From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leon Romanovsky Subject: Re: [PATCH rdma-next 4/8] IB/mlx5: Add steering SW ICM device memory type Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 14:38:48 +0300 Message-ID: <20190428113848.GK6705@mtr-leonro.mtl.com> References: <20190424131222.GG27901@mtr-leonro.mtl.com> <20190424131405.GE16061@ziepe.ca> <20190424132516.GH27901@mtr-leonro.mtl.com> <20190424133553.GF16061@ziepe.ca> <20190424134604.GI27901@mtr-leonro.mtl.com> <20190424134703.GG16061@ziepe.ca> <20190424154937.GJ27901@mtr-leonro.mtl.com> <20190424155313.GI16061@ziepe.ca> <20190424162736.GK27901@mtr-leonro.mtl.com> <20190424163926.GL16061@ziepe.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190424163926.GL16061@ziepe.ca> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Jason Gunthorpe Cc: Doug Ledford , RDMA mailing list , Ariel Levkovich , Eli Cohen , Mark Bloch , Saeed Mahameed , linux-netdev List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 01:39:26PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 07:27:36PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:53:13PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 06:49:37PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:47:03AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 04:46:04PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:35:53AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 04:25:16PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:14:05AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 04:12:22PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:04:40AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 07:44:46PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Ariel Levkovich > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This patch adds support for allocating, deallocating and registering > > > > > > > > > > > > a new device memory type, STEERING_SW_ICM. > > > > > > > > > > > > This memory can be allocated and used by a privileged user for direct > > > > > > > > > > > > rule insertion and management of the device's steering tables. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The type is provided by the user via the dedicated attribute in > > > > > > > > > > > > the alloc_dm ioctl command. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Ariel Levkovich > > > > > > > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Eli Cohen > > > > > > > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Mark Bloch > > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky > > > > > > > > > > > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/Kconfig | 2 +- > > > > > > > > > > > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cmd.c | 127 +++++++++++++++++++- > > > > > > > > > > > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cmd.h | 6 +- > > > > > > > > > > > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c | 136 +++++++++++++++++++++- > > > > > > > > > > > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h | 17 +++ > > > > > > > > > > > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c | 7 ++ > > > > > > > > > > > > include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_verbs.h | 2 + > > > > > > > > > > > > 7 files changed, 291 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/Kconfig b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/Kconfig > > > > > > > > > > > > index 8d651c05de62..347d457fcb2f 100644 > > > > > > > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/Kconfig > > > > > > > > > > > > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ > > > > > > > > > > > > config MLX5_INFINIBAND > > > > > > > > > > > > tristate "Mellanox 5th generation network adapters (ConnectX series) support" > > > > > > > > > > > > - depends on NETDEVICES && ETHERNET && PCI && MLX5_CORE > > > > > > > > > > > > + depends on NETDEVICES && ETHERNET && PCI && MLX5_CORE && PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why do we need this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We are using phys_addr_t type and not u64 as an input to FW to emphasize > > > > > > > > > > the caller interface, but it is different between 32 and 64 bits systems. > > > > > > > > > > Such PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT will ensure that phys_addr_t will be always 64 bits. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PHYS_ADDR_T should only ever be used to store a bus address - and if > > > > > > > > > you are passing a bus address to/from FW then you 0 extend it on 32 > > > > > > > > > bit, and range check on 64 bit. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is not a reason to force PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT from a driver > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So how will I mark that we are forwarding physical address to FW? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know what this means.. phys_addr_t will transparently 0 extend > > > > > > > to 64 bit which is the correct thing to do when passing a phys_addr_t > > > > > > > to HW. > > > > > > > > > > > > It looks to me very similar to what I wanted: mark input as an address > > > > > > and ensure that it is always u64 as our FW expects. > > > > > > > > > > So there is no reason for the kconfig hunk then > > > > > > > > The kconfig is needed to ensure that u64 value is truncated to be u32 on > > > > 32bits systems. > > > > > > What? > > > > I wanted to say "not truncated", sorry about that. > > Are we reading back a u64 physical value from the HW? Where? No, we are setting address only. > > Jason