From: "Minggang(Gavin) Li" <gavinl@nvidia.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: viacheslavo@nvidia.com, matan@nvidia.com, orika@nvidia.com,
thomas@monjalon.net, Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski@nvidia.com>,
Bing Zhao <bingz@nvidia.com>, Suanming Mou <suanmingm@nvidia.com>,
dev@dpdk.org, rasland@nvidia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:25:46 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <88012c32-57cc-442e-96b5-fcbf304383b2@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241029092609.6052056f@hermes.local>
On 10/30/2024 12:26 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:42:56 +0200
> "Minggang Li(Gavin)" <gavinl@nvidia.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> +* **Updated NVIDIA mlx5 driver.**
>> +
>> + Optimized port probe in large scale.
>> + This feature enhances the efficiency of probing VF/SFs on a large scale
>> + by significantly reducing the probing time. To activate this feature,
>> + set ``probe_opt_en`` to a non-zero value during device probing. It
>> + leverages a capability from the RDMA driver, expected to be released in
>> + the upcoming kernel version 6.13 or its equivalent in OFED 24.10,
>> + specifically the RDMA monitor. For additional details on the limitations
>> + of devargs, refer to "doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst".
>> +
>> + If there are lots of VFs/SFs to be probed by the application, eg, 300
>> + VFs/SFs, the option should be enabled to save probing time.
> IMHO the kernel parts have to be available in a released kernel version.
> Otherwise the kernel API/ABI is not stable and there is a possibility of user confusion.
>
> This needs to stay in "awaiting upstream" state until kernel is released
Sorry, it's a typo. The dependent kernel is 6.12 which is in RC. Do you
think we should wait for it to be released to push the patch to DPDK
upstream?
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-10-30 8:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-10-16 8:38 [PATCH V1 0/7] port probe time optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 1/7] mailmap: update user name Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 2/7] net/mlx5: optimize device probing Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 3/7] net/mlx5: add new devargs to control probe optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 4/7] common/mlx5: fix Netlink socket leak Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 5/7] common/mlx5: add RDMA monitor event awareness Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 6/7] mlx5: use RDMA Netlink to update port information Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 0/7] port probe time optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 1/7] mailmap: update user name Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 2/7] net/mlx5: optimize device probing Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 3/7] net/mlx5: add new devargs to control probe optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 15:47 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-29 8:27 ` Minggang(Gavin) Li
2024-10-29 16:07 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-30 8:16 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 4/7] common/mlx5: fix Netlink socket leak Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 5/7] common/mlx5: add RDMA monitor event awareness Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 6/7] mlx5: use RDMA Netlink to update port information Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 15:49 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-29 8:31 ` Minggang(Gavin) Li
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 0/7] port probe time optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 1/7] mailmap: update user name Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 2/7] net/mlx5: optimize device probing Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 3/7] net/mlx5: add new devargs to control probe optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 16:20 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 4/7] common/mlx5: fix Netlink socket leak Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 5/7] common/mlx5: add RDMA monitor event awareness Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 6/7] mlx5: use RDMA Netlink to update port information Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 0/7] port probe time optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 1/7] mailmap: update user name Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 2/7] net/mlx5: optimize device probing Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 3/7] net/mlx5: add new devargs to control probe optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 4/7] common/mlx5: fix Netlink socket leak Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 5/7] common/mlx5: add RDMA monitor event awareness Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 6/7] mlx5: use RDMA Netlink to update port information Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 16:26 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-30 8:25 ` Minggang(Gavin) Li [this message]
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