[dpdk-dev] RFC - vdev_netvsc automatic blacklisting

[Matan Azrad]

Hi

+ Shahaf

 From: Stephen Hemminger 
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 05:15:47 +0000
> Matan Azrad <matan at mellanox.com> wrote:
> 
> >  From: Stephen Hemminger
> > > > Hi Stephen
> > > >
> > > > From: Stephen Hemminger
> > > > > When using DPDK on Azure it is common to have one non-DPDK
> > > interface.
> > > > > If that non-DPDK interface is present vdev_netvsc correctly skip it.
> > > > > But if the non-DPDK has accelerated networking the Mellanox
> > > > > driver will still get associated with DPDK (and break connectivity).
> > > > >
> > > > > The current process is to tell users to do whitelist or
> > > > > blacklist the PCI
> > > > > device(s) not used for DPDK. But vdev_netvsc already is doing a
> > > > > lot of looking at devices and VF devices.
> > > > >
> > > > > Could vdev_netvsc just do this automatically by setting devargs
> > > > > for the VF to blacklist?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > There is way to blacklist a device by setting it a rout\IP\IPv6,
> > > > from the
> > > VDEV_NETVSC doc:
> > > > "Not specifying either iface or mac makes this driver attach
> > > > itself to all
> > > unrouted NetVSC interfaces found on the system. Specifying the
> > > device makes this driver attach itself to the device regardless the device
> routes."
> > > >
> > > > So, we are expecting that used VFs will be with a rout and DPDK
> > > > VFs will not
> > > be with a rout.
> > > >
> > > > Doesn't it enough?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Matan
> > >
> > > I am talking about if eth0 has a route, it gets skipped but the
> > > associated MLX SR-IOV device does not. When the MLX device is then
> > > configured for DPDK, it breaks it for use by kernel; and therefore
> connectivity with the VM is lost.
> >
> > Ok, I think I got you.
> > You want to blacklist the PCI device which its netvsc net-device is detected
> as routed. Do you?
> >
> > If so,
> >
> > I don't think that probing the pci device hurts the connectivity, only the
> configuration should hurt it.
> >
> > It means that the application configures the device and hurt it.
> > Doesn't it an application issue?
> >
> > Matan
> 
> Actually probing does hurt, it corrupts the MLX driver.
> In theory, the driver supports bifurcated but in practice it is greedy and grabs
> all flows.


I can't see promiscuous configuration in the probing code.
Looks like it is an application configuration.

Shahaf , are you agree?

Matan