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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, magnus.karlsson@intel.com,
	bjorn@kernel.org, Alexandr Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 01/10] ice: allow toggling loopback mode via ndo_set_features callback
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:47:40 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220616094740.276b8312@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YqtTqP+S0jvDNRJF@boxer>

On Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:00:40 +0200 Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> > Loopback or not, I don't think we should be accepting the shutdown ->
> > set config -> pray approach in modern drivers. ice_open() seems to be
> > allocating all the Rx memory, and can fail.  
> 
> They say that those who sing pray twice, so why don't we sing? :)
> 
> But seriously, I'll degrade this to ice_down/up and check retvals. I think
> I just mimicked flow from ice_self_test(), which should be fixed as
> well...
> 
> I'll send v4.

checking retval is not enough, does ice not have the ability to
allocate resources upfront? I think iavf was already restructured
to follow the "resilient" paradigm, time for ice to follow suit?

This is something DaveM complained about in the first Ethernet driver 
I upstreamed, which must have been a decade ago by now. It's time we
all get on board :)

  reply	other threads:[~2022-06-16 16:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-14 17:47 [PATCH v2 bpf-next 00/10] AF_XDP ZC selftests Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-14 17:47 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 01/10] ice: allow toggling loopback mode via ndo_set_features callback Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-15 10:38   ` Alexander Lobakin
2022-06-15 14:01     ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-15 16:09       ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-15 23:47   ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-06-16 16:00     ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-16 16:47       ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2022-06-16 17:00         ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-14 17:47 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 02/10] ice: check DD bit on Rx descriptor rather than (EOP | RS) Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-14 17:47 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 03/10] ice: do not setup vlan for loopback VSI Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-14 17:47 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 04/10] selftests: xsk: query for native XDP support Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-15  7:07   ` Magnus Karlsson
2022-06-14 17:47 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 05/10] selftests: xsk: add missing close() on netns fd Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-14 17:47 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 06/10] selftests: xsk: introduce default Rx pkt stream Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-14 17:47 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 07/10] selftests: xsk: add support for executing tests on physical device Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-14 17:47 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 08/10] selftests: xsk: rely on pkts_in_flight in wait_for_tx_completion() Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-14 17:47 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 09/10] selftests: xsk: remove struct xsk_socket_info::outstanding_tx Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-14 17:47 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 10/10] selftests: xsk: add support for zero copy testing Maciej Fijalkowski
2022-06-15  7:09   ` Magnus Karlsson

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