Message ID | 20200722012716.2814777-1-kuba@kernel.org |
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Headers | show |
Series | udp_tunnel: convert Intel drivers with shared tables | expand |
On Tue, 2020-07-21 at 18:27 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > This set converts Intel drivers which have the ability to spawn > multiple netdevs, but have only one UDP tunnel port table. > > Appropriate support is added to the core infra in patch 1, > followed by netdevsim support and a selftest. > > The table sharing works by core attaching the same table > structure to all devices sharing the table. This means the > reference count has to accommodate potentially large values. > > Once core is ready i40e and ice are converted. These are > complex drivers, and I don't have HW to test so please > review.. I'm requesting our developers to take a look over and validation to test the ice and i40e patches. I will report back when I get results. Thanks, Tony
On Wed, 2020-07-22 at 14:22 -0700, Tony Nguyen wrote: > On Tue, 2020-07-21 at 18:27 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > This set converts Intel drivers which have the ability to spawn > > multiple netdevs, but have only one UDP tunnel port table. > > > > Appropriate support is added to the core infra in patch 1, > > followed by netdevsim support and a selftest. > > > > The table sharing works by core attaching the same table > > structure to all devices sharing the table. This means the > > reference count has to accommodate potentially large values. > > > > Once core is ready i40e and ice are converted. These are > > complex drivers, and I don't have HW to test so please > > review.. > > I'm requesting our developers to take a look over and validation to > test the ice and i40e patches. I will report back when I get results. Would you mind if I pick these patches up into Jeff's tree? It will make it easier to test that way. Thanks, Tony
From: "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 20:06:15 +0000 > On Wed, 2020-07-22 at 14:22 -0700, Tony Nguyen wrote: >> On Tue, 2020-07-21 at 18:27 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: >> > This set converts Intel drivers which have the ability to spawn >> > multiple netdevs, but have only one UDP tunnel port table. >> > >> > Appropriate support is added to the core infra in patch 1, >> > followed by netdevsim support and a selftest. >> > >> > The table sharing works by core attaching the same table >> > structure to all devices sharing the table. This means the >> > reference count has to accommodate potentially large values. >> > >> > Once core is ready i40e and ice are converted. These are >> > complex drivers, and I don't have HW to test so please >> > review.. >> >> I'm requesting our developers to take a look over and validation to >> test the ice and i40e patches. I will report back when I get results. > > Would you mind if I pick these patches up into Jeff's tree? It will > make it easier to test that way. No objections on my end, and you can add my: Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 20:06:15 +0000 Nguyen, Anthony L wrote: > On Wed, 2020-07-22 at 14:22 -0700, Tony Nguyen wrote: > > On Tue, 2020-07-21 at 18:27 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > > This set converts Intel drivers which have the ability to spawn > > > multiple netdevs, but have only one UDP tunnel port table. > > > > > > Appropriate support is added to the core infra in patch 1, > > > followed by netdevsim support and a selftest. > > > > > > The table sharing works by core attaching the same table > > > structure to all devices sharing the table. This means the > > > reference count has to accommodate potentially large values. > > > > > > Once core is ready i40e and ice are converted. These are > > > complex drivers, and I don't have HW to test so please > > > review.. > > > > I'm requesting our developers to take a look over and validation to > > test the ice and i40e patches. I will report back when I get results. > > Would you mind if I pick these patches up into Jeff's tree? It will > make it easier to test that way. It's been a month. Any ETA on these?
On Thu, 2020-09-03 at 16:22 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 20:06:15 +0000 Nguyen, Anthony L wrote: > > On Wed, 2020-07-22 at 14:22 -0700, Tony Nguyen wrote: > > > On Tue, 2020-07-21 at 18:27 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > > > This set converts Intel drivers which have the ability to spawn > > > > multiple netdevs, but have only one UDP tunnel port table. > > > > > > > > Appropriate support is added to the core infra in patch 1, > > > > followed by netdevsim support and a selftest. > > > > > > > > The table sharing works by core attaching the same table > > > > structure to all devices sharing the table. This means the > > > > reference count has to accommodate potentially large values. > > > > > > > > Once core is ready i40e and ice are converted. These are > > > > complex drivers, and I don't have HW to test so please > > > > review.. > > > > > > I'm requesting our developers to take a look over and validation > > > to > > > test the ice and i40e patches. I will report back when I get > > > results. > > > > Would you mind if I pick these patches up into Jeff's tree? It will > > make it easier to test that way. > > It's been a month. Any ETA on these? Sorry for taking so long. Let me check on the status and get back to you. Thanks, Tony