Hi Stephen,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
> Sent: 2020年5月6日 23:22
> To: Po Liu <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]; [email protected]; Claudiu Manoil
> <[email protected]>; Vladimir Oltean <[email protected]>;
> Alexandru Marginean <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [v4,iproute2-next 1/2] iproute2-next:tc:action: add a
> gate control action
> On Wed,  6 May 2020 16:40:19 +0800
> Po Liu <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> >               } else if (matches(*argv, "base-time") == 0) {
> > +                     NEXT_ARG();
> > +                     if (get_u64(&base_time, *argv, 10)) {
> > +                             invalidarg = "base-time";
> > +                             goto err_arg;
> > +                     }
> > +             } else if (matches(*argv, "cycle-time") == 0) {
> > +                     NEXT_ARG();
> > +                     if (get_u64(&cycle_time, *argv, 10)) {
> > +                             invalidarg = "cycle-time";
> > +                             goto err_arg;
> > +                     }
> > +             } else if (matches(*argv, "cycle-time-ext") == 0) {
> > +                     NEXT_ARG();
> > +                     if (get_u64(&cycle_time_ext, *argv, 10)) {
> > +                             invalidarg = "cycle-time-ext";
> > +                             goto err_arg;
> > +                     }
> 
> Could all these time values use existing TC helper routines?

I agree to keep the tc routines input.
The names of timer input and type is more reference the taprio input.

> See get_time().  The way you have it makes sense for hardware but stands
> out versus the rest of tc.
> 
> It maybe that the kernel UAPI is wrong, and should be using same time
> units as rest of tc. Forgot to review that part of the patch.

I would also sync with kernel UAPI if needed.


Br,
Po Liu

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