Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] netdev: kernel-only IFF_HIDDEN netdevice

Hi Siwei > I think everyone seems to agree not to fiddle with the ":" prefix, but > rather have a new class of network subsystem under /sys/class thus a > separate device namespace e.g. /sys/class/net-kernel for those > auto-managed lower netdevs is needed. How do you get a device into this new

Re: [virtio-dev] Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] qemu: virtio-bypass should explicitly bind to a passthrough device

(click the wrong reply button again, sorry) On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 8:31 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > On 04/04/2018 10:02, Siwei Liu wrote: >>> pci_bus_num is almost always a bug if not done within >>> a context of a PCI host, bridge, etc. >>> >>> In particular this will not

Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] netdev: kernel-only IFF_HIDDEN netdevice

On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 10:37 AM, David Miller wrote: > From: David Ahern > Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 11:21:54 -0600 > >> It is a netdev so there is no reason to have a separate ip command to >> inspect it. 'ip link' is the right place. > > I agree on this.

Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v5 2/4] net: Introduce generic bypass module

On 4/6/2018 5:57 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 11:08:21PM CEST, sridhar.samudr...@intel.com wrote: This provides a generic interface for paravirtual drivers to listen for netdev register/unregister/link change events from pci ethernet devices with the same MAC and takeover their

Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v5 3/4] virtio_net: Extend virtio to use VF datapath when available

On 4/6/2018 5:48 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 11:08:22PM CEST, sridhar.samudr...@intel.com wrote: + +static void virtnet_bypass_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev) +{ + struct virtnet_bypass_info *vbi = netdev_priv(dev); + struct net_device *child_netdev;

Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] netdev: kernel-only IFF_HIDDEN netdevice

(put discussions back on list which got accidentally removed) On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 4:08 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 12:04:38 -0700 > Siwei Liu wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 10:35 AM, Stephen Hemminger >>

Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v5 2/4] net: Introduce generic bypass module

Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 11:08:21PM CEST, sridhar.samudr...@intel.com wrote: >This provides a generic interface for paravirtual drivers to listen >for netdev register/unregister/link change events from pci ethernet >devices with the same MAC and takeover their datapath. The notifier and >event

Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v5 3/4] virtio_net: Extend virtio to use VF datapath when available

Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 11:08:22PM CEST, sridhar.samudr...@intel.com wrote: >This patch enables virtio_net to switch over to a VF datapath when a VF >netdev is present with the same MAC address. It allows live migration >of a VM with a direct attached VF without the need to setup a bond/team >between

[PATCH v31 3/4] mm/page_poison: expose page_poisoning_enabled to kernel modules

In some usages, e.g. virtio-balloon, a kernel module needs to know if page poisoning is in use. This patch exposes the page_poisoning_enabled function to kernel modules. Signed-off-by: Wei Wang Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Michal Hocko

[PATCH v31 4/4] virtio-balloon: VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_POISON

The VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_POISON feature bit is used to indicate if the guest is using page poisoning. Guest writes to the poison_val config field to tell host about the page poisoning value in use. Signed-off-by: Wei Wang Suggested-by: Michael S. Tsirkin

[PATCH v31 1/4] mm: support reporting free page blocks

This patch adds support to walk through the free page blocks in the system and report them via a callback function. Some page blocks may leave the free list after zone->lock is released, so it is the caller's responsibility to either detect or prevent the use of such pages. One use example of

[PATCH v31 2/4] virtio-balloon: VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_HINT

Negotiation of the VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_HINT feature indicates the support of reporting hints of guest free pages to host via virtio-balloon. Host requests the guest to report free page hints by sending a new cmd id to the guest via the free_page_report_cmd_id configuration register. When

[PATCH v31 0/4] Virtio-balloon: support free page reporting

This patch series is separated from the previous "Virtio-balloon Enhancement" series. The new feature, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_HINT, implemented by this series enables the virtio-balloon driver to report hints of guest free pages to the host. It can be used to accelerate live migration of

Re: [RFC] virtio: Use DMA MAP API for devices without an IOMMU

On Fri, 2018-04-06 at 00:16 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 08:23:10AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote: > > On 04/06/2018 02:48 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > On Thu, 2018-04-05 at 21:34 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > > > In this specific case, because

Re: [RFC] virtio: Use DMA MAP API for devices without an IOMMU

On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 08:23:10AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote: > On 04/06/2018 02:48 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > On Thu, 2018-04-05 at 21:34 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > >>> In this specific case, because that would make qemu expect an iommu, > >>> and there isn't one. > >> >