netdev - Re: [RFC v1 for accelerated IPoIB 05/25] IB/ipoib: Support ipoib acceleration options callbacks

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Message-ID: <CAAk-MO8gQ5x-4Ubk1nzPntEWa2ivTK6uXyJ4eC7fmtUCNnOdfA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Mar 2017 16:42:55 +0200
From:   Erez Shitrit <erezsh@....mellanox.co.il>
To:     "Vishwanathapura, Niranjana" <niranjana.vishwanathapura@...el.com>
Cc:     Erez Shitrit <erezsh@...lanox.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, valex@...lanox.com,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>, saedm@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [RFC v1 for accelerated IPoIB 05/25] IB/ipoib: Support ipoib
 acceleration options callbacks

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
<niranjana.vishwanathapura@...el.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 08:31:16PM +0200, Erez Shitrit wrote:
>>
>> +static struct net_device *ipoib_create_netdev_default(struct ib_device
>> *hca,
>> +                                                     const char *name,
>> +                                                     void (*setup)(struct
>> net_device *))
>> {
>>         struct net_device *dev;
>> +       struct rdma_netdev *rn;
>>
>> -       dev = alloc_netdev((int)sizeof(struct ipoib_dev_priv), name,
>> -                          NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, ipoib_setup);
>> +       dev = alloc_netdev((int)sizeof(struct ipoib_rdma_netdev),
>> +                          name,
>> +                          NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, setup);
>>         if (!dev)
>>                 return NULL;
>>
>> -       return netdev_priv(dev);
>> +       rn = netdev_priv(dev);
>> +
>> +       rn->ib_dev_init = ipoib_dev_init_default;
>> +       rn->ib_dev_cleanup = ipoib_dev_uninit_default;
>> +       rn->send = ipoib_send;
>> +       rn->attach_mcast = ipoib_mcast_attach;
>> +       rn->detach_mcast = ipoib_mcast_detach;
>> +
>> +       dev->netdev_ops = &ipoib_netdev_default_pf;
>> +
>
>
> Probably no need to set netdev_ops here as it gets overwritten.

No, it is switched, and used.

>
>
>> +       return dev;
>> +}
>> +
>> +struct ipoib_dev_priv *ipoib_intf_alloc(struct ib_device *hca, u8 port,
>> +                                       const char *name)
>> +{
>> +       struct net_device *dev;
>> +       struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv;
>> +       struct rdma_netdev *rn;
>> +
>> +       priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +       if (!priv) {
>> +               pr_err("%s failed allocting priv\n", __func__);
>> +               return NULL;
>> +       }
>> +
>> +       if (!hca->alloc_rdma_netdev)
>> +               dev = ipoib_create_netdev_default(hca, name,
>> ipoib_setup_common);
>> +       else
>> +               dev = hca->alloc_rdma_netdev(hca, port, RDMA_NETDEV_IPOIB,
>> +                                            name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
>> +                                            ipoib_setup_common);
>> +       if (!dev) {
>> +               kfree(priv);
>> +               return NULL;
>> +       }
>
>
> This will break ipoib on hfi1 as hfi1 will define alloc_rdma_netdev for
> OPA_VNIC type. We should probably look for a dedicated return type
> (-ENODEV?) to determine of the driver supports specified rdma netdev type.
> Or use a ib device attribute to suggest driver support ipoib rdma netdev.

sorry, I don't understand that, we are in ipoib driver, so the type is
RDMA_NETDEV_IPOIB, if hfi wants to implement it should use the same
flag, and to use OPA_VNIC for vnic.


>
> Niranjana