From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
To: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>, dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>,
Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/13] introduce fail-safe PMD
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:01:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <967ed2bc-5286-e0a5-eae2-18de1ccbe842@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1488985489.git.gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>
On 3/8/2017 3:15 PM, Gaetan Rivet wrote:
> This PMD intercepts and manages Ethernet device removal events issued by
> slave PMDs and re-initializes them transparently when brought back so that
> existing applications do not need to be modified to benefit from true
> hot-plugging support.
>
> The stacked PMD approach shares many similarities with the bonding PMD but
> with a different purpose. While bonding provides the ability to group
> several links into a single logical device for enhanced throughput and
> supports fail-over at link level, this one manages the sudden disappearance
> of the underlying device; it guarantees applications face a valid device in
> working order at all times.
>
> Each fail-safe instance is configured to run atop one or several
> devices, with one defined as the preferred device. Hot-plug events are
> handled on all of them, and Tx is always directed to the preferred device
> if present or to the next available failover device (Rx is always performed
> on all devices for simplicity).
>
> Moreover, the configured slaves (preferred or failover) do not need to be
> present at initialization time and may appear later.
>
> Slaves configuration is continuously synchronized with that of the virtual
> device, which exposes their common set of capabilities to the application.
> Failure to apply the current configuration state to a slave for any reason
> simply reschedules its initialization.
>
> This series depends on the series
> [PATCH 0/4] clarify eth_dev state management
> [PATCH 0/5] add device removal event
>
> v1 --> v2:
>
> - Wrote documentation
> - Fixed commit logs, signed-off-by
> - Added LSC event support
> - A few minor fixes
>
> Gaetan Rivet (13):
> ethdev: save VLAN filter setting
> ethdev: add flow API rule copy function
> ethdev: add deferred intermediate device state
> pci: expose device detach routine
> pci: expose parse and probe routines
> net/failsafe: add fail-safe PMD
> net/failsafe: add plug-in support
> net/failsafe: add flexible device definition
> net/failsafe: support flow API
> net/failsafe: support offload capabilities
> net/failsafe: add fast burst functions
> net/failsafe: support device removal
> net/failsafe: support link status change event
Postponed to next release (17.08) based on tech board decision [1]
[1]
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-March/061009.html
prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-03-23 13:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-03 15:40 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/12] " Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/12] ethdev: save VLAN filter setting Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 17:33 ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/12] ethdev: add flow API rule copy function Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/12] ethdev: add deferred intermediate device state Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 17:34 ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 04/12] pci: expose device detach routine Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 05/12] pci: expose parse and probe routines Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 06/12] net/failsafe: add fail-safe PMD Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 17:38 ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-03-06 14:19 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/12] net/failsafe: add plug-in support Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 08/12] net/failsafe: add flexible device definition Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 09/12] net/failsafe: support flow API Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 10/12] net/failsafe: support offload capabilities Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 11/12] net/failsafe: add fast burst functions Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 12/12] net/failsafe: support device removal Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 16:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/12] introduce fail-safe PMD Bruce Richardson
2017-03-06 13:53 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-03-03 17:27 ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-03-08 15:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/13] " Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-08 15:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/13] ethdev: save VLAN filter setting Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-08 15:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/13] ethdev: add flow API rule copy function Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-08 15:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/13] ethdev: add deferred intermediate device state Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-08 15:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/13] pci: expose device detach routine Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-08 15:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/13] pci: expose parse and probe routines Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-08 15:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/13] net/failsafe: add fail-safe PMD Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-08 15:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/13] net/failsafe: add plug-in support Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-08 15:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/13] net/failsafe: add flexible device definition Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-08 15:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/13] net/failsafe: support flow API Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-08 15:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/13] net/failsafe: support offload capabilities Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-08 15:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/13] net/failsafe: add fast burst functions Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-08 15:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/13] net/failsafe: support device removal Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-08 15:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 13/13] net/failsafe: support link status change event Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-08 16:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/13] introduce fail-safe PMD Neil Horman
2017-03-09 9:15 ` Bruce Richardson
2017-03-10 9:13 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-03-10 22:43 ` Neil Horman
2017-03-14 14:49 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-03-15 3:28 ` Bruce Richardson
2017-03-15 11:15 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-15 14:25 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-03-16 20:50 ` Neil Horman
2017-03-17 10:56 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-03-18 19:51 ` Neil Horman
2017-03-20 15:00 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-05-17 12:50 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-05-17 16:59 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-03-23 13:01 ` Ferruh Yigit [this message]
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