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From: "Xueming(Steven) Li" <xuemingl@nvidia.com>
To: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>,
	Asaf Penso <asafp@nvidia.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/9] ethdev: support SubFunction representor
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:24:46 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BY5PR12MB432492707596AC0F4CE76EDEA1A30@BY5PR12MB4324.namprd12.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <27ae1146-50a9-7a56-bce8-b93740927389@oktetlabs.ru>


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 4:41 PM
>To: Xueming(Steven) Li <xuemingl@nvidia.com>
>Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>; Asaf Penso
><asafp@nvidia.com>
>Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/9] ethdev: support SubFunction
>representor
>
>On 1/19/21 10:13 AM, Xueming Li wrote:
>> dedicated queues(txq, rxq). A SF netdev supports E-Switch
>> representation offload similar to existing PF and VF representors. A
>> SF shares PCI level resources with other SFs and/or with its parent PCI
>function.
>>
>>>From SmartNIC perspective, when PCI device is shared for multi-host,
>> representors for host controller and host PF is required.
>>
>> This patch set introduces new representor types in addtion to existing
>> VF representor. Syntax:
>>
>> [[c#]pf#]vf#: VF port representor/s from controller/pf
>> [[c#]pf#]sf#: SF port representor/s from controller/pf
>> #: VF representor - for backwards compatibility
>>
>> "#" is number instance, list or range, valid examples:
>>   1, [1,3,5], [0-3], [0,2-4,6]
>>
>> For backward compatibility, this patch also introduces new netdev
>> capability to indicate the capability of supportting SF representor.
>
>The patch series looks really nice. Thanks.
>
>As before, my biggest concern is making representor ID a bitmap. See my
>comments to a specific patch.
>Plus absence of defined semantics of caller function.
>Basically it is looks like it is assumed that controller #0 and PF #0 is the caller.
>However, it could be wrong.

From devargs syntax perspective, a VF representor on PF1 could be referenced either way:
  1:  <PF0_BDF>,representor=pf1vfX
  2:  <PF1_BDF>,representor=vfX
  3:  <PF1_BDF>,representor=pf0vfX // works but not suggested, use PF0 BDF as caller
If probe a device with PF0 BDF and locate it with PF1 BDF, the device iterator will fail,
devargs is parsed by api, EAL layer simply compare PCI BDF and then representor ID, 
i.e. "c#pf#vf#". The caller device should be consistent, better to use the first device.

Devrg "<PF1_BDF>,representor=vfX" will work, representor controller ID and pf ID
default to #0, relative to caller context PF1 BDF.

Is it good to add such suggestion/behavior on rte_eth_devargs comments?

>
>The next biggest concert is the absence of capability reporting API. How many
>controller are available?
>How many PFs on each controller are available?
>How many VFs on each controller/PF are available?
>How many SFs?
>
>From the first sight it sounds not that important right now and an extra
>feature which could be added in the follow up patches, but IMHO addition of
>the API would allow to avoid making representor ID a bitmap.
>Basically capabilities API can provide an array of available functions with
>representor ID assigned to each entry. Also it could make the entire patch
>series optional since it would allow to interpret numbers in representor=[....]
>as representor IDs which are mapped to controller/PF/VF/SF by the
>capabilities reporting API.
>
>I realize that sometimes it could be more convenient to use syntax suggested
>here. Mainly for human.

Agree, mostly for human. Regarding to capability reporting API, how about remove
current one and enhance it later with a complete patch set?

  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-19 14:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 209+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-18 14:55 [dpdk-dev] [RFC 0/7] " Xueming Li
2020-12-18 14:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/7] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2020-12-28 11:59   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-06 16:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/9] support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/9] ethdev: refactor representor infrastructure Xueming Li
2021-01-07  6:31     ` Somnath Kotur
2021-01-07  6:38       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-07  6:40         ` Somnath Kotur
2021-01-06 16:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/9] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/9] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/9] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/9] ethdev: support multi-host representor Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/9] devarg: change reprsentor ID to bitmap Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/9] ethdev: capability of new representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 8/9] kvargs: update parser for " Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 9/9] eal: allow PCI device with different representors Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/4] net/mlx5: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] common/mlx5: update representor name parsing Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] net/mlx5: support representor of sub function Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] net/mlx5: revert setting representor to first PF Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/4] net/mlx5: improve bonding representor probe Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/9] ethdev: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/9] ethdev: refactor representor infrastructure Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/9] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/9] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/9] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/9] ethdev: support multi-host representor Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/9] devarg: change reprsentor ID to bitmap Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/9] ethdev: capability of new representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 8/9] kvargs: update parser for " Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 9/9] eal: probe devices of same PCI but different devargs Xueming Li
2021-01-18 11:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/9] ethdev: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-01-18 16:24     ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-01-18 11:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/9] ethdev: introduce representor type Xueming Li
2021-01-18 15:44     ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-01-18 17:42     ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-01-18 17:57       ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-01-18 18:00         ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-01-18 18:15           ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-01-18 18:17             ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-01-18 23:41               ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19  7:39                 ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-01-19  7:24     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19  7:37       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19  7:49         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19  7:56           ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19  8:39             ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-01-18 11:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/9] ethdev: support representor port list Xueming Li
2021-01-18 16:18     ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-01-18 23:23       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19  7:45     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19  8:59       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19  9:03         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 10:19           ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-18 11:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/9] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-01-18 11:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/9] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-01-18 11:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/9] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-01-18 11:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/9] ethdev: support multi-host " Xueming Li
2021-01-18 11:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/9] devarg: change representor ID to bitmap Xueming Li
2021-01-18 19:01     ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-01-20  5:51       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-18 11:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 8/9] ethdev: add capability of sub-function representor Xueming Li
2021-01-18 11:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 9/9] kvargs: update parser to support lists Xueming Li
2021-01-19  7:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/9] ethdev: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-01-19  8:40     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 14:24       ` Xueming(Steven) Li [this message]
2021-01-22  8:21         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-27  3:04           ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-27 12:10             ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-28 14:31               ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-02-01  8:39                 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-04 14:15                   ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-02-05  7:34                     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-05  9:13                       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-02-05  9:37                         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-27 17:43             ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-01-28 11:45               ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-21  3:32     ` Tu, Lijuan
2021-01-19  7:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/9] ethdev: introduce representor type Xueming Li
2021-01-19  7:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/9] ethdev: support representor port list Xueming Li
2021-01-19  7:48     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19  8:19       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19  7:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/9] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-01-19  7:51     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19  7:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/9] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-01-19  7:53     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19  7:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/9] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-01-19  8:00     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19  9:30       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19  9:36         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 11:57           ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19  7:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/9] ethdev: support multi-host " Xueming Li
2021-01-19  8:03     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19  9:32       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19  7:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 7/9] devarg: change representor ID to bitmap Xueming Li
2021-01-19  7:36     ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-01-19  8:11       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19  8:20     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19  8:33       ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-01-19 11:04       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19 11:15         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19  7:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 8/9] ethdev: add capability of sub-function representor Xueming Li
2021-01-19  8:06     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 11:19       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19 11:29         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19  7:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 9/9] kvargs: update parser to support lists Xueming Li
2021-02-14  3:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/9] ethdev: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-02-23  1:54     ` Stephen Hemminger
2021-02-23 11:45       ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-02-28 13:51         ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-31  5:49         ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-31  5:58           ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-02-14  3:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/9] ethdev: introduce representor type Xueming Li
2021-02-15  2:25     ` Hyong Youb Kim (hyonkim)
2021-02-14  3:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/9] ethdev: support representor port list Xueming Li
2021-02-15  8:13     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-14  3:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/9] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-02-14  3:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/9] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-02-15  8:25     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-16  9:00       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-02-14  3:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 5/9] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-02-15  8:28     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-15  8:35     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-16 14:54       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-02-14  3:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 6/9] ethdev: support multi-host " Xueming Li
2021-02-15  8:37     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-14  3:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 7/9] ethdev: new API to get representor info Xueming Li
2021-02-15  8:50     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-16 15:11       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-02-14  3:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 8/9] ethdev: representor iterator compare complete info Xueming Li
2021-02-15  9:31     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-16 16:35       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-02-25  7:32         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-14  3:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 9/9] kvargs: update parser to support lists Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:40   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/9] ethdev: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:40   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/9] ethdev: introduce representor type Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:42   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/9] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:42   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/9] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:42   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 5/9] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:51     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-03-02 11:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 6/9] ethdev: support multi-host " Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 7/9] ethdev: new API to get representor info Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:56     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-03-02 11:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 8/9] ethdev: representor iterator compare complete info Xueming Li
2021-03-02 14:10     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-03-02 15:18       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-02 11:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 9/9] kvargs: update parser to support lists Xueming Li
2021-03-04 14:30   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/9] ethdev: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-03-08 16:43     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-09  7:13       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-04 14:30   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/9] ethdev: introduce representor type Xueming Li
2021-03-08 14:35     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-04 14:30   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/9] ethdev: support representor port list Xueming Li
2021-03-08 14:38     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-08 15:58       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-08 16:22         ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-09  6:16           ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-04 14:30   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/9] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-03-04 14:30   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 4/9] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-03-04 14:30   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 5/9] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-03-04 14:30   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 6/9] ethdev: support multi-host " Xueming Li
2021-03-04 14:30   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 7/9] ethdev: new API to get representor info Xueming Li
2021-03-08 14:43     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-08 15:31       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-08 16:12         ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-09  4:13           ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-04 14:30   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 8/9] ethdev: representor iterator compare complete info Xueming Li
2021-03-08 16:18     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-09  6:00       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-09  8:19     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-03-11 13:18       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-04 14:30   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 9/9] kvargs: update parser to support lists Xueming Li
2021-03-08 14:45     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-08 14:59       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-08 15:54         ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-08 16:01           ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-11 13:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 00/10] ethdev: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-03-16 19:18     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-17  9:00       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-11 13:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 01/10] ethdev: introduce representor type Xueming Li
2021-03-11 13:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 02/10] ethdev: refactor representor port list parsing Xueming Li
2021-03-11 13:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 03/10] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-03-11 13:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 04/10] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-03-11 13:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 05/10] kvargs: update parser to support multiple lists Xueming Li
2021-04-12 16:42     ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-03-11 13:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 06/10] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-03-11 13:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 07/10] ethdev: support multi-host " Xueming Li
2021-03-11 13:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 08/10] ethdev: new API to get representor info Xueming Li
2021-03-16 19:18     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-16 21:19       ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-03-16 23:34         ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-17  6:57           ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-03-17 17:11             ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-11 13:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 09/10] ethdev: representor iterator compare complete info Xueming Li
2021-03-11 13:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 10/10] doc/release: add representor enhancements Xueming Li
2020-12-18 14:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 2/7] ethdev: support multi-host representor Xueming Li
2020-12-28 13:43   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-12-18 14:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 3/7] devarg: change reprsentor ID to bitmap Xueming Li
2020-12-28 13:36   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-05  6:19     ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2020-12-18 14:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 4/7] ethdev: capability for new representor syntax Xueming Li
2020-12-28 12:02   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-12-18 14:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 5/7] kvargs: update parser " Xueming Li
2020-12-28 13:21   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-12-18 14:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 6/7] common/mlx5: update representor name parsing Xueming Li
2020-12-18 14:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 7/7] net/mlx5: support representor of sub function Xueming Li
2020-12-28 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 0/7] support SubFunction representor Andrew Rybchenko
2020-12-30  8:54   ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2020-12-30 11:07     ` Thomas Monjalon

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