[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/5] net/mlx5 multi-process support

[Xueming Li]

This patchset enhances Mellanox multi-process by supporting all multi-process
examples, also support reading ethdev (x)stats in secondary process.

Start from V2, this patchset depends on upstream rdma-core enhancement
and l2fork example bug fix:
http://www.dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-August/073405.html
http://www.dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-September/075568.html

V4:
* remove forked secondary mode

V3:
* add cover letter
* add dependency notes

V2:
* split into multiple patches
* support forked secondary process
* add secondary process ethdev operations
* rebase on latest rdma-core upstream api


Xueming Li (5):
  net/mlx5: change eth device reference for secondary process
  net/mlx5: install a socket to exchange a file descriptor
  net/mlx5: allocate verbs object into shared memory
  net/mlx5: add operations for secondary process
  net/mlx5: multi-process document update

 doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini |   1 +
 doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst          |   4 +-
 drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile         |   1 +
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c           | 104 ++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h           |  16 ++-
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c    | 108 +++++++++-----
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_fdir.c      |   2 +
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rss.c       |   1 +
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c       |   1 +
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h      |   2 +
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_socket.c    | 294 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c   |   4 +-
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c       |  66 +++++++++
 13 files changed, 562 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_socket.c

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