linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] netdevsim: Add max_vfs to bus

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Date:   Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:37:24 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Cc:     Yuval Avnery <yuvalav@...lanox.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] netdevsim: Add max_vfs to bus_dev

On Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:47:32 +0200, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 10:25:17AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > I'd like to see netdevsim to also serve as sort of a reference model
> > for device behaviour. Vendors who are not first to implement a feature
> > always complain that there is no documentation on how things should
> > work.  
> 
> +1
> 
> I have a patch set that adds FIB offload implementation to netdevsim and
> a gazillion of test cases that I share between netdevsim and mlxsw. Can
> be used by more drivers when they land.
> 
> It's also very convenient for fuzzing now that syzkaller supports
> netdevsim instances thanks to Jiri. I've been running syzkaller for a
> few weeks now to test the FIB implementation.

😯😯 very cool!