Hi Ilya,
Please see inline

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ilya Maximets <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 5:34 PM
> To: Ophir Munk <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Ian
> Stokes <[email protected]>
> Cc: Asaf Penso <[email protected]>; Shahaf Shuler
> <[email protected]>; Thomas Monjalon <[email protected]>; Olga
> Shern <[email protected]>; Kevin Traynor <[email protected]>; Aaron
> Conole <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] netdev-dpdk: support port representors
> 
> On 17.01.2019 18:12, Ophir Munk wrote:
> > Hi Ilay,
> > Please see inline
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Ilya Maximets <[email protected]>
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 12:50 PM
> >> To: Ophir Munk <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Ian
> >> Stokes <[email protected]>
> >> Cc: Asaf Penso <[email protected]>; Shahaf Shuler
> >> <[email protected]>; Thomas Monjalon <[email protected]>;
> Olga
> >> Shern <[email protected]>; Kevin Traynor <[email protected]>;
> >> Aaron Conole <[email protected]>
> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] netdev-dpdk: support port representors
> >>
> >> On 17.01.2019 3:25, Ophir Munk wrote:
> >>>>> +    if ((eth_dev->data->dev_flags & RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE)
> &&
> >>>>> +            (netdev_dpdk_get_num_ports(rte_dev) > 1)) {
> >>>
> >>> This line requires a fix. It should be ">=1" instead of ">1".
> >>
> >> But current device is not closed yet.
> >> It'll be counted by netdev_dpdk_get_num_ports().
> >>
> >
> > This line will be eventually deleted in v6 based on your code
> > suggestion below
> >
> >>> The two lines above are rewritten in v6.
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> We still need to close the port here because if you'll have 2
> >>>> sibling ports you'll not be able do detach any of them because
> >>>> another one still
> >> open.
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyway, Logic seems wrong here.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I will try to explain the logic
> >>>
> >>>> The function intended to detach pci devices. And the usecase is
> >>>> detaching devices that was added by the whitelist and not attached
> >>>> in 'netdev_dpdk_process_devargs', i.e. has 'dev->attached = false'.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Correct
> >>>
> >>>> The workflow should be:
> >>>>
> >>>>   * Iterate over all the siblings of the desired device.
> >>>>       * if port_id still used by OVS
> >>>> (netdev_dpdk_lookup_by_port_id(port_id) !=
> >>>> NULL)
> >>>>            print "Device '%s' is being used by interface '%s'.
> >>>> Remove it before detaching"
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> For PMDs not supporting representors the code is backward compatible
> >>> with
> >> previous versions.
> >>> For PMDs supporting representors and in cases we have dozens of
> >>> multi-ports
> >> (representors/interfaces) - is it desirable to print dozens of such 
> >> messages?
> >>> The current patch suggests one message for all cases:
> >>> "Device '%s' is being shared with other interfaces. Remove them
> >>> before detaching.", IMHO, I would leave it this way for this patch.
> >>> If you still think it
> >> is useful to have a message per interface - I suggest adding it in a
> >> follow up patch.
> >>> What do you think?
> >>
> >> This function used only in manual appctl command. It's not an issue
> >> to have a big output. By the way, you may collect all the port names and
> print like this:
> >>
> >>  struct netdev_dpdk *dev;
> >>  struct ds used_interfaces = DS_EMPTY_INITIALIZER;  bool used =
> >> false;
> >>
> >>  ds_put_format(&used_interfaces,
> >>                "Device '%s' is being used by following interfaces:",
> >> argv[1]);
> >>
> >>  FOR_EACH_SIBLING (&port_id) {
> >>      dev = netdev_dpdk_lookup_by_port_id(port_id);
> >>      if (dev) {
> >>          used = true;
> >>          ds_put_format(&used_interfaces, " %s", netdev_get_name(&dev-
> >up));
> >>      }
> >>  }
> >>
> >>  if (used) {
> >>      ds_put_cstr(&used_interfaces, ". Remove them before detaching.");
> >>      response = ds_steal_cstr(&used_interfaces);
> >>      ds_destroy(&used_interfaces);
> >>      goto error;
> >>  }
> >>
> >>  ds_destroy(&used_interfaces);
> >>
> >
> > Many thanks for the nice code suggestion!. I used most of it (however
> iterating over the netdev_dpdk devices rather than over the DPDK ports).
> > If you agree - please become co-author of this patch.
> >
> 
> If you wish.
> 

Yes, added you as co-author (need to sign-off?)

> Looking forward for v6 for the next round of review.
> 

V6 was sent (my mail server may delay the sending for unknown reasons).


> Best regards, Ilya Maximets.
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