On 9/19/2017 3:31 PM, Xueming Li wrote: > 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
Out of curiosity, why this driver patch depends on example app bug fix? > 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 >
