netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 0/7] udp_tunnel: convert Intel drivers with shared tables

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Message-ID: <072865141ce38105a12f47051585dc8deca2b3e0.camel@intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 4 Sep 2020 16:12:48 +0000
From:   "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
To:     "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 0/7] udp_tunnel: convert Intel drivers with
 shared tables

On Thu, 2020-09-03 at 16:22 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 20:06:15 +0000 Nguyen, Anthony L wrote:
> > On Wed, 2020-07-22 at 14:22 -0700, Tony Nguyen wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2020-07-21 at 18:27 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:  
> > > > This set converts Intel drivers which have the ability to spawn
> > > > multiple netdevs, but have only one UDP tunnel port table.
> > > > 
> > > > Appropriate support is added to the core infra in patch 1,
> > > > followed by netdevsim support and a selftest.
> > > > 
> > > > The table sharing works by core attaching the same table
> > > > structure to all devices sharing the table. This means the
> > > > reference count has to accommodate potentially large values.
> > > > 
> > > > Once core is ready i40e and ice are converted. These are
> > > > complex drivers, and I don't have HW to test so please
> > > > review..  
> > > 
> > > I'm requesting our developers to take a look over and validation
> > > to
> > > test the ice and i40e patches. I will report back when I get
> > > results.  
> > 
> > Would you mind if I pick these patches up into Jeff's tree? It will
> > make it easier to test that way.
> 
> It's been a month. Any ETA on these?

Sorry for taking so long. Let me check on the status and get back to
you.

Thanks,
Tony