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Message-ID: <20190827132404.483a74ad.cohuck@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:24:04 +0200
From:   Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
To:     Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
Cc:     "alex.williamson@...hat.com" <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        "kwankhede@...dia.com" <kwankhede@...dia.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] mdev: Introduce sha1 based mdev alias

On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:12:23 +0000
Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 3:54 PM
> > To: Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
> > Cc: alex.williamson@...hat.com; Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>;
> > kwankhede@...dia.com; davem@...emloft.net; kvm@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> > kernel@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] mdev: Introduce sha1 based mdev alias
> > 
> > On Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:41:16 -0500
> > Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > Whenever a parent requests to generate mdev alias, generate a mdev
> > > alias.
> > > It is an optional attribute that parent can request to generate for
> > > each of its child mdev.
> > > mdev alias is generated using sha1 from the mdev name.  
> > 
> > Maybe add some motivation here as well?
> > 
> > "Some vendor drivers want an identifier for an mdev device that is shorter than
> > the uuid, due to length restrictions in the consumers of that identifier.
> > 
> > Add a callback that allows a vendor driver to request an alias of a specified
> > length to be generated (via sha1) for an mdev device. If generated, that alias is
> > checked for collisions."
> >   
> I did described the motivation in the cover letter with example and this design discussion thread.

Yes, but adding it to the patch description makes it available in the
git history.

> I will include above summary in v1.
>  
> > What about:
> > 
> > * @get_alias_length: optional callback to specify length of the alias to create
> > *                    Returns unsigned integer: length of the alias to be created,
> > *                                              0 to not create an alias
> >   
> Ack.
> 
> > I also think it might be beneficial to add a device parameter here now (rather
> > than later); that seems to be something that makes sense.
> >   
> Without showing the use, it shouldn't be added.

It just feels like an omission: Why should the vendor driver only be
able to return one value here, without knowing which device it is for?
If a driver supports different devices, it may have different
requirements for them.

> 
> > >   * Parent device that support mediated device should be registered with  
> > mdev  
> > >   * module with mdev_parent_ops structure.
> > >   **/
> > > @@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ struct mdev_parent_ops {
> > >  	long	(*ioctl)(struct mdev_device *mdev, unsigned int cmd,
> > >  			 unsigned long arg);
> > >  	int	(*mmap)(struct mdev_device *mdev, struct vm_area_struct  
> > *vma);  
> > > +	unsigned int (*get_alias_length)(void);
> > >  };
> > >
> > >  /* interface for exporting mdev supported type attributes */  
>