From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
To: Eli Cohen <eli-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
liranl-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org,
netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for-next 01/10] net/core: Add support for configuring VF GUIDs
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 11:25:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160301182516.GA12495@obsidianresearch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160301174951.GA19366-lgQlq6cFzJSjLWYaRI30zHI+JuX82XLG@public.gmane.org>
On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 07:49:51PM +0200, Eli Cohen wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 10:37:51AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > + return handle_infiniband_guid(dev, &ivt, IFLA_VF_IB_PORT_GUID);
> >
> > But is this emulation really necessary? It seems dangerous and
> > continues the bad practice of assuming IFLA_VF_MAC is fixed to 6 bytes
> > in size, and is not just LLADDR bytes. I'd rather see mac sets fail on
> > IB.
> >
> struct ifla_vf_mac already defines mac as 32 bytes but the idea here
> is that applications that configure six byte Ethernet MACs to VFs will
> continue to work without any change.
In my view it is incorrect for an application to try and set a 6 byte
mac on an *infiniband* interface, the kernel should refuse to do it.
Jason
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2016-03-01 16:52 [PATCH for-next 00/10] IB SR-IOV support Eli Cohen
[not found] ` <1456851143-138332-1-git-send-email-eli-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 16:52 ` [PATCH for-next 01/10] net/core: Add support for configuring VF GUIDs Eli Cohen
[not found] ` <1456851143-138332-2-git-send-email-eli-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 17:37 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160301173751.GA25176-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 17:49 ` Eli Cohen
[not found] ` <20160301174951.GA19366-lgQlq6cFzJSjLWYaRI30zHI+JuX82XLG@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 18:25 ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
[not found] ` <20160301182516.GA12495-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 21:08 ` Or Gerlitz
[not found] ` <CAJ3xEMgrAUCj7PS6fegmuSUsjMruH3gzSHZmuzAX+ZbHZOpL9w-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-02 16:50 ` Doug Ledford
[not found] ` <56D719E3.2000206-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-02 18:40 ` Or Gerlitz
[not found] ` <CAJ3xEMh5vJAZVO03=rRVCvqqXzXvah3idrMtMQfFP-wBxR7R_Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-04 14:35 ` Doug Ledford
[not found] ` <56D99D3D.4000606-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-07 7:23 ` Or Gerlitz
2021-10-26 15:16 ` Eugene Syromiatnikov
2016-03-01 16:52 ` [PATCH for-next 02/10] IB/mlx5: Fix decision on using MAD_IFC Eli Cohen
2016-03-01 16:52 ` [PATCH for-next 03/10] IB/core: Support accessing SA in virtualized environment Eli Cohen
[not found] ` <1456851143-138332-4-git-send-email-eli-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 17:44 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160301174401.GC25176-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 18:17 ` Eli Cohen
[not found] ` <20160301181742.GB19366-lgQlq6cFzJSjLWYaRI30zHI+JuX82XLG@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 18:32 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160301183256.GB12495-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 19:07 ` Eli Cohen
[not found] ` <20160301190742.GC19366-lgQlq6cFzJSjLWYaRI30zHI+JuX82XLG@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 19:31 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160301193153.GA25755-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 19:46 ` Eli Cohen
[not found] ` <20160301194608.GF19366-lgQlq6cFzJSjLWYaRI30zHI+JuX82XLG@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 21:15 ` Or Gerlitz
2016-03-04 14:37 ` Doug Ledford
[not found] ` <56D99D8E.5020900-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-07 7:52 ` Or Gerlitz
2016-03-01 16:52 ` [PATCH for-next 04/10] IB/core: Add interfaces to control VF attributes Eli Cohen
2016-03-01 16:52 ` [PATCH for-next 05/10] IB/ipoib: Add ndo operations for configuring VFs Eli Cohen
2016-03-01 16:52 ` [PATCH for-next 06/10] net/mlx5_core: Add VF param when querying vport counter Eli Cohen
2016-03-01 16:52 ` [PATCH for-next 07/10] net/mlx5_core: Implement modify HCA vport command Eli Cohen
2016-03-01 16:52 ` [PATCH for-next 08/10] IB/mlx5: Implement callbacks for manipulating VFs Eli Cohen
[not found] ` <1456851143-138332-9-git-send-email-eli-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-06 12:33 ` Yuval Shaia
2016-03-01 16:52 ` [PATCH for-next 09/10] IB/ipoib: Allow mcast packets from other VFs Eli Cohen
[not found] ` <1456851143-138332-10-git-send-email-eli-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-06 11:50 ` Yuval Shaia
[not found] ` <20160306115006.GA23975-Hxa29pjIrETlQW142y8m19+IiqhCXseY@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-06 12:13 ` Or Gerlitz
2016-03-01 16:52 ` [PATCH for-next 10/10] IB/core: Use GRH when the path hop-limit > 0 Eli Cohen
[not found] ` <1456851143-138332-11-git-send-email-eli-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 17:38 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160301173846.GB25176-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-03 15:55 ` Doug Ledford
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