[PATCH v2 08/19] net/ntnic: use container device assignment API

Anatoly Burakov anatoly.burakov at intel.com
Fri Nov 14 18:40:18 CET 2025


The NTNIC driver uses VFIO group bind/unbind functionality for container
device assignment purposes. Use the new container device assignment API
instead to provide clearer semantics.

Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/ntnic/ntnic_vfio.c | 30 +++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ntnic/ntnic_vfio.c b/drivers/net/ntnic/ntnic_vfio.c
index 439468b3a2..c746b300b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ntnic/ntnic_vfio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ntnic/ntnic_vfio.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ nt_vfio_vf_num(const struct rte_pci_device *pdev)
 /* Internal API */
 struct vfio_dev {
 	int container_fd;
-	int group_fd;
 	int dev_fd;
 	uint64_t iova_addr;
 };
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ nthw_vfio_setup(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 {
 	int ret;
 	char devname[RTE_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN] = { 0 };
-	int iommu_group_num;
 	int vf_num;
 	struct vfio_dev *vfio;
 
@@ -66,14 +64,9 @@ nthw_vfio_setup(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	vfio->dev_fd = -1;
-	vfio->group_fd = -1;
 	vfio->iova_addr = START_VF_IOVA;
 
 	rte_pci_device_name(&dev->addr, devname, RTE_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN);
-	ret = rte_vfio_get_group_num(rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(), devname, &iommu_group_num);
-	if (ret <= 0)
-		return -1;
-
 	if (vf_num == 0) {
 		/* use default container for pf0 */
 		vfio->container_fd = RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD;
@@ -86,17 +79,14 @@ nthw_vfio_setup(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 				"VFIO device setup failed. VFIO container creation failed.");
 			return -1;
 		}
-	}
+		ret = rte_vfio_container_assign_device(vfio->container_fd,
+				rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(), devname);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			NT_LOG(ERR, NTNIC,
+				"VFIO device setup failed. Assign device to container failed.");
+			goto err;
+		}
 
-	vfio->group_fd = rte_vfio_container_group_bind(vfio->container_fd, iommu_group_num);
-
-	if (vfio->group_fd < 0) {
-		NT_LOG(ERR, NTNIC,
-			"VFIO device setup failed. VFIO container group bind failed.");
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	if (vf_num > 0) {
 		if (rte_pci_map_device(dev)) {
 			NT_LOG(ERR, NTNIC,
 				"Map VFIO device failed. is the vfio-pci driver loaded?");
@@ -106,10 +96,8 @@ nthw_vfio_setup(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 
 	vfio->dev_fd = rte_intr_dev_fd_get(dev->intr_handle);
 
-	NT_LOG(DBG, NTNIC,
-		"%s: VFIO id=%d, dev_fd=%d, container_fd=%d, group_fd=%d, iommu_group_num=%d",
-		dev->name, vf_num, vfio->dev_fd, vfio->container_fd, vfio->group_fd,
-		iommu_group_num);
+	NT_LOG(DBG, NTNIC, "%s: VFIO id=%d, dev_fd=%d, container_fd=%d",
+		dev->name, vf_num, vfio->dev_fd, vfio->container_fd);
 
 	return vf_num;
 
-- 
2.47.3



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