netdev - Re: [RFC 1/2] net: Add support to configure SR-IOV VF minimum and maximum Tx rate through ip tool.

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Date:	Sun, 09 Mar 2014 17:23:29 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Sucheta Chakraborty <sucheta.chakraborty@...gic.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Dept-HSGLinuxNICDev@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] net: Add support to configure SR-IOV VF minimum and
 maximum Tx rate through ip tool.

On Wed, 2014-03-05 at 02:33 -0500, Sucheta Chakraborty wrote:
> o A new handler set_vf_rate for attr IFLA_VF_RATE has been introduced
>   which takes 4 arguments:
>   netdev, VF number, min_tx_rate, max_tx_rate
> 
> o min_tx_rate puts lower limit on the VF bandwidth. VF is guaranteed
>   to have a bandwidth of at least this value.
>   max_tx_rate puts cap on the VF bandwidth. VF can have a bandwidth
>   of up to this value.

Supposing I only want to set a minimum, how would I specify that there
is no maximum?

> o Idea is to deprecate IFLA_VF_TX_RATE and ndo_set_vf_tx_rate in future.
>   And to have consistent display of rate values to user.
[...]

You can't deprecate the userland interface, but the driver operation
should be replaced at the same time.

- The rtnetlink core should combine userland settings from
  IFLA_VF_TX_RATE and IFLA_VF_RATE.  If both are specified, I think
  IFLA_VF_RATE should override.
- If only IFLA_VF_TX_RATE is specified, the core should get the current
  minimum before calling ndo_set_vf_rate.
- Drivers that currently implement ndo_set_vf_tx_rate should be
  converted to implement ndo_set_vf_rate and reject attempts to set a
  minimum bandwidth greater than 0.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
I say we take off; nuke the site from orbit.  It's the only way to be sure.

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