[PATCH rdma-next 0/9] Register IB class as net namespace aware class

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From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

>From Parav:

Currently 'infiniband' class is registered as net namespace agnostic
class due to which all rdma devices are visible in all net namespaces.
Due to which net namespace filter needs to be applied on per sysfs entry
such as GID or GID attribute for RoCE. This is fine as long as there is
one rdma device shared among multiple net namespaces.

However, when there are multiple rdma devices, it is desired to see only
one or more rdma devices per net namespace. With different link layer types,
there are various use case and mode exists. At minimum there are two use cases.
(a) a shared rdma device among multiple net namespaces
(b) rdma device bound to a particular net namespace

In preparation to support backward compatibility to existing use cases
and also to support future (rdma device bound to net namespace),

1. Prepare rdma infiniband class to be net namespace aware; So that
when rdma device is bound to a net namespace in future, it can be
restricted to a single net namespace. This requires a class to be net
namespace aware. By doing so, a standard kernel framework of sysfs
can be utilized to isolate devices in net namespaces. This is similar
to how net class is net namespace aware following standard kernel
architecture.

2. Replicate the sysfs tree in non init_net namespaces for backward
compatibility, so that existing applications continue to operate in
shared mode.

This functionality is achieved by ib_core implementing a compat ib_core_device
which replicates the device and sysfs entries in non init_net namespaces.
It is desired to not create a full ib_device, therefore an internal
ib_core_device object is created which represents only needed device
tree and sysfs entries.

A diagram, details and its objectives are captured
in Documentation/infiniband/core_devices.txt.

Thanks

Parav Pandit (9):
  RDMA/core: Refactor code for device and port attributes for reuse
  RDMA: Introduce and use rdma_device_to_ibdev()
  RDMA/core: Introduce ib_core_device to hold device
  RDMA/core: Add Documentation for ib_core_device
  RDMA/core: Restrict sysfs entries view to init_net
  RDMA/core: Prefix ib_ to device_mutex, lists_rwsem, device_list
  RDMA/core: Implement compat device/sysfs tree in net namespace
  RDMA/core: Handle compat dev during device rename
  RDMA/core: Support core port attributes in non init_net

 Documentation/infiniband/core_devices.txt    | 100 +++++++++
 drivers/infiniband/core/Makefile             |   2 +-
 drivers/infiniband/core/compat_sysfs.c       | 222 +++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h          |  20 ++
 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c             | 182 +++++++++------
 drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c              | 106 +++++----
 drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c         |   6 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c  |  14 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/provider.c       |  14 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sysfs.c           |  24 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_verbs.c    |   5 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c            |  10 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c            |  18 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c |  12 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c        |   3 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c   |   6 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/main.c            |   3 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_sysfs.c        |  27 ++-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_sysfs.c |  30 +--
 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c        |   4 +-
 include/rdma/ib_verbs.h                      |  50 ++++-
 21 files changed, 673 insertions(+), 185 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/infiniband/core_devices.txt
 create mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/core/compat_sysfs.c

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