netdev - Re: [iproute2 PATCH] iplink: Support VF Trust

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Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 2015 11:59:30 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	"Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>,
	Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
	"Skidmore, Donald C" <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	"intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
	"nhorman@...hat.com" <nhorman@...hat.com>,
	"jogreene@...hat.com" <jogreene@...hat.com>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Choi, Sy Jong" <sy.jong.choi@...el.com>,
	Rony Efraim <ronye@...lanox.com>,
	Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [iproute2 PATCH] iplink: Support VF Trust

On Mon, 2015-10-12 at 09:54 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 10:06:32 +0000
> Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
> > 
> > Add IFLA_VF_TRUST message to trust the VF.
> > PF can accept some privileged operation from the trusted VF.
> > For example, ixgbe PF doesn't allow to enable VF promiscuous mode
> until
> > the VF is trusted because it may hurt performance.
> > 
> > To trust VF.
> >  # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 trust on
> > 
> > To untrust VF.
> >  # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 trust off
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
> 
> I am waiting until this is accepted into kernel before merging it
> into iproute2.

Yeah, I figured.  I had him resend it since our validation team did not
have these changes available to test Hiroshi's latest set of
driver/core changes.
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