On Sun, 1 Sep 2019 23:24:31 -0500 Parav Pandit <pa...@mellanox.com> wrote:
> To have consistent naming for the netdevice of a mdev and to have > consistent naming of the devlink port [1] of a mdev, which is formed using > phys_port_name of the devlink port, current UUID is not usable because > UUID is too long. > > UUID in string format is 36-characters long and in binary 128-bit. > Both formats are not able to fit within 15 characters limit of netdev > name. > > It is desired to have mdev device naming consistent using UUID. > So that widely used user space framework such as ovs [2] can make use > of mdev representor in similar way as PCIe SR-IOV VF and PF representors. > > Hence, > (a) mdev alias is created which is derived using sha1 from the mdev name. > (b) Vendor driver describes how long an alias should be for the child mdev > created for a given parent. > (c) Mdev aliases are unique at system level. > (d) alias is created optionally whenever parent requested. > This ensures that non networking mdev parents can function without alias > creation overhead. > > This design is discussed at [3]. > > An example systemd/udev extension will have, > > 1. netdev name created using mdev alias available in sysfs. > > mdev UUID=83b8f4f2-509f-382f-3c1e-e6bfe0fa1001 > mdev 12 character alias=cd5b146a80a5 > > netdev name of this mdev = enmcd5b146a80a5 > Here en = Ethernet link > m = mediated device > > 2. devlink port phys_port_name created using mdev alias. > devlink phys_port_name=pcd5b146a80a5 > > This patchset enables mdev core to maintain unique alias for a mdev. > > Patch-1 Introduces mdev alias using sha1. > Patch-2 Ensures that mdev alias is unique in a system. > Patch-3 Exposes mdev alias in a sysfs hirerchy, update Documentation > Patch-4 Introduces mdev_alias() API. > Patch-5 Extends mtty driver to optionally provide alias generation. > This also enables to test UUID based sha1 collision and trigger > error handling for duplicate sha1 results. > > [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/devlink-port.8.html > [2] https://docs.openstack.org/os-vif/latest/user/plugins/ovs.html > [3] https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/11084231/ > > --- > Changelog: > v2->v3: > - Addressed comment from Yunsheng Lin > - Changed strcmp() ==0 to !strcmp() > - Addressed comment from Cornelia Hunk > - Merged sysfs Documentation patch with syfs patch > - Added more description for alias return value > v1->v2: > - Corrected a typo from 'and' to 'an' > - Addressed comments from Alex Williamson > - Kept mdev_device naturally aligned > - Added error checking for crypt_*() calls > - Moved alias NULL check at beginning > - Added mdev_alias() API > - Updated mtty driver to show example mdev_alias() usage > - Changed return type of generate_alias() from int to char* > v0->v1: > - Addressed comments from Alex Williamson, Cornelia Hunk and Mark Bloch > - Moved alias length check outside of the parent lock > - Moved alias and digest allocation from kvzalloc to kzalloc > - &alias[0] changed to alias > - alias_length check is nested under get_alias_length callback check > - Changed comments to start with an empty line > - Added comment where alias memory ownership is handed over to mdev device > - Fixed cleaunup of hash if mdev_bus_register() fails > - Updated documentation for new sysfs alias file > - Improved commit logs to make description more clear > - Fixed inclusiong of alias for NULL check > - Added ratelimited debug print for sha1 hash collision error > > Parav Pandit (5): > mdev: Introduce sha1 based mdev alias > mdev: Make mdev alias unique among all mdevs > mdev: Expose mdev alias in sysfs tree > mdev: Introduce an API mdev_alias > mtty: Optionally support mtty alias > > .../driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst | 9 ++ > drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 142 +++++++++++++++++- > drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h | 5 +- > drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c | 26 +++- > include/linux/mdev.h | 5 + > samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c | 13 ++ > 6 files changed, 190 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > The patches on their own look sane (and I gave my R-b), but the consumer of this new API should be ready before this is merged, as already discussed below.
