From: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dkozlyuk@nvidia.com>
To: <dev@dpdk.org>
Cc: <stable@dpdk.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/5] doc: update instructions for running as non-root for MLX5
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:48:16 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220624084817.63145-5-dkozlyuk@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220624084817.63145-1-dkozlyuk@nvidia.com>
Reference the common guide for generic setup.
Remove excessive capabilities from the recommended list.
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dkozlyuk@nvidia.com>
---
doc/guides/platform/mlx5.rst | 31 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/platform/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/platform/mlx5.rst
index 64a4c5e76e..18d38f3488 100644
--- a/doc/guides/platform/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/platform/mlx5.rst
@@ -404,25 +404,30 @@ The device can be bound again at this point.
Run as Non-Root
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-In order to run as a non-root user,
-some capabilities must be granted to the application::
+Hugepage and resource limit setup are documented
+in the :ref:`common Linux guide <Running_Without_Root_Privileges>`.
+This PMD can operate without access to physical addresses,
+therefore it does not require ``SYS_ADMIN`` to access ``/proc/self/pagemaps``.
+Note that this requirement may still come from other drivers.
- setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_net_admin,cap_net_raw,cap_ipc_lock+ep <dpdk-app>
+Below are additional capabilities that must be granted to the application
+with the reasons for the need of each capability:
-Below are the reasons for the need of each capability:
+``NET_RAW``
+ For raw Ethernet queue allocation through the kernel driver.
-``cap_sys_admin``
- When using physical addresses (PA mode), with Linux >= 4.0,
- for access to ``/proc/self/pagemap``.
+``NET_ADMIN``
+ For device configuration, like setting link status or MTU.
-``cap_net_admin``
- For device configuration.
+``SYS_RAWIO``
+ For using group 1 and above (software steering) in Flow API.
-``cap_net_raw``
- For raw ethernet queue allocation through kernel driver.
+They can be manually granted for a specific executable file::
-``cap_ipc_lock``
- For DMA memory pinning.
+ setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin,cap_sys_rawio+ep <executable>
+
+Alternatively, a service manager or a container runtime
+may configure the capabilities for a process.
Windows Environment
--
2.25.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-06-24 8:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20220607234949.2311884-1-dkozlyuk@nvidia.com>
2022-06-07 23:49 ` [PATCH 3/4] doc: give specific instructions for running as non-root Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-08 0:03 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-06-07 23:49 ` [PATCH 4/4] doc: update instructions for running as non-root for MLX5 Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-08 0:13 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-06-17 11:26 ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
[not found] ` <20220617112508.3823291-1-dkozlyuk@nvidia.com>
2022-06-17 11:25 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] doc: give specific instructions for running as non-root Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-17 16:38 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-06-20 6:10 ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-20 8:37 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-06-24 8:49 ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-17 11:25 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] doc: update instructions for running as non-root for MLX5 Dmitry Kozlyuk
[not found] ` <20220624084817.63145-1-dkozlyuk@nvidia.com>
2022-06-24 8:48 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] doc: give specific instructions for running as non-root Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-24 9:09 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-06-24 8:48 ` Dmitry Kozlyuk [this message]
[not found] ` <20220624131956.75160-1-dkozlyuk@nvidia.com>
2022-06-24 13:19 ` [PATCH v4 " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-24 13:19 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] doc: update instructions for running as non-root for MLX5 Dmitry Kozlyuk
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