From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>, Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@intel.com>, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org, jesse.brandeburg@intel.com, alexander.h.duyck@intel.com, kubakici@wp.pl, jasowang@redhat.com, loseweigh@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 net-next 4/4] netvsc: refactor notifier/event handling code to use the failover framework Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:24:56 +0300 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20180423202204-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20180423100406.71b95f74@xeon-e3> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 10:04:06AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > > > >I will NAK patches to change to common code for netvsc especially the > > >three device model. MS worked hard with distro vendors to support transparent > > >mode, ans we really can't have a new model; or do backport. > > > > > >Plus, DPDK is now dependent on existing model. > > > > Sorry, but nobody here cares about dpdk or other similar oddities. > > The network device model is a userspace API, and DPDK is a userspace application. It is userspace but are you sure dpdk is actually poking at netdevs? AFAIK it's normally banging device registers directly. > You can't go breaking userspace even if you don't like the application. Could you please explain how is the proposed patchset breaking userspace? Ignoring DPDK for now, I don't think it changes the userspace API at all. -- MST
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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>, Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@intel.com>, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org, jesse.brandeburg@intel.com, alexander.h.duyck@intel.com, kubakici@wp.pl, jasowang@redhat.com, loseweigh@gmail.com Subject: [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH v7 net-next 4/4] netvsc: refactor notifier/event handling code to use the failover framework Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:24:56 +0300 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20180423202204-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20180423100406.71b95f74@xeon-e3> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 10:04:06AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > > > >I will NAK patches to change to common code for netvsc especially the > > >three device model. MS worked hard with distro vendors to support transparent > > >mode, ans we really can't have a new model; or do backport. > > > > > >Plus, DPDK is now dependent on existing model. > > > > Sorry, but nobody here cares about dpdk or other similar oddities. > > The network device model is a userspace API, and DPDK is a userspace application. It is userspace but are you sure dpdk is actually poking at netdevs? AFAIK it's normally banging device registers directly. > You can't go breaking userspace even if you don't like the application. Could you please explain how is the proposed patchset breaking userspace? Ignoring DPDK for now, I don't think it changes the userspace API at all. -- MST --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: virtio-dev-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: virtio-dev-help@lists.oasis-open.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-23 17:24 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 114+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2018-04-20 1:42 [PATCH net-next v7 0/4] Enable virtio_net to act as a standby for a passthru device Sridhar Samudrala 2018-04-20 1:42 ` [virtio-dev] " Sridhar Samudrala 2018-04-20 1:42 ` [PATCH v7 net-next 1/4] virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY feature bit Sridhar Samudrala 2018-04-20 1:42 ` [virtio-dev] " Sridhar Samudrala 2018-04-20 1:42 ` Sridhar Samudrala 2018-04-20 1:42 ` [PATCH v7 net-next 2/4] net: Introduce generic failover module Sridhar Samudrala 2018-04-20 1:42 ` Sridhar Samudrala 2018-04-20 1:42 ` [virtio-dev] " Sridhar Samudrala 2018-04-20 2:44 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 2:44 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 2:44 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 15:21 ` Samudrala, Sridhar 2018-04-20 15:21 ` [virtio-dev] " Samudrala, Sridhar 2018-04-20 15:34 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 15:34 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 15:34 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 15:56 ` Alexander Duyck 2018-04-20 15:56 ` Alexander Duyck 2018-04-20 16:03 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 16:03 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 16:03 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 15:56 ` Alexander Duyck 2018-04-20 15:21 ` Samudrala, Sridhar 2018-04-20 3:34 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 3:34 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 3:34 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-22 17:06 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-22 17:06 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-22 17:06 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-23 17:21 ` Samudrala, Sridhar 2018-04-23 17:21 ` [virtio-dev] " Samudrala, Sridhar 2018-04-22 18:29 ` kbuild test robot 2018-04-22 18:29 ` kbuild test robot 2018-04-20 1:42 ` [PATCH v7 net-next 3/4] virtio_net: Extend virtio to use VF datapath when available Sridhar Samudrala 2018-04-20 1:42 ` [virtio-dev] " Sridhar Samudrala 2018-04-20 2:46 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 2:46 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 2:46 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-22 15:41 ` kbuild test robot 2018-04-22 15:41 ` kbuild test robot 2018-04-22 15:41 ` kbuild test robot 2018-04-22 15:41 ` kbuild test robot 2018-04-20 1:42 ` Sridhar Samudrala 2018-04-20 1:42 ` [PATCH v7 net-next 4/4] netvsc: refactor notifier/event handling code to use the failover framework Sridhar Samudrala 2018-04-20 1:42 ` Sridhar Samudrala 2018-04-20 1:42 ` [virtio-dev] " Sridhar Samudrala 2018-04-20 15:28 ` Stephen Hemminger 2018-04-20 15:43 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 15:43 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 15:43 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-20 15:47 ` David Miller 2018-04-20 15:47 ` David Miller 2018-04-20 15:46 ` David Miller 2018-04-20 15:46 ` David Miller 2018-04-20 15:46 ` Samudrala, Sridhar 2018-04-20 15:46 ` Samudrala, Sridhar 2018-04-20 15:46 ` [virtio-dev] " Samudrala, Sridhar 2018-04-20 16:00 ` Jiri Pirko 2018-04-20 16:00 ` Jiri Pirko 2018-04-23 17:04 ` Stephen Hemminger 2018-04-23 17:24 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-23 17:24 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message] 2018-04-23 17:24 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-23 17:44 ` Stephen Hemminger 2018-04-23 17:56 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-23 17:56 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-23 17:56 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-23 19:44 ` Siwei Liu 2018-04-23 19:44 ` Siwei Liu 2018-04-23 19:44 ` [virtio-dev] " Siwei Liu 2018-04-23 20:06 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-23 20:06 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-23 20:06 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-24 1:28 ` Stephen Hemminger 2018-04-24 1:28 ` Stephen Hemminger 2018-04-25 21:38 ` Siwei Liu 2018-04-25 21:38 ` [virtio-dev] " Siwei Liu 2018-04-25 22:22 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-25 22:22 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-25 22:22 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-25 22:57 ` Siwei Liu 2018-04-25 22:57 ` [virtio-dev] " Siwei Liu 2018-04-26 0:18 ` Stephen Hemminger 2018-04-26 0:18 ` Stephen Hemminger 2018-04-26 2:43 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-26 2:43 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-26 2:43 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-26 2:28 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-26 2:28 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-26 2:28 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-26 22:14 ` Siwei Liu 2018-04-26 22:14 ` [virtio-dev] " Siwei Liu 2018-04-26 23:42 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-26 23:42 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-28 0:43 ` Siwei Liu 2018-04-28 0:43 ` Siwei Liu 2018-04-28 0:43 ` [virtio-dev] " Siwei Liu 2018-04-26 23:42 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-26 22:14 ` Siwei Liu 2018-04-25 22:57 ` Siwei Liu 2018-04-24 1:25 ` Stephen Hemminger 2018-04-24 1:25 ` Stephen Hemminger 2018-04-24 1:42 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-24 1:42 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-24 1:42 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin 2018-04-24 5:07 ` Stephen Hemminger 2018-04-24 5:07 ` Stephen Hemminger 2018-04-23 17:44 ` Stephen Hemminger 2018-04-23 17:25 ` Jiri Pirko 2018-04-23 17:25 ` Jiri Pirko 2018-04-23 17:04 ` Stephen Hemminger 2018-04-20 15:28 ` Stephen Hemminger 2018-04-22 15:41 ` kbuild test robot 2018-04-22 15:41 ` kbuild test robot
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