netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx4_core: Dynamically set guaranteed amount of counters per VF

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Date:   Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:30:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tariqt@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eranbe@...lanox.com,
        jackm@....mellanox.co.il
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx4_core: Dynamically set guaranteed amount
 of counters per VF

From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 16:39:15 +0200

> From: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>
> 
> Prior to this patch, the amount of counters guaranteed per VF in the
> resource tracker was MLX4_VF_COUNTERS_PER_PORT * MLX4_MAX_PORTS. It was
> set regardless if the VF was single or dual port.
> This caused several VFs to have no guaranteed counters although the
> system could satisfy their request.
> 
> The fix is to dynamically guarantee counters, based on each VF
> specification.
> 
> Fixes: 9de92c60beaa ("net/mlx4_core: Adjust counter grant policy in the resource tracker")
> Signed-off-by: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jack Morgenstein <jackm@....mellanox.co.il>
> Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>

Applied, thanks Tariq.