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Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 08:52:27 -0800 From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com> To: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com> CC: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, "nhorman@...driver.com" <nhorman@...driver.com>, Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>, Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>, "dborkman@...hat.com" <dborkman@...hat.com>, "ogerlitz@...lanox.com" <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>, "jesse@...ira.com" <jesse@...ira.com>, "pshelar@...ira.com" <pshelar@...ira.com>, "azhou@...ira.com" <azhou@...ira.com>, "ben@...adent.org.uk" <ben@...adent.org.uk>, "stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>, "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>, "vyasevic@...hat.com" <vyasevic@...hat.com>, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, "Fastabend, John R" <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, John Linville <linville@...driver.com>, "jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>, "ebiederm@...ssion.com" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>, "ryazanov.s.a@...il.com" <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>, "buytenh@...tstofly.org" <buytenh@...tstofly.org>, Aviad Raveh <aviadr@...lanox.com>, "nbd@...nwrt.org" <nbd@...nwrt.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>, Neil Jerram <Neil.Jerram@...aswitch.com>, "ronye@...lanox.com" <ronye@...lanox.com>, "simon.horman@...ronome.com" <simon.horman@...ronome.com>, "alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com" <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>, "Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>, "mleitner@...hat.com" <mleitner@...hat.com>, Shrijeet Mukherjee <shrijeet@...il.com>, Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>, Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>, Hemal Shah <hemal@...adcom.com> Subject: Re: [patch net-next v4 00/21] introduce rocker switch driver with hardware accelerated datapath api - phase 1: bridge fdb offload On 11/28/14, 3:59 AM, Scott Feldman wrote: > Thanks Jiri for coordinating this effort. It looks like we're close > to convergence on this first patch set. I sifted thru review comments > and compiled a list of items for follow-on work. I hope it's OK to > use etherpad for this: > > https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/netdev-swdev-todo > > Feel free to edit as needed and claim an item if you intend to work on > it. Don't turn the etherpad into a discussion board...try to keep it > as list of work items. I don't think any of these items should hold > up current patch set. Thanks scott/jiri for putting this together. I made sure all my concerns are covered on the ether-pad ;) On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 2:40 AM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote: >> Hi all. >> >> This patchset is just the first phase of switch and switch-ish device >> support api in kernel. Note that the api will extend. >> >> So what this patchset includes: >> - introduce switchdev api skeleton for implementing switch drivers >> - introduce rocker switch driver which implements switchdev api fdb and >> bridge set/get link ndos >> >> As to the discussion if there is need to have specific class of device >> representing the switch itself, so far we found no need to introduce that. >> But we are generally ok with the idea and when the time comes and it will >> be needed, it can be easily introduced without any disturbance. >> >> This patchset introduces switch id export through rtnetlink and sysfs, >> which is similar to what we have for port id in SR-IOV. I will send iproute2 >> patchset for showing the switch id for port netdevs once this is applied. >> This applies also for the PF_BRIDGE and fdb iproute2 patches. >> >> iproute2 patches are now available here: >> https://github.com/jpirko/iproute2-rocker >> >> For detailed description and version history, please see individual patches. >> >> In v4 I reordered the patches leaving rocker patches on the end of the patchset. >> >> Jiri Pirko (10): >> bridge: rename fdb_*_hw to fdb_*_hw_addr to avoid confusion >> neigh: sort Neighbor Cache Entry Flags >> bridge: convert flags in fbd entry into bitfields >> net: make vid as a parameter for ndo_fdb_add/ndo_fdb_del >> net: rename netdev_phys_port_id to more generic name >> net: introduce generic switch devices support >> rtnl: expose physical switch id for particular device >> net-sysfs: expose physical switch id for particular device >> rocker: introduce rocker switch driver >> rocker: implement ndo_fdb_dump >> >> Scott Feldman (9): >> bridge: call netdev_sw_port_stp_update when bridge port STP status >> changes >> bridge: add API to notify bridge driver of learned FBD on offloaded >> device >> bridge: move private brport flags to if_bridge.h so port drivers can >> use flags >> bridge: add new brport flag LEARNING_SYNC >> bridge: add new hwmode swdev >> bridge: add brport flags to dflt bridge_getlink >> rocker: implement rocker ofdpa flow table manipulation >> rocker: implement L2 bridge offloading >> rocker: add ndo_bridge_setlink/getlink support for learning policy >> >> Thomas Graf (2): >> rocker: Add proper validation of Netlink attributes >> rocker: Use logical operators on booleans >> >> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net | 8 + >> Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt | 59 + >> MAINTAINERS | 14 + >> drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig | 1 + >> drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile | 1 + >> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c | 2 +- >> drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 3 +- >> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 4 +- >> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 6 +- >> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c | 2 +- >> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c | 11 +- >> drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/Kconfig | 27 + >> drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/Makefile | 5 + >> drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c | 4374 ++++++++++++++++++++++ >> drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.h | 428 +++ >> drivers/net/macvlan.c | 4 +- >> drivers/net/vxlan.c | 4 +- >> include/linux/if_bridge.h | 31 + >> include/linux/netdevice.h | 39 +- >> include/linux/rtnetlink.h | 9 +- >> include/net/switchdev.h | 37 + >> include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h | 1 + >> include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 2 + >> include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h | 6 +- >> net/Kconfig | 1 + >> net/Makefile | 3 + >> net/bridge/br_fdb.c | 144 +- >> net/bridge/br_private.h | 21 +- >> net/bridge/br_stp.c | 7 + >> net/core/dev.c | 2 +- >> net/core/net-sysfs.c | 26 +- >> net/core/rtnetlink.c | 119 +- >> net/switchdev/Kconfig | 13 + >> net/switchdev/Makefile | 5 + >> net/switchdev/switchdev.c | 52 + >> 35 files changed, 5366 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-) >> create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt >> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/Kconfig >> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/Makefile >> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c >> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.h >> create mode 100644 include/net/switchdev.h >> create mode 100644 net/switchdev/Kconfig >> create mode 100644 net/switchdev/Makefile >> create mode 100644 net/switchdev/switchdev.c >> >> -- >> 1.9.3 >> > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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