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[net-next,v2,12/14] devlink: Add devlink port documentation

Message ID 20201209072934.1272819-13-saeed@kernel.org
State Superseded
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Series Add mlx5 subfunction support | expand

Commit Message

Saeed Mahameed Dec. 9, 2020, 7:29 a.m. UTC 
From: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>

Added documentation for devlink port and port function related commands.

Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
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Changelog:
v5->v6:
 - added label for devlink port to refer in other documentation
 - rephrased port flavour description
 - added article a before "PCI device"
 - changed 'root complex' to 'root complexes'
 - changed 'may support' to 'support'
 - rephrased diagram description line
 - removed networking from port flavour description
v4->v5:
 - described logically ingress and egress point of devlink port
 - removed networking from devlink port description
 - rephrased port type description
 - introduce PCI controller section and description
 - rephrased controller, device, function description
 - removed confusing eswitch to system wording
 - rephrased port function description
 - added example of mac address in port function attribute description
v3->v4:
 - changed 'exist' to 'exists'
 - added 'an' eswitch
 - changed 'can have one' to 'consists of'
 - changed 'who intents' to 'that intends'
 - removed unnecessary comma
 - rewrote description for the example diagram
 - changed 'controller consist of' to 'controller consists of'
v2->v3:
 - rephrased many lines
 - first paragraph now describe devlink port
 - instead of saying PCI device/function, using PCI function every
   where
 - changed 'physical link layer' to 'link layer'
 - made devlink port type description more clear
 - made devlink port flavour description more clear
 - moved devlink port type table after port flavour
 - added description for the example diagram
 - describe CPU port that its linked to DSA
 - made devlink port description for eswitch port more clear
v1->v2:
 - Removed duplicate table entries for DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_VIRTUAL.
 - replaced 'consist of' to 'consisting'
 - changed 'can be' to 'can be of'
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 .../networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst       | 118 ++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst    |   1 +
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 create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+.. _devlink_port:
+
+============
+Devlink Port
+============
+
+``devlink-port`` is a port that exists on the device. It has a logically
+separate ingress/egress point of the device. A devlink port can be any one
+of many flavours. A devlink port flavour along with port attributes
+describe what a port represents.
+
+A device driver that intends to publish a devlink port sets the
+devlink port attributes and registers the devlink port.
+
+Devlink port flavours are described below.
+
+.. list-table:: List of devlink port flavours
+   :widths: 33 90
+
+   * - Flavour
+     - Description
+   * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_PHYSICAL``
+     - Any kind of physical port. This can be an eswitch physical port or any
+       other physical port on the device.
+   * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_DSA``
+     - This indicates a DSA interconnect port.
+   * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_CPU``
+     - This indicates a CPU port applicable only to DSA.
+   * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_PCI_PF``
+     - This indicates an eswitch port representing a port of PCI
+       physical function (PF).
+   * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_PCI_VF``
+     - This indicates an eswitch port representing a port of PCI
+       virtual function (VF).
+   * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_VIRTUAL``
+     - This indicates a virtual port for the PCI virtual function.
+
+Devlink port can have a different type based on the link layer described below.
+
+.. list-table:: List of devlink port types
+   :widths: 23 90
+
+   * - Type
+     - Description
+   * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_ETH``
+     - Driver should set this port type when a link layer of the port is
+       Ethernet.
+   * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_IB``
+     - Driver should set this port type when a link layer of the port is
+       InfiniBand.
+   * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_AUTO``
+     - This type is indicated by the user when driver should detect the port
+       type automatically.
+
+PCI controllers
+---------------
+In most cases a PCI device has only one controller. A controller consists of
+potentially multiple physical and virtual functions. Such PCI function consists
+of one or more ports. This port of the function is represented by the devlink
+eswitch port.
+
+A PCI Device connected to multiple CPUs or multiple PCI root complexes or
+SmartNIC, however, may have multiple controllers. For a device with multiple
+controllers, each controller is distinguished by a unique controller number.
+An eswitch on the PCI device support ports of multiple controllers.
+
+An example view of a system with two controllers::
+
+                 ---------------------------------------------------------
+                 |                                                       |
+                 |           --------- ---------         ------- ------- |
+    -----------  |           | vf(s) | | sf(s) |         |vf(s)| |sf(s)| |
+    | server  |  | -------   ----/---- ---/----- ------- ---/--- ---/--- |
+    | pci rc  |=== | pf0 |______/________/       | pf1 |___/_______/     |
+    | connect |  | -------                       -------                 |
+    -----------  |     | controller_num=1 (no eswitch)                   |
+                 ------|--------------------------------------------------
+                 (internal wire)
+                       |
+                 ---------------------------------------------------------
+                 | devlink eswitch ports and reps                        |
+                 | ----------------------------------------------------- |
+                 | |ctrl-0 | ctrl-0 | ctrl-0 | ctrl-0 | ctrl-0 |ctrl-0 | |
+                 | |pf0    | pf0vfN | pf0sfN | pf1    | pf1vfN |pf1sfN | |
+                 | ----------------------------------------------------- |
+                 | |ctrl-1 | ctrl-1 | ctrl-1 | ctrl-1 | ctrl-1 |ctrl-1 | |
+                 | |pf0    | pf0vfN | pf0sfN | pf1    | pf1vfN |pf1sfN | |
+                 | ----------------------------------------------------- |
+                 |                                                       |
+                 |                                                       |
+    -----------  |           --------- ---------         ------- ------- |
+    | smartNIC|  |           | vf(s) | | sf(s) |         |vf(s)| |sf(s)| |
+    | pci rc  |==| -------   ----/---- ---/----- ------- ---/--- ---/--- |
+    | connect |  | | pf0 |______/________/       | pf1 |___/_______/     |
+    -----------  | -------                       -------                 |
+                 |                                                       |
+                 |  local controller_num=0 (eswitch)                     |
+                 ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+In above example, external controller (identified by controller number = 1)
+doesn't have eswitch. Local controller (identified by controller number = 0)
+has the eswitch. Devlink instance on local controller has eswitch devlink
+ports representing ports for both the controllers.
+
+Port function configuration
+===========================
+
+A user can configure the port function attribute before enumerating the
+PCI function. Usually it means, user should configure port function attribute
+before a bus specific device for the function is created. However, when
+SRIOV is enabled, virtual function devices are created on the PCI bus.
+Hence, function attribute should be configured before binding virtual
+function device to the driver.
+
+User may set the hardware address of the function represented by the devlink
+port function. For Ethernet port function this means a MAC address.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
index d82874760ae2..aab79667f97b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@  general.
    devlink-info
    devlink-flash
    devlink-params
+   devlink-port
    devlink-region
    devlink-resource
    devlink-reload