From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: intel-wired-lan@osuosl.org
Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [iproute2 PATCH] iplink: Support VF Trust
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:54:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151012095423.4feabde1@urahara> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7F861DC0615E0C47A872E6F3C5FCDDBD05F42A95@BPXM14GP.gisp.nec.co.jp>
On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 10:06:32 +0000
Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> wrote:
> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
>
> Add IFLA_VF_TRUST message to trust the VF.
> PF can accept some privileged operation from the trusted VF.
> For example, ixgbe PF doesn't allow to enable VF promiscuous mode until
> the VF is trusted because it may hurt performance.
>
> To trust VF.
> # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 trust on
>
> To untrust VF.
> # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 trust off
>
> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
I am waiting until this is accepted into kernel before merging it into iproute2.
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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
Cc: "Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>,
Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@gmail.com>,
Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com>,
"Skidmore, Donald C" <donald.c.skidmore@intel.com>,
"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>,
"intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org"
<intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org>,
"nhorman@redhat.com" <nhorman@redhat.com>,
"jogreene@redhat.com" <jogreene@redhat.com>,
"Linux Netdev List" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"Choi, Sy Jong" <sy.jong.choi@intel.com>,
Rony Efraim <ronye@mellanox.com>,
Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
"sassmann@redhat.com" <sassmann@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [iproute2 PATCH] iplink: Support VF Trust
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:54:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151012095423.4feabde1@urahara> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7F861DC0615E0C47A872E6F3C5FCDDBD05F42A95@BPXM14GP.gisp.nec.co.jp>
On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 10:06:32 +0000
Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> wrote:
> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
>
> Add IFLA_VF_TRUST message to trust the VF.
> PF can accept some privileged operation from the trusted VF.
> For example, ixgbe PF doesn't allow to enable VF promiscuous mode until
> the VF is trusted because it may hurt performance.
>
> To trust VF.
> # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 trust on
>
> To untrust VF.
> # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 trust off
>
> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
I am waiting until this is accepted into kernel before merging it into iproute2.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-10-12 16:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-07 10:06 [Intel-wired-lan] [iproute2 PATCH] iplink: Support VF Trust Hiroshi Shimamoto
2015-10-07 10:06 ` Hiroshi Shimamoto
2015-10-12 16:54 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2015-10-12 16:54 ` Stephen Hemminger
2015-10-12 18:59 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Jeff Kirsher
2015-10-12 18:59 ` Jeff Kirsher
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