On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 05:46:10PM +0100, Adrien Mazarguil wrote: > The decision to deliver mlx4/mlx5 rdma-core glue plug-ins separately instead > of generating them at run time due to security concerns [1] led to a few > issues: > > - They must be present on the file system before running DPDK. > - Their location must be known to the dynamic linker. > - Their names overlap and ABI compatibility is not guaranteed, which may > lead to crashes. > > This series addresses the above by adding version information to plug-ins > and taking CONFIG_RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH into account to locate them on the file > system. > > [1] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-January/089617.html > > v2 changes: > > - Fixed extra "\n" in glue file name generation (although it didn't break > functionality). > > Adrien Mazarguil (4): > net/mlx: add debug checks to glue structure > net/mlx: fix missing includes for rdma-core glue > net/mlx: version rdma-core glue libraries > net/mlx: make rdma-core glue path configurable > > doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst | 17 ++++++++++++ > doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 14 ++++++++++ > drivers/net/mlx4/Makefile | 8 ++++-- > drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_glue.c | 4 +++ > drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_glue.h | 9 +++++++ > drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile | 8 ++++-- > drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_glue.c | 1 + > drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_glue.h | 7 +++++ > 10 files changed, 176 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.11.0
For the series, Acked-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranje...@6wind.com> -- Nélio Laranjeiro 6WIND
