[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 03/11] net/failsafe: add fail-safe PMD
Gaëtan Rivet
gaetan.rivet at 6wind.com
Sun Jul 9 14:35:21 CEST 2017
On Sun, Jul 09, 2017 at 07:10:49AM -0400, Jan Blunck wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 9:47 PM, Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet at 6wind.com> wrote:
> > +static int
> > +fs_parse_device(struct sub_device *sdev, char *args)
> > +{
> > + struct rte_devargs *d;
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + d = &sdev->devargs;
> > + DEBUG("%s", args);
> > + ret = rte_eal_devargs_parse(args, d);
> > + if (ret) {
> > + DEBUG("devargs parsing failed with code %d", ret);
> > + return ret;
> > + }
> > + sdev->bus = d->bus;
> > + sdev->state = DEV_PARSED;
>
> You seem to be mostly interested in the bus name for the device. Why
> don't you track this via your sub_device structure instead of using
> rte_devargs?
>
>
I don't understand. I track it in my sub_device structure by copying the
info from the devargs? How would you get it otherwise?
Devargs still has to be used as a common format that can be parsed
by EAL helpers. I could certainly parse it myself, but then I would have
to follow any evolution of the parameter format, and I prefer to
delegate this to the EAL.
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
[...]
> > +static struct rte_eth_dev *
> > +fs_find_ethdev(const struct rte_device *dev)
> > +{
> > + struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev;
> > + uint8_t i;
> > +
> > + RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(i) {
> > + eth_dev = &rte_eth_devices[i];
> > + if (eth_dev->device == dev)
> > + return eth_dev;
> > + }
> > + return NULL;
> > +}
>
> Why don't you use rte_eth_dev_allocated() here?
>
>
IIRC, at the time I choose to roll out my own version, there was
ambiguities about device names availability, with some devices using
their rte_devargs name, others writing their own.
It has been stabilized it seems, and now I think rte_eth_dev_allocated
could be used.
[...]
> > +
> > +static int
> > +fs_bus_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
> > +{
> > + struct sub_device *sdev;
> > + struct rte_device *rdev;
> > + struct rte_devargs *da;
> > + uint8_t i;
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + FOREACH_SUBDEV(sdev, i, dev) {
> > + if (sdev->state != DEV_PARSED)
> > + continue;
> > + da = &sdev->devargs;
> > + rdev = rte_eal_hotplug_add(da->bus->name,
> > + da->name,
> > + da->args);
>
> Why don't you track the bus name through your sub_device structure instead?
>
>
Do you mean
+ rdev = rte_eal_hotplug_add(sdev->bus->name,
+ da->name,
+ da->args);
instead? I guess for this example it was mostly for the sake of
consistency, but the bus handle within the sub_device could be
used.
Actually I dislike having a copy of an info. I have this info both
within the sub_device directly and within the rte_devargs within the
sub_device. It should be streamlined.
--
Gaëtan Rivet
6WIND
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