Ido Schimmel cf31190ae0 mlxsw: spectrum_matchall: Implement sampling using mirroring ...

Spectrum-2 and later ASICs support sampling of packets by mirroring to
the CPU with probability. There are several advantages compared to the
legacy dedicated sampling mechanism:

* Extra metadata per-packet: Egress port, egress traffic class, traffic
  class occupancy and end-to-end latency
* Ability to sample packets on egress / per-flow

Convert Spectrum-2 and later ASICs to perform sampling by mirroring to
the CPU with probability.

Subsequent patches will add support for egress / per-flow sampling and
expose the extra metadata.

Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2021-03-11 16:22:39 -08:00

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