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From: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
To: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>,
	Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>,
	Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Cc: dev <dev@dpdk.org>, "Xia, Chenbo" <chenbo.xia@intel.com>,
	 Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
	Adrian Moreno Zapata <amorenoz@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 08/40] net/virtio: force IOVA as VA mode for Virtio-user
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 10:06:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJFAV8xxGcDYyWE6rFjfHxQ6k45V=8C7mTZ2Jp4R=56GV3ATtw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201220211405.313012-9-maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>

On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 10:14 PM Maxime Coquelin
<maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user_ethdev.c
> index 1f1f63a1a5..f4775ff141 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user_ethdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user_ethdev.c
> @@ -663,6 +663,17 @@ virtio_user_pmd_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
>         char *mac_addr = NULL;
>         int ret = -1;
>
> +       /*
> +        * ToDo 1: Implement detection mechanism at vdev bus level as PCI, but
> +        * it implies API breakage.

Extending rte_vdev_driver to implement this detection would be an ABI breakage.
This is a driver-only API (rte_vdev_driver is only used by the vdev
bus and drivers afaics).

Doing this is allowed as per my understanding of the ABI policy which
guarantees ABI stability for applications.
We do not guarantee this stability for OOT drivers.

-- 
David Marchand


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-01-06  9:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 149+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-20 21:13 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/40] net/virtio: Virtio PMD rework Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/40] bus/vdev: add helper to get vdev from eth dev Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:02   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-05 21:15   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/40] net/virtio: Introduce Virtio bus type Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:02   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-05 21:15   ` David Marchand
2021-01-14  9:24     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-14 10:54       ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-14 11:55         ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/40] net/virtio: refactor virtio-user device Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:02   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-05 21:16   ` David Marchand
2021-01-14  9:26     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 04/40] net/virtio: introduce PCI device metadata Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:02   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-05 21:16   ` David Marchand
2021-01-14 11:05     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-14 14:40       ` David Marchand
2021-01-14 14:44         ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 05/40] net/virtio: move PCI device init in dedicated file Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:02   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-05 21:19   ` David Marchand
2021-01-14 16:04     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-14 16:14       ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 06/40] net/virtio: move PCI specific dev init to PCI ethdev init Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:05   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  8:58   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/40] net/virtio: move MSIX detection to PCI ethdev Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:05   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  8:22   ` David Marchand
2021-01-14 17:19     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 08/40] net/virtio: force IOVA as VA mode for Virtio-user Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:06   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  9:06   ` David Marchand [this message]
2021-01-06  9:11     ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-01-06  9:22       ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 16:37       ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-01-06  9:14     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 09/40] net/virtio: store PCI type in Virtio device metadata Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:07   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  9:14   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 10/40] net/virtio: add callback for device closing Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:07   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  9:33   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 11/40] net/virtio: validate features at bus level Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:08   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  9:33   ` David Marchand
2021-01-15  9:20     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 12/40] net/virtio: remove bus type enum Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:08   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  9:33   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 13/40] net/virtio: move PCI-specific fields to PCI device Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:08   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  9:58   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 14/40] net/virtio: pack virtio HW struct Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:09   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06  9:58   ` David Marchand
2021-01-15  9:35     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 15/40] net/virtio: move legacy IO to Virtio PCI Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:09   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06 10:09   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 16/40] net/virtio: introduce generic virtio header Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:09   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06 10:08   ` David Marchand
2021-01-15  9:39     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 17/40] net/virtio: move features definition to generic header Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:14   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-14  8:40     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 18/40] net/virtio: move virtqueue defines in " Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:14   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06 15:53   ` David Marchand
2021-01-15 10:55     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 19/40] net/virtio: move config definitions to " Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:15   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06 16:01   ` David Marchand
2021-01-15 11:01     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20/40] net/virtio: make interrupt handling more generic Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:17   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-14  8:43     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 16:07   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 21/40] net/virtio: move vring alignment to generic header Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:18   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-06 16:13   ` David Marchand
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 22/40] net/virtio: remove last PCI refs in non-PCI code Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-30  3:25   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-14  8:46     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 16:18   ` David Marchand
2021-01-15 11:10     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 23/40] net/virtio: make Vhost-user req sender consistent Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 11:50   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15  9:47     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 24/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user ops to set owner Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 11:50   ` Xia, Chenbo
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 25/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user features ops Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 11:54   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-13 13:43     ` Adrian Moreno
2021-01-13 13:54       ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-15 14:19       ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-13 13:57   ` Adrian Moreno
2021-01-15 14:29     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 26/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user protocol " Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 11:55   ` Xia, Chenbo
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 27/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user memory tables ops Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 11:57   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15  9:57     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 28/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user vring setting ops Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-05 21:24   ` David Marchand
2021-01-06 12:01   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 10:12     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 12:03   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 10:15     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 29/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user vring file ops Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-05 21:24   ` David Marchand
2021-01-06 12:04   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 10:17     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 30/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user vring address ops Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 12:06   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 10:19     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 31/40] net/virtio: add Virtio-user status ops Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-06 12:09   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 10:48     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 32/40] net/virtio: remove useless request ops Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 33/40] net/virtio: improve Virtio-user errors handling Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-07  2:26   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 11:09     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 34/40] net/virtio: move Vhost-user reqs to Vhost-user backend Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 35/40] net/virtio: make server mode blocking Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-07  3:20   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 11:13     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 36/40] net/virtio: move protocol features to Vhost-user Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 37/40] net/virtio: introduce backend data Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-05 21:26   ` David Marchand
2021-01-13 17:18   ` Adrian Moreno
2021-01-15 16:49     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 38/40] net/virtio: move Vhost-user specifics to its backend Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-07  6:32   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 12:03     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 39/40] net/virtio: move Vhost-kernel data " Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-07  6:42   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-11  8:02   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 11:54     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-18 20:36     ` Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-20 21:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 40/40] net/virtio: move Vhost-vDPA " Maxime Coquelin
2020-12-22 15:20   ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-07  6:50   ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-15 12:08     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-11  8:05   ` Xia, Chenbo
2020-12-21 10:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/40] net/virtio: Virtio PMD rework Maxime Coquelin

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