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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>,
	David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
Cc: Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>, dev <dev@dpdk.org>,
	"Xia, Chenbo" <chenbo.xia@intel.com>,
	Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
	Adrian Moreno Zapata <amorenoz@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 08/40] net/virtio: force IOVA as VA mode for Virtio-user
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:11:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <13089839.ugh3R6DZUH@thomas> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJFAV8xxGcDYyWE6rFjfHxQ6k45V=8C7mTZ2Jp4R=56GV3ATtw@mail.gmail.com>

06/01/2021 10:06, David Marchand:
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 10:14 PM Maxime Coquelin
> <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user_ethdev.c
> > index 1f1f63a1a5..f4775ff141 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user_ethdev.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user_ethdev.c
> > @@ -663,6 +663,17 @@ virtio_user_pmd_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
> >         char *mac_addr = NULL;
> >         int ret = -1;
> >
> > +       /*
> > +        * ToDo 1: Implement detection mechanism at vdev bus level as PCI, but
> > +        * it implies API breakage.
> 
> Extending rte_vdev_driver to implement this detection would be an ABI breakage.
> This is a driver-only API (rte_vdev_driver is only used by the vdev
> bus and drivers afaics).
> 
> Doing this is allowed as per my understanding of the ABI policy which
> guarantees ABI stability for applications.
> We do not guarantee this stability for OOT drivers.

I agree.
As a reminder, the A in ABI stands for Application.




  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-06  9:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 149+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-20 21:13 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/40] net/virtio: Virtio PMD rework Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/40] bus/vdev: add helper to get vdev from eth dev Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:02   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-05 21:15   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/40] net/virtio: Introduce Virtio bus type Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:02   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-05 21:15   ` David Marchand
2021-01-14  9:24     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-14 10:54       ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-14 11:55         ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/40] net/virtio: refactor virtio-user device Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:02   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-05 21:16   ` David Marchand
2021-01-14  9:26     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 04/40] net/virtio: introduce PCI device metadata Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:02   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-05 21:16   ` David Marchand
2021-01-14 11:05     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-14 14:40       ` David Marchand
2021-01-14 14:44         ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 05/40] net/virtio: move PCI device init in dedicated file Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:02   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-05 21:19   ` David Marchand
2021-01-14 16:04     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-14 16:14       ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 06/40] net/virtio: move PCI specific dev init to PCI ethdev init Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:05   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  8:58   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/40] net/virtio: move MSIX detection to PCI ethdev Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:05   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  8:22   ` David Marchand
2021-01-14 17:19     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 08/40] net/virtio: force IOVA as VA mode for Virtio-user Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:06   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  9:06   ` David Marchand
2021-01-06  9:11     ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2021-01-06  9:22       ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 16:37       ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-01-06  9:14     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 09/40] net/virtio: store PCI type in Virtio device metadata Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:07   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  9:14   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 10/40] net/virtio: add callback for device closing Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:07   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  9:33   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 11/40] net/virtio: validate features at bus level Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:08   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  9:33   ` David Marchand
2021-01-15  9:20     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 12/40] net/virtio: remove bus type enum Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:08   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  9:33   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 13/40] net/virtio: move PCI-specific fields to PCI device Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:08   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  9:58   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 14/40] net/virtio: pack virtio HW struct Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:09   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  9:58   ` David Marchand
2021-01-15  9:35     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 15/40] net/virtio: move legacy IO to Virtio PCI Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:09   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06 10:09   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 16/40] net/virtio: introduce generic virtio header Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:09   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06 10:08   ` David Marchand
2021-01-15  9:39     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 17/40] net/virtio: move features definition to generic header Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:14   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-14  8:40     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 18/40] net/virtio: move virtqueue defines in " Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:14   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06 15:53   ` David Marchand
2021-01-15 10:55     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 19/40] net/virtio: move config definitions to " Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:15   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06 16:01   ` David Marchand
2021-01-15 11:01     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20/40] net/virtio: make interrupt handling more generic Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:17   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-14  8:43     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 16:07   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 21/40] net/virtio: move vring alignment to generic header Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:18   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06 16:13   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 22/40] net/virtio: remove last PCI refs in non-PCI code Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:25   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-14  8:46     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 16:18   ` David Marchand
2021-01-15 11:10     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 23/40] net/virtio: make Vhost-user req sender consistent Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 11:50   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15  9:47     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 24/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user ops to set owner Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 11:50   ` Xia, Chenbo
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 25/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user features ops Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 11:54   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-13 13:43     ` Adrian Moreno
2021-01-13 13:54       ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-15 14:19       ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-13 13:57   ` Adrian Moreno
2021-01-15 14:29     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 26/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user protocol " Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 11:55   ` Xia, Chenbo
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 27/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user memory tables ops Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 11:57   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15  9:57     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 28/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user vring setting ops Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-05 21:24   ` David Marchand
2021-01-06 12:01   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 10:12     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 12:03   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 10:15     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 29/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user vring file ops Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-05 21:24   ` David Marchand
2021-01-06 12:04   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 10:17     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 30/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user vring address ops Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 12:06   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 10:19     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 31/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user status ops Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 12:09   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 10:48     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 32/40] net/virtio: remove useless request ops Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 33/40] net/virtio: improve Virtio-user errors handling Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-07  2:26   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 11:09     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 34/40] net/virtio: move Vhost-user reqs to Vhost-user backend Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 35/40] net/virtio: make server mode blocking Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-07  3:20   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 11:13     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 36/40] net/virtio: move protocol features to Vhost-user Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 37/40] net/virtio: introduce backend data Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-05 21:26   ` David Marchand
2021-01-13 17:18   ` Adrian Moreno
2021-01-15 16:49     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 38/40] net/virtio: move Vhost-user specifics to its backend Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-07  6:32   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 12:03     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 39/40] net/virtio: move Vhost-kernel data " Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-07  6:42   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-11  8:02   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 11:54     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-18 20:36     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 40/40] net/virtio: move Vhost-vDPA " Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-22 15:20   ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-07  6:50   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 12:08     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-11  8:05   ` Xia, Chenbo
2020-12-21 10:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/40] net/virtio: Virtio PMD rework Maxime Coquelin

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