification of this problem.
> 
> example:

Here as well it seems worthwhile to mention what this is an example of.
e.g. "example configuration which will not be able to transmit packets"

> tc qdisc replace dev enp5s0f0 parent root handle 100 taprio \
>               num_tc 3 \
>               map 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 \
>               queues 1@0 1@1 2@2 \
>               base-time  1528743495910289987 \
>               sched-entry S 01 9 \
> 	      sched-entry S 02 9 \
> 	      sched-entry S 04 9 \
>               clockid CLOCK_TAI

Please add a Fixes tag pointing to the first commit where the issue was
present, and CC Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx> on the next
version.