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[109.67.15.113]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id p9sm4049976wmm.17.2020.12.16.11.57.39 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:57:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:57:37 -0500 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" To: Parav Pandit Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Introduce vdpa management tool Message-ID: <20201216145724-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20201112064005.349268-1-parav@nvidia.com> <20201116142312.661786bb@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com> <20201216041303-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <20201216080610.08541f44@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=mst@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Jakub Kicinski , Eli Cohen , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org" X-BeenThere: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux virtualization List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Sender: "Virtualization" On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 04:54:37PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote: > > From: Jakub Kicinski > > Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 9:36 PM > > > > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 04:13:51 -0500 Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > > > > 3. Why not use ioctl() interface? > > > > > > > > > > Obviously I'm gonna ask you - why can't you use devlink? > > > > > > > > > This was considered. > > > > However it seems that extending devlink for vdpa specific stats, devices, > > config sounds overloading devlink beyond its defined scope. > > > > > > kuba what's your thinking here? Should I merge this as is? > > > > No objections from me if people familiar with VDPA like it. > > I was too occupied with the recent work on subfunction series. > I wanted to change the "parentdev" to "mgmtdev" to make it little more clear for vdpa management tool to see vdpa mgmt device and operate on it. > What do you think? Should I revise v2 or its late? I need a rebase anyway, so sure. -- MST _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization