[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/4] net/mlx: enhance rdma-core glue configuration
Nélio Laranjeiro
nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com
Fri Feb 2 17:52:08 CET 2018
On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 05:46:10PM +0100, Adrien Mazarguil wrote:
> The decision to deliver mlx4/mlx5 rdma-core glue plug-ins separately instead
> of generating them at run time due to security concerns [1] led to a few
> issues:
>
> - They must be present on the file system before running DPDK.
> - Their location must be known to the dynamic linker.
> - Their names overlap and ABI compatibility is not guaranteed, which may
> lead to crashes.
>
> This series addresses the above by adding version information to plug-ins
> and taking CONFIG_RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH into account to locate them on the file
> system.
>
> [1] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-January/089617.html
>
> v2 changes:
>
> - Fixed extra "\n" in glue file name generation (although it didn't break
> functionality).
>
> Adrien Mazarguil (4):
> net/mlx: add debug checks to glue structure
> net/mlx: fix missing includes for rdma-core glue
> net/mlx: version rdma-core glue libraries
> net/mlx: make rdma-core glue path configurable
>
> doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst | 17 ++++++++++++
> doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 14 ++++++++++
> drivers/net/mlx4/Makefile | 8 ++++--
> drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_glue.c | 4 +++
> drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_glue.h | 9 +++++++
> drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile | 8 ++++--
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_glue.c | 1 +
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_glue.h | 7 +++++
> 10 files changed, 176 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.11.0
For the series,
Acked-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com>
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Nélio Laranjeiro
6WIND
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