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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Tariq Toukan <ttoukan.linux@gmail.com>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeed@kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>,
	Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>,
	Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next V3 15/15] Documentation: networking: Add description for multi-pf netdev
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:51:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2024022214-alkalize-magnetize-dbbc@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240220173309.4abef5af@kernel.org>

On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 05:33:09PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Greg, we have a feature here where a single device of class net has
> multiple "bus parents". We used to have one attr under class net
> (device) which is a link to the bus parent. Now we either need to add
> more or not bother with the linking of the whole device. Is there any
> precedent / preference for solving this from the device model
> perspective?

How, logically, can a netdevice be controlled properly from 2 parent
devices on two different busses?  How is that even possible from a
physical point-of-view?  What exact bus types are involved here?

This "shouldn't" be possible as in the end, it's usually a PCI device
handling this all, right?

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-02-22  7:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-15  3:07 [pull request][net-next V3 00/15] mlx5 socket direct (Multi-PF) Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 01/15] net/mlx5: Add MPIR bit in mcam_access_reg Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 02/15] net/mlx5: SD, Introduce SD lib Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 03/15] net/mlx5: SD, Implement basic query and instantiation Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 04/15] net/mlx5: SD, Implement devcom communication and primary election Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 05/15] net/mlx5: SD, Implement steering for primary and secondaries Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 06/15] net/mlx5: SD, Add informative prints in kernel log Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 07/15] net/mlx5: SD, Add debugfs Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 08/15] net/mlx5e: Create single netdev per SD group Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 09/15] net/mlx5e: Create EN core HW resources for all secondary devices Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 10/15] net/mlx5e: Let channels be SD-aware Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 11/15] net/mlx5e: Support cross-vhca RSS Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 12/15] net/mlx5e: Support per-mdev queue counter Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 13/15] net/mlx5e: Block TLS device offload on combined SD netdev Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 14/15] net/mlx5: Enable SD feature Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-15  3:08 ` [net-next V3 15/15] Documentation: networking: Add description for multi-pf netdev Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-16  5:23   ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-02-19 15:26     ` Tariq Toukan
2024-02-21  1:33       ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-02-21  2:10         ` Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-22  7:51         ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2024-02-22 23:00           ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-02-23  1:23             ` Samudrala, Sridhar
2024-02-23  2:05               ` Jay Vosburgh
2024-02-23  5:00                 ` Samudrala, Sridhar
2024-02-23  9:40                   ` Jiri Pirko
2024-02-23 23:56                     ` Samudrala, Sridhar
2024-02-24 12:48                       ` Jiri Pirko
2024-02-23  9:36               ` Jiri Pirko
2024-02-28  2:06                 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-02-28  8:13                   ` Jiri Pirko
2024-02-28 17:06                     ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-02-28 17:43                       ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-03-02  7:31                         ` Saeed Mahameed
2024-02-29  8:21                       ` Jiri Pirko
2024-02-29 14:34                         ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-02-19 18:04   ` Jiri Pirko

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