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From: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>
To: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>,
	"virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org" 
	<virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "mst@redhat.com" <mst@redhat.com>, Eli Cohen <elic@nvidia.com>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH linux-next v2 4/7] vdpa: Define vdpa mgmt device, ops and a netlink interface
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 06:33:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BY5PR12MB4322EB5AD78BBAB2311AD877DCD10@BY5PR12MB4322.namprd12.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b7a4602d-daae-dde1-a064-2ee07cf84309@redhat.com>



> From: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2021 9:40 AM
> 
> On 2021/1/4 下午3:24, Parav Pandit wrote:
> >
> >> From: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
> >> Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021 12:33 PM
> >>
> >> On 2021/1/4 上午11:31, Parav Pandit wrote:
> >>> To add one or more VDPA devices, define a management device which
> >>> allows adding or removing vdpa device. A management device defines
> >>> set of callbacks to manage vdpa devices.
> >>>
> >>> To begin with, it defines add and remove callbacks through which a
> >>> user defined vdpa device can be added or removed.
> >>>
> >>> A unique management device is identified by its unique handle
> >>> identified by management device name and optionally the bus name.
> >>>
> >>> Hence, introduce routine through which driver can register a
> >>> management device and its callback operations for adding and remove
> >>> a vdpa device.
> >>>
> >>> Introduce vdpa netlink socket family so that user can query
> >>> management device and its attributes.
> >>>
> >>> Example of show vdpa management device which allows creating vdpa
> >>> device of networking class (device id = 0x1) of virtio specification
> >>> 1.1 section 5.1.1.
> >>>
> >>> $ vdpa mgmtdev show
> >>> vdpasim_net:
> >>>     supported_classes:
> >>>       net
> >>>
> >>> Example of showing vdpa management device in JSON format.
> >>>
> >>> $ vdpa mgmtdev show -jp
> >>> {
> >>>       "show": {
> >>>           "vdpasim_net": {
> >>>               "supported_classes": [ "net" ]
> >>>           }
> >>>       }
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit<parav@nvidia.com>
> >>> Reviewed-by: Eli Cohen<elic@nvidia.com>
> >>> Reviewed-by: Jason Wang<jasowang@redhat.com>
> >>> ---
> >>> Changelog:
> >>> v1->v2:
> >>>    - rebased
> >>>    - updated commit log example for management device name from
> >>>      "vdpasim" to "vdpasim_net"
> >>>    - removed device_id as net and block management devices are
> >>> separated
> >>
> >> So I wonder whether there could be a type of management devices that
> >> can deal with multiple types of virtio devices. If yes, we probably
> >> need to add device id back.
> > At this point mlx5 plan to support only net.
> > It is useful to see what type of vdpa device is supported by a management
> device.
> >
> > In future if a mgmt dev supports multiple types, user needs to choose
> desired type.
> > I guess we can differ this optional type to future, when such mgmt. device
> will/may be available.
> 
> 
> I worry if we remove device_id, it may gives a hint that multiple mgmt
> devices needs to be registered if it supports multiple types.
> 
No it shouldn't. because we do expose multiple supported types in mgmtdev attributes.

> So if possible I would like to keep the device_id here.
> 
Its possible to keep it. But with current drivers, mainly mlx5 and vdpa_sim, it is redundant.
Not sure of the ifc's plan.
We have been splitting modules to handle net and block differently in mlx5 as well as vdpa_sim.
So it looks to me that both may be separate management drivers (and management devices).
Such as vdpasim_net and vdpasim_block.
mlx5 doesn't have plan for block yet.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-05  6:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-12  6:39 [PATCH 0/7] Introduce vdpa management tool Parav Pandit
2020-11-12  6:39 ` [PATCH 1/7] vdpa: Add missing comment for virtqueue count Parav Pandit
2020-11-12  6:40 ` [PATCH 2/7] vdpa: Use simpler version of ida allocation Parav Pandit
2020-11-12  6:40 ` [PATCH 3/7] vdpa: Extend routine to accept vdpa device name Parav Pandit
2020-11-12  6:40 ` [PATCH 4/7] vdpa: Define vdpa parent device, ops and a netlink interface Parav Pandit
2020-11-12  6:40 ` [PATCH 5/7] vdpa: Enable a user to add and delete a vdpa device Parav Pandit
2020-11-12  6:40 ` [PATCH 6/7] vdpa: Enable user to query vdpa device info Parav Pandit
2020-11-12  6:40 ` [PATCH 7/7] vdpa/vdpa_sim: Enable user to create vdpasim net devices Parav Pandit
2020-11-16  9:41 ` [PATCH 0/7] Introduce vdpa management tool Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-11-17 19:41   ` Parav Pandit
2020-11-16 22:23 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-11-17 19:51   ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-16  9:13     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
     [not found]       ` <20201216080610.08541f44@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
2020-12-16 16:54         ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-16 19:57           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-17 12:13             ` Parav Pandit
2020-11-27  3:53 ` Jason Wang
     [not found]   ` <CACycT3sYScObb9nN3g7L3cesjE7sCZWxZ5_5R1usGU9ePZEeqA@mail.gmail.com>
2020-11-30  3:36     ` [External] " Jason Wang
2020-11-30  7:07       ` Yongji Xie
2020-12-01  6:25         ` Jason Wang
2020-12-01  9:55           ` Yongji Xie
2020-12-01 11:32             ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-01 14:18               ` Yongji Xie
2020-12-01 15:58                 ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-02  3:29                   ` Yongji Xie
2020-12-02  4:53                     ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-02  5:51                       ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02  6:24                         ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-02  7:55                           ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02  9:27                         ` Yongji Xie
2020-12-02  9:21                       ` Yongji Xie
2020-12-02 11:13                         ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-02 13:18                           ` Yongji Xie
2020-12-02  5:48             ` Jason Wang
2020-12-08 22:47   ` David Ahern
2021-01-19  4:21     ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-16  9:16 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2021-01-04  3:31 ` [PATCH linux-next v2 " Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  3:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v2 1/7] vdpa_sim_net: Make mac address array static Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  7:00     ` Jason Wang
2021-01-04  3:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v2 2/7] vdpa_sim_net: Add module param to disable default vdpa net device Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  3:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v2 3/7] vdpa: Extend routine to accept vdpa device name Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  3:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v2 4/7] vdpa: Define vdpa mgmt device, ops and a netlink interface Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  7:03     ` Jason Wang
2021-01-04  7:24       ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-05  4:10         ` Jason Wang
2021-01-05  6:33           ` Parav Pandit [this message]
2021-01-05  8:36             ` Jason Wang
2021-01-04  3:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v2 5/7] vdpa: Enable a user to add and delete a vdpa device Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  3:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v2 6/7] vdpa: Enable user to query vdpa device info Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  3:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v2 7/7] vdpa_sim_net: Add support for user supported devices Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  7:05     ` Jason Wang
2021-01-04  7:21       ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-05  4:06         ` Jason Wang
2021-01-05  6:22           ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 10:31 ` [PATCH linux-next v3 0/6] Introduce vdpa management tool Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 10:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v3 1/6] vdpa_sim_net: Make mac address array static Parav Pandit
2021-01-07 13:45     ` Stefano Garzarella
2021-01-05 10:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v3 2/6] vdpa: Extend routine to accept vdpa device name Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 10:32   ` [PATCH linux-next v3 3/6] vdpa: Define vdpa mgmt device, ops and a netlink interface Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 10:32   ` [PATCH linux-next v3 4/6] vdpa: Enable a user to add and delete a vdpa device Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 10:32   ` [PATCH linux-next v3 5/6] vdpa: Enable user to query vdpa device info Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 10:32   ` [PATCH linux-next v3 6/6] vdpa_sim_net: Add support for user supported devices Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 11:48     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2021-01-05 12:02       ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 12:14         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2021-01-05 12:30           ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 13:23             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2021-01-07  3:48               ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-12  4:14                 ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-14  4:17                 ` Jason Wang
2021-01-14  7:58                   ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-15  5:38                     ` Jason Wang
2021-01-15  6:27                       ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-19 11:09                         ` Jason Wang
2021-01-20  3:21                           ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-20  3:46                             ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-18 18:03                       ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-20  7:53                         ` Michael S. Tsirkin

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