[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: allow multi probing
Ophir Munk
ophirmu at mellanox.com
Fri Oct 5 13:20:15 CEST 2018
v2 sent
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yongseok Koh
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2018 4:42 AM
> To: Ophir Munk <ophirmu at mellanox.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Asaf Penso <asafp at mellanox.com>; Shahaf Shuler
> <shahafs at mellanox.com>; Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>;
> Olga Shern <olgas at mellanox.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5: allow multi probing
>
> On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 01:01:23AM -0700, Ophir Munk wrote:
> > Implement probing of a device multiple times, see [1].
> > Consecutive probing requests with a devargs string may contain
> > repetitive master and representors devices for which eth device should
> > be created. If an eth device already exists - silently ignore it.
> >
> > [1]
> > Serie: ("eal: allow hotplug to skip an already probed device")
>
> A typo? Series?
>
> For the title, either 'multi-probing' or 'multiple probing'.
> And I suggest
>
> net/mlx5: allow multiple probing for representor
>
> And I have only nitpickings below ;-)
>
> > https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=1580
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ophir Munk <ophirmu at mellanox.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c | 22 +++++++++++++---------
> > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c index
> > b2b0aaa..16a8b9d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
> > @@ -736,6 +736,7 @@
> > struct ether_addr mac;
> > char name[RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN];
> > int own_domain_id = 0;
> > + uint16_t port_id;
> > unsigned int i;
> >
> > /* Determine if this port representor is supposed to be spawned. */
> > @@ -758,6 +759,17 @@
> > return NULL;
> > }
> > }
> > + /* Build device name */
>
> Better to put a period (.), if it is a sentence.
>
> > + if (!switch_info->representor)
> > + rte_strlcpy(name, dpdk_dev->name, sizeof(name));
> > + else
> > + snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s_representor_%u",
> > + dpdk_dev->name, switch_info->port_name);
> > + /* if dev (master or representor) is already spawned - return NULL
> > +*/
>
> How about,
> /* Check if the device is already spawned. */
>
> "return NULL" is so obvious from the code.
>
> > + if (rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name(name, &port_id) == 0) {
> > + rte_errno = EBUSY;
>
> Semantically, shouldn't it be EEXIST and add the condition in probe()?
>
> > + return NULL;
> > + }
> > /* Prepare shared data between primary and secondary process. */
> > mlx5_prepare_shared_data();
> > errno = 0;
> > @@ -864,11 +876,6 @@
> > DEBUG("ibv_query_device_ex() failed");
> > goto error;
> > }
> > - if (!switch_info->representor)
> > - rte_strlcpy(name, dpdk_dev->name, sizeof(name));
> > - else
> > - snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s_representor_%u",
> > - dpdk_dev->name, switch_info->port_name);
> > DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "naming Ethernet device \"%s\"", name);
> > if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_SECONDARY) {
> > eth_dev = rte_eth_dev_attach_secondary(name);
> > @@ -1298,9 +1305,6 @@ struct mlx5_dev_spawn_data {
> > assert(pci_drv == &mlx5_driver);
> > errno = 0;
> >
> > - if (rte_dev_is_probed(&pci_dev->device))
> > - return -EEXIST;
> > -
> > ibv_list = mlx5_glue->get_device_list(&ret);
> > if (!ibv_list) {
> > rte_errno = errno ? errno : ENOSYS; @@ -1412,7 +1416,7
> @@ struct
> > mlx5_dev_spawn_data {
> > if (!list[i].eth_dev) {
> > if (rte_errno != EBUSY)
>
> I meant this to be,
> if (rte_errno != EBUSY && rte_errno != EEXIST)
>
>
> Thanks,
> Yongseok
>
> > break;
> > - /* Device is disabled, ignore it. */
> > + /* Device is disabled or already spawned. Ignore it.
> */
> > continue;
> > }
> > restore = list[i].eth_dev->data->dev_flags;
> > --
> > 1.8.3.1
> >
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