[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/virtio-user: specify the MAC of the tap

[Seán Harte]

On 29/12/2017 09:44, tiwei.bie at intel.com (Tiwei Bie) wrote:
> Hi Ning,
> 
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 11:38:42AM +0800, Ning Li wrote:
>> When using virtio-user with vhost-kernel to exchange
>> packet with kernel networking stack, application can
>> set the MAC of the tap interface via parameter.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ning Li <muziding001 at 163.com>
>> ---
> 
> Thanks for the new version.
> 
> Just FYI, when sending a new version, you also need to
> add the version number, e.g. using -v2 when generating
> the patch. You can find more details in the "Contribute
> by sending patches" section in below link:
> 
> http://dpdk.org/dev
> 
>>   drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel.c     |  3 ++-
>>   drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel_tap.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
>>   drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel_tap.h |  3 ++-
>>   3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel.c
>> index 68d28b1..dd24b6b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel.c
>> @@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ struct vhost_memory_kernel {
>>   	else
>>   		hdr_size = sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr);
>>   
>> -	tapfd = vhost_kernel_open_tap(&dev->ifname, hdr_size, req_mq);
>> +	tapfd = vhost_kernel_open_tap(&dev->ifname, hdr_size, req_mq,
>> +			 (char *)dev->mac_addr);
> 
> I think it's better to add a new device argument for
> virtio-user to specify the MAC for the corresponding
> tap. But I don't have a very strong opinion on this
> for now. So I'd like to hear others' opinions.

No harm if it was a seperate argument, although I can't think of a 
scenario where you care about the MAC address and would want the tap and 
virtio devices to have differnet MAC addresses.

> 

snip...

> 

I'm not sure if this patch is still under consideration, but it looks 
good to me, and works.

Reviewed-by: Seán Harte <seanbh at gmail.com>
Tested-by: Seán Harte <seanbh at gmail.com>