[PATCH net] octeontx2-pf: tc: fix egress ratelimiting

From: nshettyj

Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 04:47:29 EST


From: Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@xxxxxxxxxxx>

The egress rate calculation computes an incorrect mantissa and exponent,
causing up to ~50% deviation from the configured rate at lower speeds.

Rework the computation to follow the hardware rate formula:

rate = 2 * (1 + mantissa/256) * 2^exp / (1 << div_exp)

Keep div_exp = 0 and derive exp and mantissa from half of the requested
rate. Rates below 2 Mbps are floored to the smallest encodable step
(exp = 0, mantissa = 0).

Fixes: e638a83f167e ("octeontx2-pf: TC_MATCHALL egress ratelimiting offload")
Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nitin Shetty J <nshettyj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c | 29 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c
index 40162b08014d..0b46ec29e64e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
#define OTX2_UNSUPP_LSE_DEPTH GENMASK(6, 4)

#define MCAST_INVALID_GRP (-1U)
+#define RATE_MANTISSA_BITS 8

static void otx2_get_egress_burst_cfg(struct otx2_nic *nic, u32 burst,
u32 *burst_exp, u32 *burst_mantissa)
@@ -66,28 +67,30 @@ static void otx2_get_egress_burst_cfg(struct otx2_nic *nic, u32 burst,
static void otx2_get_egress_rate_cfg(u64 maxrate, u32 *exp,
u32 *mantissa, u32 *div_exp)
{
- u64 tmp;
-
/* Rate calculation by hardware
*
* PIR_ADD = ((256 + mantissa) << exp) / 256
* rate = (2 * PIR_ADD) / ( 1 << div_exp)
* The resultant rate is in Mbps.
+ *
+ * Use div_exp = 0 and compute exp/mantissa for maxrate / 2; the
+ * leading factor of two yields the full rate. Rates below 2 Mbps
+ * are floored to the smallest step (exp = 0, mantissa = 0).
*/

- /* 2Mbps to 100Gbps can be expressed with div_exp = 0.
- * Setting this to '0' will ease the calculation of
- * exponent and mantissa.
- */
*div_exp = 0;
-
if (maxrate) {
- *exp = ilog2(maxrate) ? ilog2(maxrate) - 1 : 0;
- tmp = maxrate - rounddown_pow_of_two(maxrate);
- if (maxrate < MAX_RATE_MANTISSA)
- *mantissa = tmp * 2;
- else
- *mantissa = tmp / (1ULL << (*exp - 7));
+ maxrate = maxrate / 2;
+ if (!maxrate) {
+ /* Rates below 2 Mbps map to the smallest step */
+ *exp = 0;
+ *mantissa = 0;
+ } else {
+ *exp = ilog2(maxrate);
+ /* Clear MSB and derive fractional bits */
+ maxrate &= ~BIT(*exp);
+ *mantissa = (maxrate << RATE_MANTISSA_BITS) >> *exp;
+ }
} else {
/* Instead of disabling rate limiting, set all values to max */
*exp = MAX_RATE_EXPONENT;
--
2.48.1