Message ID | 20201212061225.617337-1-saeed@kernel.org (mailing list archive) |
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Headers | show |
Series | Add mlx5 subfunction support | expand |
On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 22:12:11 -0800 Saeed Mahameed wrote: > Hi Dave, Jakub, Jason, > > This series form Parav was the theme of this mlx5 release cycle, > we've been waiting anxiously for the auxbus infrastructure to make it into > the kernel, and now as the auxbus is in and all the stars are aligned, I > can finally submit this V2 of the devlink and mlx5 subfunction support. > > Subfunctions came to solve the scaling issue of virtualization > and switchdev environments, where SRIOV failed to deliver and users ran > out of VFs very quickly as SRIOV demands huge amount of physical resources > in both of the servers and the NIC. > > Subfunction provide the same functionality as SRIOV but in a very > lightweight manner, please see the thorough and detailed > documentation from Parav below, in the commit messages and the > Networking documentation patches at the end of this series. > > Sending V2/V3 as a continuation to V1 that was sent Last month [0], > [0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20201112192424.2742-1-parav@nvidia.com/ This adds more and more instances of the 32 bit build warning. The warning was also reported separately on netdev after the recent mlx5-next pull. Please address that first (or did you already do and I missed it somehow?)
On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 12:25:18PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 22:12:11 -0800 Saeed Mahameed wrote: > > Hi Dave, Jakub, Jason, > > > > This series form Parav was the theme of this mlx5 release cycle, > > we've been waiting anxiously for the auxbus infrastructure to make it into > > the kernel, and now as the auxbus is in and all the stars are aligned, I > > can finally submit this V2 of the devlink and mlx5 subfunction support. > > > > Subfunctions came to solve the scaling issue of virtualization > > and switchdev environments, where SRIOV failed to deliver and users ran > > out of VFs very quickly as SRIOV demands huge amount of physical resources > > in both of the servers and the NIC. > > > > Subfunction provide the same functionality as SRIOV but in a very > > lightweight manner, please see the thorough and detailed > > documentation from Parav below, in the commit messages and the > > Networking documentation patches at the end of this series. > > > > Sending V2/V3 as a continuation to V1 that was sent Last month [0], > > [0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20201112192424.2742-1-parav@nvidia.com/ > > This adds more and more instances of the 32 bit build warning. > > The warning was also reported separately on netdev after the recent > mlx5-next pull. > > Please address that first (or did you already do and I missed it > somehow?) Hi Jakub, I posted a fix from Parav, https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20201213120641.216032-1-leon@kernel.org/T/#u Thanks
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 5:39 PM > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 12:25:18PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 22:12:11 -0800 Saeed Mahameed wrote: > > > Hi Dave, Jakub, Jason, > > > > > > This series form Parav was the theme of this mlx5 release cycle, > > > we've been waiting anxiously for the auxbus infrastructure to make > > > it into the kernel, and now as the auxbus is in and all the stars > > > are aligned, I can finally submit this V2 of the devlink and mlx5 > subfunction support. > > > > > > Subfunctions came to solve the scaling issue of virtualization and > > > switchdev environments, where SRIOV failed to deliver and users ran > > > out of VFs very quickly as SRIOV demands huge amount of physical > > > resources in both of the servers and the NIC. > > > > > > Subfunction provide the same functionality as SRIOV but in a very > > > lightweight manner, please see the thorough and detailed > > > documentation from Parav below, in the commit messages and the > > > Networking documentation patches at the end of this series. > > > > > > Sending V2/V3 as a continuation to V1 that was sent Last month [0], > > > [0] > > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20201112192424.2742-1-parav@nvidi > > > a.com/ > > > > This adds more and more instances of the 32 bit build warning. > > > > The warning was also reported separately on netdev after the recent > > mlx5-next pull. > > > > Please address that first (or did you already do and I missed it > > somehow?) > > Hi Jakub, > > I posted a fix from Parav, > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20201213120641.216032-1- > leon@kernel.org/T/#u > > Thanks Hi Jakub, This patchset is not added the original warning. Warning got added due to a commit [1]. Its not related to subfunction. It will be fixed regardless of this patchset as posted in [2]. [1] 2a2970891647 ("net/mlx5: Add sample offload hardware bits and structures") [2] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20201213123620.GC5005@unreal/
On Mon, 2020-12-14 at 03:25 +0000, Parav Pandit wrote: > > From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com> > > Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 5:39 PM > > > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 12:25:18PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > > On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 22:12:11 -0800 Saeed Mahameed wrote: > > > > Hi Dave, Jakub, Jason, > > > > > > > > This series form Parav was the theme of this mlx5 release > > > > cycle, > > > > we've been waiting anxiously for the auxbus infrastructure to > > > > make > > > > it into the kernel, and now as the auxbus is in and all the > > > > stars > > > > are aligned, I can finally submit this V2 of the devlink and > > > > mlx5 > > subfunction support. > > > > Subfunctions came to solve the scaling issue of virtualization > > > > and > > > > switchdev environments, where SRIOV failed to deliver and users > > > > ran > > > > out of VFs very quickly as SRIOV demands huge amount of > > > > physical > > > > resources in both of the servers and the NIC. > > > > > > > > Subfunction provide the same functionality as SRIOV but in a > > > > very > > > > lightweight manner, please see the thorough and detailed > > > > documentation from Parav below, in the commit messages and the > > > > Networking documentation patches at the end of this series. > > > > > > > > Sending V2/V3 as a continuation to V1 that was sent Last month > > > > [0], > > > > [0] > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20201112192424.2742-1-parav@nvidi > > > > a.com/ > > > > > > This adds more and more instances of the 32 bit build warning. > > > > > > The warning was also reported separately on netdev after the > > > recent > > > mlx5-next pull. > > > > > > Please address that first (or did you already do and I missed it > > > somehow?) > > > > Hi Jakub, > > > > I posted a fix from Parav, > > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20201213120641.216032-1- > > leon@kernel.org/T/#u > > > > Thanks > > Hi Jakub, > This patchset is not added the original warning. Warning got added > due to a commit [1]. > Its not related to subfunction. > It will be fixed regardless of this patchset as posted in [2]. > > [1] 2a2970891647 ("net/mlx5: Add sample offload hardware bits and > structures") > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20201213123620.GC5005@unreal/ I will resend this pr with the fix patch. Thanks, Saeed.