RE: [PATCH V2 mlx5-next 09/11] net/mlx5: Eswitch, enable RoCE loopback traffic

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
> Behalf Of Leon Romanovsky
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019 1:41 PM
> To: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Maor Gottlieb <maorg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Mark Bloch
> <markb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 mlx5-next 09/11] net/mlx5: Eswitch, enable RoCE
> loopback traffic
> 
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 06:14:16PM +0000, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> > From: Maor Gottlieb <maorg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > When in switchdev mode, we would like to treat loopback RoCE traffic
> > (on eswitch manager) as RDMA and not as regular Ethernet traffic In
> > order to enable it we add flow steering rule that forward RoCE
> > loopback traffic to the HW RoCE filter (by adding allow rule).
> > In addition we add RoCE address in GID index 0, which will be set in
> > the RoCE loopback packet.
> >
I likely don't understand nor I reviewed the patches.
Part that I don't understand is GID index 0 for RoCE.
RoCE traffic runs over all the GID entries and for all practical purposes from non_zero index.
How will it work?
It is better if you explain it in the commit log, why its done this way, 'what' part is already present the patch.


> > Signed-off-by: Maor Gottlieb <maorg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Mark Bloch <markb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile  |   2 +-
> >  .../mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c     |   4 +
> >  .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/rdma.c    | 182 ++++++++++++++++++
> >  .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/rdma.h    |  20 ++
> >  include/linux/mlx5/driver.h                   |   7 +
> >  5 files changed, 214 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)  create mode 100644
> > drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/rdma.c
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/rdma.h
> >
> 
> Thanks,
> Acked-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>




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