Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] net/mlx5: use Netlink to add/remove MAC addresses

2018-03-27 Thread Shahaf Shuler
Thursday, March 22, 2018 12:29 PM, Nélio Laranjeiro: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 09:45:16AM +, Shahaf Shuler wrote: > > Thursday, March 22, 2018 11:05 AM, Nélio Laranjeiro: > > > > What if the DPDK process is terminated ungracefully? I think the > > > > MAC table will remain with all the MACs whi

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] net/mlx5: use Netlink to add/remove MAC addresses

2018-03-22 Thread Nélio Laranjeiro
On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 09:45:16AM +, Shahaf Shuler wrote: > Thursday, March 22, 2018 11:05 AM, Nélio Laranjeiro: > > > What if the DPDK process is terminated ungracefully? I think the MAC > > > table will remain with all the MACs which were added. > > > The next run of the process may have un-

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] net/mlx5: use Netlink to add/remove MAC addresses

2018-03-22 Thread Shahaf Shuler
Thursday, March 22, 2018 11:05 AM, Nélio Laranjeiro: > > What if the DPDK process is terminated ungracefully? I think the MAC > > table will remain with all the MACs which were added. > > The next run of the process may have un-expected results. > > > > Should we flush the neighbor mac table also o

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] net/mlx5: use Netlink to add/remove MAC addresses

2018-03-22 Thread Nélio Laranjeiro
On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 07:34:50AM +, Shahaf Shuler wrote: > Hi Nelio, > > Wednesday, March 21, 2018 3:40 PM, Nelio Laranjeiro: > > VF devices are not able to receive traffic unless it fully requests it > > though > > Netlink. This will cause the request to be processed by the PF which will

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] net/mlx5: use Netlink to add/remove MAC addresses

2018-03-22 Thread Shahaf Shuler
Thursday, March 22, 2018 9:35 AM, Shahaf Shuler: > Hi Nelio, > > Wednesday, March 21, 2018 3:40 PM, Nelio Laranjeiro: > > VF devices are not able to receive traffic unless it fully requests it > > though Netlink. This will cause the request to be processed by the PF > > which will add/remove the

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] net/mlx5: use Netlink to add/remove MAC addresses

2018-03-22 Thread Shahaf Shuler
Hi Nelio, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 3:40 PM, Nelio Laranjeiro: > VF devices are not able to receive traffic unless it fully requests it though > Netlink. This will cause the request to be processed by the PF which will > add/remove the MAC address to the VF table if the VF is trusted. > > Signed