Hi Qing,
> -----Original Message----- > From: Qing Huang [mailto:qing.hu...@oracle.com] > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018 10:36 AM > To: Daniel Jurgens <dani...@mellanox.com>; Or Gerlitz > <gerlitz...@gmail.com>; Parav Pandit <pa...@mellanox.com> > Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; RDMA mailing list <linux- > r...@vger.kernel.org>; Jason Gunthorpe <j...@ziepe.ca>; Doug Ledford > <dledf...@redhat.com>; Leon Romanovsky <l...@kernel.org>; > gerald.gib...@oracle.com > Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/mlx5: avoid binding a new mpi unit to the same > devices repeatedly > > > > On 7/15/2018 12:48 PM, Daniel Jurgens wrote: > > On 7/14/2018 10:57 AM, Or Gerlitz wrote: > >> On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 2:50 AM, Qing Huang <qing.hu...@oracle.com> > wrote: > >>> When a CX5 device is configured in dual-port RoCE mode, after > >>> creating many VFs against port 1, creating the same number of VFs > >>> against port 2 will flood kernel/syslog with something like > >>> "mlx5_*:mlx5_ib_bind_slave_port:4266:(pid 5269): port 2 already > >>> affiliated." > >>> > >>> So basically, when traversing mlx5_ib_dev_list, > >>> mlx5_ib_add_slave_port() shouldn't repeatedly attempt to bind the > >>> new mpi data unit to every device on the list until it finds an unbound > device. > >> Daniel, > >> > >> What is mpi data unit? > > It's a structure to keep track affiliated port info in dual port RoCE mode, > mpi meaning multi-port info. Parav can review this it my absence, otherwise I > can take a closer look when I return to the office. > Hi Daniel/Parav, > > Have you got a chance to review this patch? Thanks! Didn't have chance yet. Will do this week.
