From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BC8C23A for ; Sun, 6 May 2018 08:35:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E7CA20D44; Sun, 6 May 2018 02:35:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 06 May 2018 02:35:03 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fridaylinux.org; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s= fm2; bh=/dPtnW9pPXAfKKVFKozI/wORIsGXVYPpkOEWG0D47HI=; b=u23W6Qvf J9l0sX7tWIYno/Q7YhYtQt+TwviscwE7GCBnYGCpRD4/OPiHDKoYNjl60GfMxgoW PJMmLTtIGTRaO2+UzaSiQDPy+2E/MtyWg/dka4Zu1mxQMpE0TE2tJYc4LEVlksvV I2ye6EoWIb9y6BKB2bUgjThDcMXyGZhACxHTekpnTSX6nAfImwBfnwKrXRNipYPt KPtSfDj3+HZBtxUS/X9wxWyDMfTAWJSRpP5in5eAY5KH3xrZ0sF1a8s3gpxWrzce eavkjbvY2ze2n3WdoQv1wXx+HRyC2WQGawxEzQC4sFUfKIgYvITlHYGeyVYAgkZi FaVFN6Oadrbliw== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=/dPtnW9pPXAfKKVFKozI/wORIsGXV YPpkOEWG0D47HI=; b=cGXZ3xNH1IGCcx1jg5WbfJqG6u5vEAkdcGCYR4JJBgI+R N9k9hQtTytT4/habnItPkReoYEVBzm+lagUrZCjEs4kYLQHv0gxGVPFWNLqm0/4/ Uv+6tbNpeJNmbLmvvzIP/gi+eZV9ab0b8j3054oa8yS1k95w2zVOidvF2d7kfOAl D81ktEtl1fvYGpWw4itj0O7ijrw/hqgkU8me6NlTJBZHQBuWnMcq/IdFh3e7JFe8 4KZ4oQRCFQuPR0HTHLDGfHetdkU7G0uxXW3P6bxyDtiFXfoLaFZQoCGI/vNe4lBB pPvle/dRRz/9VKC+dt0teLwL4YPRuIHBWDkrwIO/A== X-ME-Sender: Received: from yuanhanliu-NB0 (unknown [223.74.148.102]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 5A55A10255; Sun, 6 May 2018 02:35:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 14:34:38 +0800 From: Yuanhan Liu To: Kevin Traynor Cc: Aaron Conole , stable@dpdk.org, Alejandro Lucero , Ferruh Yigit , Eelco Chaudron , Pablo Cascon , Adrien Mazarguil Message-ID: <20180506063438.tgp7oso4gj5qnng4@yuanhanliu-NB0.tencent.com> References: <20180430172040.13506-1-aconole@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 0/2] nfp: support non-root user for the Netronome X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 May 2018 06:35:04 -0000 On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 07:02:29PM +0100, Kevin Traynor wrote: > On 04/30/2018 06:20 PM, Aaron Conole wrote: > > Even when trying to use the Netronome cards via VFIO, there is a > > lock file being requested, which requires root access. This series > > fixes an issue with the nfp driver lock release always releasing > > 'nfp0' (which isn't a bug in practice for other reasons) as well > > as allowing the lock file location to be configured by the application > > or user via the HOME environment variable (similar to other resources > > in the DPDK framework). > > > > This series is only applicable to the stable tree because the nfp > > driver is completely rewritten for later versions of DPDK. > > > > Hi Yuanhan, I think we would like to get this into the next 17.11 stable > release if possible. Not sure when you are merging patches into the tree > for it? Hi, I have just applied it to dpdk-stable/17.11. It will be part of 17.11.3 LTS release. Thanks. --yliu > > Kevin. > > > 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(-) > >