[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/5] kni: add API to set link status on kernel interface

[Thomas Monjalon]

22/10/2018 15:03, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 10/19/2018 1:23 AM, Dan Gora wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > Attached is version 5 of a patchset to add a new API function to
> > set the link status on kernel interfaces created with the KNI kernel
> > module.
> > 
> > v5
> > ====
> > * Update Kernel NIC Interface document with new rte_kni option, move
> >   kernel module parameter description here from KNI sample app
> >   document, general cleanup.
> > 
> > * Update Kernel NIC Interface sample application (kni) document
> >   with new command line parameter, remove documentation for rte_kni
> >   kernel module but add reference to it, general cleanup.
> > 
> > * Change link status change sample rate for KNI example app to 500ms
> >   from 100ms.
> > 
> > * Fix bug in parameter parsing in v4 in rte_kni kernel module.
> > 
> > * Fix output formatting of optional parameters for rte_kni with
> >   modinfo.
> > 
> > * Fix permissions of optional parameters for rte_kni.
> > 
> > * Squash patch to add test for rte_kni_update_link into patch
> >   introducing the API function.
> > 
> >> v4
> >> ====
> >> * Rework rte_kni_update_link to only take linkup/linkdown as parameter,
> >>   return previous link state, and remove log messages.
> >>
> >> * Update patch to set default carrier state to make default carrier
> >>   state configurable by passing the 'carrier=[on|off]' option to
> >>   the rte_kni kernel module.  This is necessary in order to allow
> >>   applications which use KNI as pure virtual interfaces without
> >>   corresponding physical ethernet port to use the interfaces without
> >>   having to set the carrier state to 'on' via rte_kni_update_link()
> >>   or by writing to /sys/devices/virtual/net/<ifaceX>/carrier.
> >>   Note that the default is 'off'.
> >>
> >> * Add command line flag '-m' to examples/kni to continuously monitor
> >>   and update the KNI interface link status according to the link
> >>   status of the corresponding physical ethernet port.
> >>
> >>
> >> v3
> >> ====
> >> * Use separate function to test rte_kni_update_link() in 'test' app.
> >>
> >> * Separate changes to 'test' app into separate patch to facilitate
> >>   possible merge with https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/44730/
> >>
> >> * Remove changes to set KNI interfaces to 'up' in example/kni
> >>
> >> v2
> >> ====
> >>
> >> * Fix bug where "Fixed" and "AutoNeg" were transposed in the link
> >>   status log message.
> >>
> >> * Add rte_kni_update_link() to rte_kni_version.map
> >>
> >> * Add rte_kni_update_link() tests to kni_autotest
> >>
> >> * Update examples/kni to continuously monitor link status and
> >>   update the corresponding kernel interface with
> >>   rte_kni_update_link().
> >>
> >> * Minor improvements to examples/kni: Add log message showing how
> >>   to show/zero stats.  Improve zeroing statistics.
> >>
> >> Note that checkpatches.sh compains about patch 1/5, but this appears
> >> to be a bug with check-symbol-change or something.  If I move the
> >> fragment of the patch modifying rte_kni_version.map to the bottom of
> >> the patch file, it doesn't complain any more...  I just don't really
> >> have time to investigate this right now.
> >   
> > thanks
> > dan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Dan Gora (5):
> >   kni: add API to set link status on kernel interface
> >   kni: set default carrier state of interface
> >   examples/kni: monitor and update link status continually
> >   examples/kni: add log msgs to show and clear stats
> >   examples/kni: improve zeroing statistics
> 
> Thanks for the document clean up.
> 
> For series,
> Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> 
> 
> Thomas,
> 
> There is a possible doc update, what do you think fixing it while applying? Or
> do you require a new version?

What is the update to do?