Re: [PATCH 5/5] ixgbe: add driver set_max_vfs support

Alexander Duyck
2012-10-03T18:47:19Z

On 10/03/2012 10:51 AM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> Need ixgbe guys to close the loop to use set_max_vfs instead
> kernel parameters.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
> Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
> Cc: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
> Cc: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
> Cc: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com>
> Cc: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h | 2 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++-----
> 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
> index b9623e9..d39d975 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
> @@ -558,6 +558,8 @@ struct ixgbe_adapter {
> u32 interrupt_event;
> u32 led_reg;
>
> + struct ixgbe_info *ixgbe_info;
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_PTP
> struct ptp_clock *ptp_clock;
> struct ptp_clock_info ptp_caps;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
> index ee61819..1c097c7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
> @@ -129,13 +129,6 @@ static struct notifier_block dca_notifier = {
> };
> #endif
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV
> -static unsigned int max_vfs;
> -module_param(max_vfs, uint, 0);
> -MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_vfs,
> - "Maximum number of virtual functions to allocate per physical function - default is zero and maximum value is 63");
> -#endif /* CONFIG_PCI_IOV */
> -
> static unsigned int allow_unsupported_sfp;
> module_param(allow_unsupported_sfp, uint, 0);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(allow_unsupported_sfp,
> @@ -4496,7 +4489,7 @@ static int __devinit ixgbe_sw_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
> #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV
> /* assign number of SR-IOV VFs */
> if (hw->mac.type != ixgbe_mac_82598EB)
> - adapter->num_vfs = (max_vfs > 63) ? 0 : max_vfs;
> + adapter->num_vfs = min_t(int, pdev->max_vfs, 63);
>
> #endif
> /* enable itr by default in dynamic mode */
> @@ -7220,8 +7213,9 @@ static int __devinit ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV
> ixgbe_enable_sriov(adapter, ii);
> -
> #endif
> + adapter->ixgbe_info = ii;
> +
> netdev->features = NETIF_F_SG |
> NETIF_F_IP_CSUM |
> NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM |
> @@ -7683,11 +7677,43 @@ static const struct pci_error_handlers ixgbe_err_handler = {
> .resume = ixgbe_io_resume,
> };
>
> +static void ixgbe_set_max_vfs(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV
> + struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
> + struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
> + int num_vfs = 0;
> +
> + /* assign number of SR-IOV VFs */
> + if (hw->mac.type != ixgbe_mac_82598EB)
> + num_vfs = min_t(int, pdev->max_vfs, 63);
> +
> + /* no change */
> + if (adapter->num_vfs == num_vfs)
> + return;
> +
> + if (!num_vfs) {
> + /* disable sriov */
> + ixgbe_disable_sriov(adapter);
> + adapter->num_vfs = 0;
> + } else if (!adapter->num_vfs && num_vfs) {
> + /* enable sriov */
> + adapter->num_vfs = num_vfs;
> + ixgbe_enable_sriov(adapter, adapter->ixgbe_info);
> + } else {
> + /* increase or decrease */
> + }
> +
> + pdev->max_vfs = adapter->num_vfs;
> +#endif
> +}
> +
> static struct pci_driver ixgbe_driver = {
> .name = ixgbe_driver_name,
> .id_table = ixgbe_pci_tbl,
> .probe = ixgbe_probe,
> .remove = __devexit_p(ixgbe_remove),
> + .set_max_vfs = ixgbe_set_max_vfs,
> #ifdef CONFIG_PM
> .suspend = ixgbe_suspend,
> .resume = ixgbe_resume,

The ixgbe_set_max_vfs function has several issues. The two big ones are
that this function assumes it can just enable/disable SR-IOV without any
other changes being necessary which is not the case. I would recommend
looking at ixgbe_setup_tc for how to do this properly. Secondly is the
fact that this code will change the PF network device and as such
sections of the code should be called with the RTNL lock held. In
addition I believe you have to disable SR-IOV before enabling it again
with a different number of VFs.

Below is a link to one of the early patches for igb when we were first
introducing SR-IOV, and the in-driver sysfs value had been rejected. I
figure it might be useful as it was also using sysfs to enable/disable
VFs. It however doesn't have the correct locking on changing the queues
and as such will likely throw an error if you were to implement it the
same way now:
http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2009/04/08/34

Thanks,

Alex