netdev - Re: [patch net-next RFC 0/8] net: expose switch ID via devlink

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Date:   Fri, 1 Mar 2019 18:58:52 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, mlxsw@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com,
        jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, dirk.vandermerwe@...ronome.com,
        andrew@...n.ch, vivien.didelot@...il.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next RFC 0/8] net: expose switch ID via devlink



On 3/1/2019 8:05 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> 
> To provide visibility of the ports, as discussed this week, this
> patchset exposes switch ID for devlink ports, which are part of a
> switch. The rest of the ports if any (in case of sr-iov for example)
> do not set switch ID.
> 
> Note that I send this as RFC because I don't have the NFP bits correct.
> The switch ID should be only set for the eswitch ports (representors).
> Jakub, could you please help with this?
> 
> As a follow-up I also plan to add devlink_port_attrs_set to all users
> of ndo_get_port_parent_id and ndo_get_phys_port_name and remove these
> ndos completely. But that also depends on Jakub's patchset which
> introduces PF and VF port flavours.

Some comments in specific patches, but overall this looks great to me,
thanks Jiri!

> 
> Jiri Pirko (8):
>   net: devlink: convert devlink_port_attrs bools to bits
>   net: devlink: extend port attrs for switch ID
>   net: devlink: introduce devlink_compat_switch_id_get() helper
>   mlxsw: Pass switch ID through devlink_port_attrs_set()
>   mlxsw: Remove ndo_get_port_parent_id implementation
>   nfp: pass switch ID through devlink_port_attrs_set()
>   nfp: register devlink port before netdev
>   nfp: remove ndo_get_port_parent_id implementation
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c         |  7 ++-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.h         |  4 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c     | 17 ++-----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c     | 16 +------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_devlink.c   |  6 ++-
>  .../net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c    |  1 -
>  drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_main.c  | 27 ++++++-----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_repr.c  |  1 -
>  drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_port.c      | 16 -------
>  include/net/devlink.h                              | 23 +++++++--
>  include/uapi/linux/devlink.h                       |  2 +
>  net/core/dev.c                                     |  8 +++-
>  net/core/devlink.c                                 | 54 +++++++++++++++++++---
>  net/dsa/dsa2.c                                     |  6 +--
>  14 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)
> 

-- 
Florian