Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8] net/i40e: limit the number of VF messages

[Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>]

On 09/24, alvinx.zhang@intel.com wrote:
>From: Alvin Zhang <alvinx.zhang@intel.com>
>
>PF driver supports counting VF adminQ messages. If any VF driver
>sends much more adminQ messages to its PF driver in a period of
>time, it will trigger the PF's message limitation, then in the
>next certain amount of seconds the PF driver will ignore any new
>adminQ message from that VF.
>
>Signed-off-by: Alvin Zhang <alvinx.zhang@intel.com>
>---
>
>v8: modify codes according to the comments.
>v7: modify codes according to the comments.
>v6: combine valid/invalid/unsupported messages to one.
>v5: add validating the "valid" message, scheme redesigned.
>v4: change the instruction file "i40e.rst".
>v3: resolve the compile issue on ubuntu 32-bit system.
>v2: modify codes according to the comments.
>---
> doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst       | 10 ++++++
> drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c     | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 4 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel.