[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 00/11] introduce fail-safe PMD

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 7/18/2017 1:48 PM, Gaetan Rivet wrote:
> This PMD intercepts and manages Ethernet device removal events issued by
> slave PMDs and re-initializes them transparently when brought back so that
> existing applications do not need to be modified to benefit from true
> hot-plugging support.
> 
> The stacked PMD approach shares many similarities with the bonding PMD but
> with a different purpose. While bonding provides the ability to group
> several links into a single logical device for enhanced throughput and
> supports fail-over at link level, this one manages the sudden disappearance
> of the underlying device; it guarantees applications face a valid device in
> working order at all times.
> 
> Each fail-safe instance is configured to run atop one or several
> devices, with one defined as the preferred device. Hot-plug events are
> handled on all of them, and Tx is always directed to the preferred device
> if present or to the next available failover device (Rx is always performed
> on all devices for simplicity).
> 
> Moreover, the configured slaves (preferred or failover) do not need to be
> present at initialization time and may appear later.
> 
> Slaves configuration is continuously synchronized with that of the virtual
> device, which exposes their common set of capabilities to the application.
> Failure to apply the current configuration state to a slave for any reason
> simply reschedules its initialization.
> 
> This patchset depends on:
> 
> [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/8] fix hotplug API
> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-July/071340.html
> 
> v1 --> v2:
> 
>   - Wrote documentation
>   - Fixed commit logs, signed-off-by
>   - Added LSC event support
>   - A few minor fixes
> 
> v2 --> v3:
> 
>   - Numerous bug fixes.
>   - Complete sub-EAL rework to follow new bus API.
>   - burst protection on sub removal.
>   - more flexible sub definition.
>   - flow isolated mode support.
> 
> v3 --> v4:
> 
>   - Split back commits
>        net/failsafe: add fast burst functions
>        net/failsafe: support device removal
>     That were squashed by error during a rebase
>   - Fix segfault on port plugin
>   - Fix isolate mode support for MLX4 ports plugin
> 
> v4 --> v5:
> 
>   - Follow new plug / unplug API.
> 
> v5 --> v6:
> 
>   - Follow new hotplug API.
>   - Improve usability of hotplug API.
>   - Fix rte_dev hotplug API implementation.
>   - Introduce rte_eal_devargs_rmv API as EXPERIMENTAL.
>   - Use it to clean up resources on hotplug_remove.
>   - Fix hotplug implementation and support un pci bus.
>     The scan was not idempotent, nor clean.
>     Neither were the device fields.
>   - Implement plug operation for vdev bus.
>     This is needed for hotplug support and to make the EAL
>     independent from vdev-specific API.
>   - Remove useless parameters from plug / unplug API.
> 
> This patchset is fairly big and complex. The hotplug API has been rushed and
> has never been tested outside of the special case of vdev bus.
> 
> These evolutions are proposed alongside this PMD as only this PMD allows to test
> this API at the moment, and without those evolutions this PMD cannot be used.
> 
> v6 --> v7
> 
>   - Split the series in three, with
>     vlan filter configuration store standing alone
>     Hotplug API fixes separated
>     Fail-safe PMD on its own.
> 
>     These changes should ease integration.
> 
> v7 --> v8
> 
>   - Fix usage examples in documentation.
>   - Use rte_eth_dev_allocated when relevant.
> 
> v8 --> v9
> 
>   - Use calloc instead of rte_realloc for command line parsing.
>   - Include errno only when necessary.
> 
> v9 --> v10
> 
>   - Fix rte_flow description double-free issue.
>     Thanks Raslan for finding the issue :)
>   - Use RTE_ASSERT instead of assert.
>     Integrate the debug log of the fail-safe to
>     RTE_LOG_DEBUG macro as well, allowing dynamic log levels.
>   - Remove devices post-state-sync during slave upkeep,
>     to avoid a useless early probe attempt.
> 
> v10 --> v11
> 
>   - Added Glossary in documentation.
>   - Fixed issues oulined in [1].
>   - Removed Rx offload advertizement in feature matrix.
> 
> [1]: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-July/071406.html
> 
> Gaetan Rivet (11):
>   ethdev: add deferred intermediate device state
>   ethdev: count devices consistently
>   net/failsafe: add fail-safe PMD
>   net/failsafe: add plug-in support
>   net/failsafe: add flexible device definition
>   net/failsafe: support flow API
>   net/failsafe: support Rx offload capabilities
>   net/failsafe: add fast burst functions
>   net/failsafe: support device removal
>   net/failsafe: support link status change event
>   net/failsafe: support flow API isolation mode

Series applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.