From: Christophe de Dinechin <christophe.de.dinechin@gmail.com>
To: Parav Pandit <parav@mellanox.com>
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>,
Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>,
Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>,
"kvm\@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"cjia\@nvidia.com" <cjia@nvidia.com>,
"netdev\@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Simplify mtty driver and mdev core
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:58:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1o90kduow.fsf@dinechin.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM0PR05MB48668B6221E477A873688CDBD1AB0@AM0PR05MB4866.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com>
Parav Pandit writes:
> + Dave.
>
> Hi Jiri, Dave, Alex, Kirti, Cornelia,
>
> Please provide your feedback on it, how shall we proceed?
>
> Hence, I would like to discuss below options.
>
> Option-1: mdev index
> Introduce an optional mdev index/handle as u32 during mdev create time.
> User passes mdev index/handle as input.
>
> phys_port_name=mIndex=m%u
> mdev_index will be available in sysfs as mdev attribute for udev to name the mdev's netdev.
>
> example mdev create command:
> UUID=$(uuidgen)
> echo $UUID index=10 > /sys/class/net/ens2f0/mdev_supported_types/mlx5_core_mdev/create
> example netdevs:
> repnetdev=ens2f0_m10 /*ens2f0 is parent PF's netdevice */
> mdev_netdev=enm10
>
> Pros:
> 1. mdevctl and any other existing tools are unaffected.
> 2. netdev stack, ovs and other switching platforms are unaffected.
> 3. achieves unique phys_port_name for representor netdev
> 4. achieves unique mdev eth netdev name for the mdev using udev/systemd extension.
> 5. Aligns well with mdev and netdev subsystem and similar to existing sriov bdf's.
>
> Option-2: shorter mdev name
> Extend mdev to have shorter mdev device name in addition to UUID.
> such as 'foo', 'bar'.
> Mdev will continue to have UUID.
> phys_port_name=mdev_name
>
> Pros:
> 1. All same as option-1, except mdevctl needs upgrade for newer usage.
> It is common practice to upgrade iproute2 package along with the kernel.
> Similar practice to be done with mdevctl.
> 2. Newer users of mdevctl who wants to work with non_UUID names, will use newer mdevctl/tools.
> Cons:
> 1. Dual naming scheme of mdev might affect some of the existing tools.
> It's unclear how/if it actually affects.
> mdevctl [2] is very recently developed and can be enhanced for dual naming scheme.
>
> Option-3: mdev uuid alias
> Instead of shorter mdev name or mdev index, have alpha-numeric name alias.
> Alias is an optional mdev sysfs attribute such as 'foo', 'bar'.
> example mdev create command:
> UUID=$(uuidgen)
> echo $UUID alias=foo > /sys/class/net/ens2f0/mdev_supported_types/mlx5_core_mdev/create
> example netdevs:
> examle netdevs:
> repnetdev = ens2f0_mfoo
> mdev_netdev=enmfoo
>
> Pros:
> 1. All same as option-1.
> 2. Doesn't affect existing mdev naming scheme.
> Cons:
> 1. Index scheme of option-1 is better which can number large number of mdevs with fewer characters, simplifying the management tool.
I believe that Alex pointed out another "Cons" to all three options,
which is that it forces user-space to resolve potential race conditions
when creating an index or short name or alias.
Also, what happens if `index=10` is not provided on the command-line?
Does that make the device unusable for your purpose?
--
Cheers,
Christophe de Dinechin (IRC c3d)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-20 9:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-02 6:59 [PATCH 0/2] Simplify mtty driver and mdev core Parav Pandit
2019-08-02 6:59 ` [PATCH 1/2] vfio-mdev/mtty: Simplify interrupt generation Parav Pandit
2019-08-06 8:15 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-08-02 6:59 ` [PATCH 2/2] vfio/mdev: Removed unused and redundant API for mdev name Parav Pandit
2019-08-06 8:29 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-08-06 13:12 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-06 14:18 ` [PATCH v1 0/2] Simplify mtty driver and mdev core Parav Pandit
2019-08-06 14:18 ` [PATCH v1 1/2] vfio-mdev/mtty: Simplify interrupt generation Parav Pandit
2019-08-06 14:18 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] vfio/mdev: Removed unused and redundant API for mdev UUID Parav Pandit
2019-08-07 9:28 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-08-07 16:33 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-08 8:29 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-08-08 14:01 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-08 14:12 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Simplify mtty driver and mdev core Parav Pandit
2019-08-08 14:12 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] vfio-mdev/mtty: Simplify interrupt generation Parav Pandit
2019-08-13 16:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-23 20:48 ` Alex Williamson
2019-08-08 14:12 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] vfio/mdev: Removed unused and redundant API for mdev UUID Parav Pandit
2019-08-13 16:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-16 15:22 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-08-08 23:02 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Simplify mtty driver and mdev core Alex Williamson
2019-08-09 8:07 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-08-12 11:35 ` Kirti Wankhede
2019-08-13 14:40 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-13 14:52 ` Alex Williamson
2019-08-13 16:28 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-13 16:34 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-08-13 17:11 ` Alex Williamson
2019-08-14 5:54 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-14 8:01 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-08-14 12:27 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-14 13:09 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-08-14 13:45 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-14 14:57 ` Alex Williamson
2019-08-14 16:21 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-20 8:58 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-20 9:58 ` Christophe de Dinechin [this message]
2019-08-20 11:25 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-20 16:31 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-08-21 2:42 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-20 17:19 ` Alex Williamson
2019-08-20 17:55 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-08-21 3:57 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-21 3:42 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-21 4:20 ` Alex Williamson
2019-08-21 4:40 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-21 4:57 ` Alex Williamson
2019-08-21 5:01 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-21 5:26 ` Alex Williamson
2019-08-21 6:23 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-22 9:29 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-08-22 9:42 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-22 9:58 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-08-22 10:04 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-22 12:19 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-08-22 13:33 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-23 8:12 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-08-23 8:14 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-23 14:28 ` Alex Williamson
2019-08-23 14:53 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-23 15:04 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-08-23 15:52 ` Alex Williamson
2019-08-23 16:14 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-23 17:16 ` Alex Williamson
2019-08-23 18:00 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-23 19:43 ` Alex Williamson
2019-08-24 3:56 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-24 4:45 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-24 4:59 ` Alex Williamson
2019-08-24 5:22 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-13 16:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 17:40 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-08-14 5:30 ` Parav Pandit
2019-08-13 14:48 ` Parav Pandit
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