From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAC0FC433FE for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:00:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233978AbiKPR77 (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2022 12:59:59 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:42838 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233803AbiKPR7v (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2022 12:59:51 -0500 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [145.40.68.75]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3F82CE088 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:59:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E05F8B81E40 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2022 17:59:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2DBA9C433D6; Wed, 16 Nov 2022 17:59:46 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1668621587; bh=HDy1AeCUgxJgWKhlqn9M+wP+QBZnFiLRftvKizI5/XE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=g2OAJSHR2wdmrmBE8jaV4JIuwX0ijR/QHQ1Qm6ipgVCzBadVXiHbuMTe/nbywKfqy rXkQkbuxoPUcRQoZ7uep3rRYexh5zEl5bX0kXKOVVYQfAqKwKowXZdUjd7VC/cNcJp HjUoUcQZ3+lKlQ7Bnc6cNX6K0s0x8auex1P7XswIFnb4/V/rH6PeBKRoXhVkjcevgX 1Yo/aZvEESEecVPvhwKfbxnOT5JxrsZhWREwoF6qwq29xYaXBwpd+8SoSTQtMzhn0n B3gYZ20rMFQSUqkaN2dLV9QlocTCHtbB879vSlZYA6+ECvrYb9snN+d6RxnmiMjGCr aYReyjvMOdUYg== Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 19:59:43 +0200 From: Leon Romanovsky To: Michal Swiatkowski Cc: "Samudrala, Sridhar" , netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, jiri@nvidia.com, anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, alexandr.lobakin@intel.com, wojciech.drewek@intel.com, lukasz.czapnik@intel.com, shiraz.saleem@intel.com, jesse.brandeburg@intel.com, mustafa.ismail@intel.com, przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com, piotr.raczynski@intel.com, jacob.e.keller@intel.com, david.m.ertman@intel.com, leszek.kaliszczuk@intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/13] resource management using devlink reload Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 01:04:36PM +0100, Michal Swiatkowski wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 08:04:56AM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 07:59:06PM -0600, Samudrala, Sridhar wrote: > > > On 11/15/2022 11:57 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > > > <...> > > > > > > > In case of ice driver lspci -vs shows: > > > > > Capabilities: [70] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=1024 Masked > > > > > > > > > > so all vectors that hw supports (PFs, VFs, misc, etc). Because of that > > > > > total number of MSI-X in the devlink example from cover letter is 1024. > > > > > > > > > > I see that mellanox shows: > > > > > Capabilities: [9c] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=64 Masked > > > > > > > > > > I assume that 64 is in this case MSI-X ony for this one PF (it make > > > > > sense). > > > > Yes and PF MSI-X count can be changed through FW configuration tool, as > > > > we need to write new value when the driver is unbound and we need it to > > > > be persistent. Users are expecting to see "stable" number any time they > > > > reboot the server. It is not the case for VFs, as they are explicitly > > > > created after reboots and start "fresh" after every boot. > > > > > > > > So we set large enough but not too large value as a default for PFs. > > > > If you find sane model of how to change it through kernel, you can count > > > > on our support. > > > > > > I guess one main difference is that in case of ice, PF driver manager resources > > > for all its associated functions, not the FW. So the MSI-X count reported for PF > > > shows the total vectors(PF netdev, VFs, rdma, SFs). VFs talk to PF over a mailbox > > > to get their MSI-X vector information. > > > > What is the output of lspci for ice VF when the driver is not bound? > > > > Thanks > > > > It is the same after creating and after unbonding: > Capabilities: [70] MSI-X: Enable- Count=17 Masked- > > 17, because 16 for traffic and 1 for mailbox. Interesting, I think that your PF violates PCI spec as it always uses word "function" and not "device" while talks about MSI-X related registers. Thanks > > Thanks > > > > > > > > >