On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 2:39 PM Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > This patchset is for mlx5-next shared branch, and will be applied there > once the review is done. > > The main idea of this change is to define a flexible scalable and > simpler high level mlx5 core APIs to forward device and driver events > to upper level interface drivers e.g mlx5_ib and mlx5e netdevice driver. > > Patch #1, Driver events notifier API: > > Use atomic notifier chain to fire events to mlx5 core driver > consumers (mlx5e/mlx5_ib) and provide dynamic mlx5 register/unregister > notifier API to replace the internal mlx5_interface->event and totally > remove it. > > Patch #2, Forward port events via the new notifier chain. > Patch #3, Use the mlx5 events API in mlx5e netdevice. > Patch #4, Forward all device events sent via mlx5_core_event (old API) > to the new notifier chain, this will allow seamless transition to the > new AP. > Patch #5, Use the new events API in mlx5_IB > Patch #6, remove old interface callback, mlx5_interface->event > Patch #7,8,9, mlx5_ib to handle raw FW events as is rather than the > software version of them, this will remove any need for unnecessary > processing of FW events in the low level mlx5_core driver. > Patch #10, Remove unnecessary processing of FW events in the low level > mlx5_core driver, all events are handled on demand by mlx5_ib and/or > mlx5e netdevice. > > patch #11,12, forward QP and SRQ events via the new notifier chain, > will be needed by mlx5_ib driver. > > Patch #13, Debug patch for mlx5 events. > > Thanks, > Saeed. > > --- > > Saeed Mahameed (13): > net/mlx5: Driver events notifier API > net/mlx5: Allow port change event to be forwarded to driver notifiers > chain > net/mlx5e: Use the new mlx5 core notifier API > net/mlx5: Forward all mlx5 events to mlx5 notifiers chain > IB/mlx5: Use the new mlx5 core notifier API > net/mlx5: Remove unused events callback and logic > IB/mlx5: Handle raw port change event rather than the software version > net/mlx5: Allow forwarding event type general event as is > IB/mlx5: Handle raw delay drop general event > net/mlx5: Remove all deprecated software versions of FW events > net/mlx5: Forward QP/WorkQueues resource events > net/mlx5: Forward SRQ resource events > net/mlx5: Debug print for forwarded async events > Applied to mlx5-next. Thanks, Saeed.
