Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC 0/2] nfp driver fixes

[Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>]

On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 2:23 PM, Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com> wrote:

> Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero@netronome.com> writes:
>
> > Hi Aaron,
> >
> > Thanks for this patches.
> >
> > I'm afraid these are not applicable for current NFP driver after commit
>
> Okay.
>
> > "net/nfp: add NFP CPP support"
> >
> > which has been accepted in dpdk-net-next.
>
> I think nfp_acquire_process_lock() can be modified as I did in 2/2, but
> I noticed that there's some reliance on various sysfs files (and I think
> you point this out in your response to 2/2 as well) and that may be
> problematic for us with ovs2.8+.  I'll do some more digging.
>

If OVS always relies on VFIO, then it is fine and this patch makes sense.


>
> Thanks Alejandro!
>
> > However, those could be valid for stable versions. I have comments on
> both patches.
>
> Cool.  As I noted, I haven't tested them yet, but once I get time to
> test them I will pull in any feedback and resubmit.  I guess if I do,
> they should really just be for stable fixes?  Not sure how that would
> work.
>
>
Not sure how this needs to be done. Stable versions pull from main branch
just for bug fixing applied patches.
Maybe it is worth to discuss. Adding stable email.


> > On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 12:22 AM, Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >  Two fixes, one which is fairly obvious (1/2), the other which may
> >  allow support of non-root users.  These patches are only compile tested
> >  which is why they are submitted as RFC.  After a proper test, will
> >  resubmit them as PATCH (with any suggested / recommended changes).
> >
> >  Aaron Conole (2):
> >    nfp: unlink the appropriate lock file
> >    nfp: allow for non-root user
> >
> >   drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nfpu.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
> >   1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> >  --
> >  2.14.3
>