netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 01/19] net/mlx5: E-switch, Move devlink port close to eswitch port

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Date:   Fri, 8 Nov 2019 15:50:41 +0000
From:   Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
CC:     "alex.williamson@...hat.com" <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        "kwankhede@...dia.com" <kwankhede@...dia.com>,
        "leon@...nel.org" <leon@...nel.org>,
        "cohuck@...hat.com" <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 01/19] net/mlx5: E-switch, Move devlink port
 close to eswitch port



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 3:51 AM
> To: Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
> Cc: alex.williamson@...hat.com; davem@...emloft.net;
> kvm@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Saeed Mahameed
> <saeedm@...lanox.com>; kwankhede@...dia.com; leon@...nel.org;
> cohuck@...hat.com; Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>; linux-
> rdma@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 01/19] net/mlx5: E-switch, Move devlink port
> close to eswitch port
> 
> Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 05:08:16PM CET, parav@...lanox.com wrote:
> >Currently devlink ports are tied to netdev representor.
> >
> >mlx5_vport structure is better container of e-switch vport compare to
> >mlx5e_rep_priv.
> >This enables to extend mlx5_vport easily for mdev flavour.
> >
> >Hence, move devlink_port from netdev representor to mlx5_vport.
> >
> >Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
> >Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
> 
> Since this patchset has 19 patches, which is quite a lot, I suggest to push out
> some preparation patches (like this one) to a separate patchset that would
> be sent in prior to this one.
Some of us have been doing that for a while now, that made it to 19. :-)
We can also take out 5-6 patches of mdev as pre-series, if Alex and others are fine.

Please review/ack this patch, so that I can queue via usual Saeed net-next tree which are already reviewed, and this series depends on that esw internal refactor.