> Subject: RE: [PATCH v4 05/23] ice: Add devlink params support > > > > > From: Saleem, Shiraz <shiraz.saleem@xxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 8:11 PM > [..] > > > > > > Parav is talking about generic ways to customize the aux devices > > > > > created and that would seem to serve the same function as this. > > > > > > > > Is there an RFC or something posted for us to look at? > > > I do not have polished RFC content ready yet. > > > But coping the full config sequence snippet from the internal draft > > > (changed for ice > > > example) here as I like to discuss with you in this context. > > > > Thanks Parav! Some comments below. > > > > > > > > # (1) show auxiliary device types supported by a given devlink device. > > > # applies to pci pf,vf,sf. (in general at devlink instance). > > > $ devlink dev auxdev show pci/0000:06.00.0 > > > pci/0000:06.00.0: > > > current: > > > roce eth > > > new: > > > supported: > > > roce eth iwarp > > > > > > # (2) enable iwarp and ethernet type of aux devices and disable roce. > > > $ devlink dev auxdev set pci/0000:06:00.0 roce off iwarp on > > > > > > # (3) now see which aux devices will be enable on next reload. > > > $ devlink dev auxdev show pci/0000:06:00.0 > > > pci/0000:06:00.0: > > > current: > > > roce eth > > > new: > > > eth iwarp > > > supported: > > > roce eth iwarp > > > > > > # (4) now reload the device and see which aux devices are created. > > > At this point driver undergoes reconfig for removal of roce and > > > adding > > iwarp. > > > $ devlink reload pci/0000:06:00.0 > > > > I see this is modeled like devlink resource. > > > > Do we really to need a PCI driver re-init to switch the type of the > > auxdev hanging off the PCI dev? > > > I don't see a need to re-init the whole PCI driver. Since only aux device config is > changed only that piece to get reloaded. But that is what mlx5 and other implementations does on reload no? i.e. a PCI driver reinit. I can see an ice implementation of reload morphing to similar over time to support a new config that requires a true reinit of PCI driver entities. > > > Why not just allow the setting to apply dynamically during a 'set' > > itself with an unplug/plug of the auxdev with correct type. > > > This suggestion came up in the internal discussion too. > However such task needs to synchronize with devlink reload command and also > with driver remove() sequence. > So locking wise and depending on amount of config change, it is close to what > reload will do. Holding this mutex across the auxiliary device unplug/plug in "set" wont cut it? https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.12-rc7/source/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c#L1304 > For example other resource config or other params setting also to take effect. > So to avoid defining multiple config sequence, doing as part of already existing > devlink reload, it brings simple sequence to user. > > For example, > 1. enable/disable desired aux devices > 2. configure device resources > 3. set some device params > 4. do devlink reload and apply settings done in #1 to #3 Sure. But a user might also just want to operate on just an auxiliary device configuration change. As in #1. And he ends up having everything hanging off the PF to get blown out, including potentially the VFs. That feels like too big a hammer. Shiraz
