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Merge tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-nextgrafted
Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski:
"Core:
- Add dedicated kmem_cache for typical/small skb->head, avoid having
to access struct page at kfree time, and improve memory use.
- Introduce sysctl to set default RPS configuration for new netdevs.
- Define Netlink protocol specification format which can be used to
describe messages used by each family and auto-generate parsers.
Add tools for generating kernel data structures and uAPI headers.
- Expose all net/core sysctls inside netns.
- Remove 4s sleep in netpoll if carrier is instantly detected on
boot.
- Add configurable limit of MDB entries per port, and port-vlan.
- Continue populating drop reasons throughout the stack.
- Retire a handful of legacy Qdiscs and classifiers.
Protocols:
- Support IPv4 big TCP (TSO frames larger than 64kB).
- Add IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE socket option, to control local port range
on socket by socket basis.
- Track and report in procfs number of MPTCP sockets used.
- Support mixing IPv4 and IPv6 flows in the in-kernel MPTCP path
manager.
- IPv6: don't check net.ipv6.route.max_size and rely on garbage
collection to free memory (similarly to IPv4).
- Support Penultimate Segment Pop (PSP) flavor in SRv6 (RFC8986).
- ICMP: add per-rate limit counters.
- Add support for user scanning requests in ieee802154.
- Remove static WEP support.
- Support minimal Wi-Fi 7 Extremely High Throughput (EHT) rate
reporting.
- WiFi 7 EHT channel puncturing support (client & AP).
BPF:
- Add a rbtree data structure following the "next-gen data structure"
precedent set by recently added linked list, that is, by using
kfunc + kptr instead of adding a new BPF map type.
- Expose XDP hints via kfuncs with initial support for RX hash and
timestamp metadata.
- Add BPF_F_NO_TUNNEL_KEY extension to bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key to
better support decap on GRE tunnel devices not operating in collect
metadata.
- Improve x86 JIT's codegen for PROBE_MEM runtime error checks.
- Remove the need for trace_printk_lock for bpf_trace_printk and
bpf_trace_vprintk helpers.
- Extend libbpf's bpf_tracing.h support for tracing arguments of
kprobes/uprobes and syscall as a special case.
- Significantly reduce the search time for module symbols by
livepatch and BPF.
- Enable cpumasks to be used as kptrs, which is useful for tracing
programs tracking which tasks end up running on which CPUs in
different time intervals.
- Add support for BPF trampoline on s390x and riscv64.
- Add capability to export the XDP features supported by the NIC.
- Add __bpf_kfunc tag for marking kernel functions as kfuncs.
- Add cgroup.memory=nobpf kernel parameter option to disable BPF
memory accounting for container environments.
Netfilter:
- Remove the CLUSTERIP target. It has been marked as obsolete for
years, and we still have WARN splats wrt races of the out-of-band
/proc interface installed by this target.
- Add 'destroy' commands to nf_tables. They are identical to the
existing 'delete' commands, but do not return an error if the
referenced object (set, chain, rule...) did not exist.
Driver API:
- Improve cpumask_local_spread() locality to help NICs set the right
IRQ affinity on AMD platforms.
- Separate C22 and C45 MDIO bus transactions more clearly.
- Introduce new DCB table to control DSCP rewrite on egress.
- Support configuration of Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA)
Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) (802.3cg-2019). Modern version of
shared medium Ethernet.
- Support for MAC Merge layer (IEEE 802.3-2018 clause 99). Allowing
preemption of low priority frames by high priority frames.
- Add support for controlling MACSec offload using netlink SET.
- Rework devlink instance refcounts to allow registration and
de-registration under the instance lock. Split the code into
multiple files, drop some of the unnecessarily granular locks and
factor out common parts of netlink operation handling.
- Add TX frame aggregation parameters (for USB drivers).
- Add a new attr TCA_EXT_WARN_MSG to report TC (offload) warning
messages with notifications for debug.
- Allow offloading of UDP NEW connections via act_ct.
- Add support for per action HW stats in TC.
- Support hardware miss to TC action (continue processing in SW from
a specific point in the action chain).
- Warn if old Wireless Extension user space interface is used with
modern cfg80211/mac80211 drivers. Do not support Wireless
Extensions for Wi-Fi 7 devices at all. Everyone should switch to
using nl80211 interface instead.
- Improve the CAN bit timing configuration. Use extack to return
error messages directly to user space, update the SJW handling,
including the definition of a new default value that will benefit
CAN-FD controllers, by increasing their oscillator tolerance.
New hardware / drivers:
- Ethernet:
- nVidia BlueField-3 support (control traffic driver)
- Ethernet support for imx93 SoCs
- Motorcomm yt8531 gigabit Ethernet PHY
- onsemi NCN26000 10BASE-T1S PHY (with support for PLCA)
- Microchip LAN8841 PHY (incl. cable diagnostics and PTP)
- Amlogic gxl MDIO mux
- WiFi:
- RealTek RTL8188EU (rtl8xxxu)
- Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices (ath12k)
- CAN:
- Renesas R-Car V4H
Drivers:
- Bluetooth:
- Set Per Platform Antenna Gain (PPAG) for Intel controllers.
- Ethernet NICs:
- Intel (1G, igc):
- support TSN / Qbv / packet scheduling features of i226 model
- Intel (100G, ice):
- use GNSS subsystem instead of TTY
- multi-buffer XDP support
- extend support for GPIO pins to E823 devices
- nVidia/Mellanox:
- update the shared buffer configuration on PFC commands
- implement PTP adjphase function for HW offset control
- TC support for Geneve and GRE with VF tunnel offload
- more efficient crypto key management method
- multi-port eswitch support
- Netronome/Corigine:
- add DCB IEEE support
- support IPsec offloading for NFP3800
- Freescale/NXP (enetc):
- support XDP_REDIRECT for XDP non-linear buffers
- improve reconfig, avoid link flap and waiting for idle
- support MAC Merge layer
- Other NICs:
- sfc/ef100: add basic devlink support for ef100
- ionic: rx_push mode operation (writing descriptors via MMIO)
- bnxt: use the auxiliary bus abstraction for RDMA
- r8169: disable ASPM and reset bus in case of tx timeout
- cpsw: support QSGMII mode for J721e CPSW9G
- cpts: support pulse-per-second output
- ngbe: add an mdio bus driver
- usbnet: optimize usbnet_bh() by avoiding unnecessary queuing
- r8152: handle devices with FW with NCM support
- amd-xgbe: support 10Mbps, 2.5GbE speeds and rx-adaptation
- virtio-net: support multi buffer XDP
- virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff
- tsnep: XDP support
- Ethernet high-speed switches:
- nVidia/Mellanox (mlxsw):
- add support for latency TLV (in FW control messages)
- Microchip (sparx5):
- separate explicit and implicit traffic forwarding rules, make
the implicit rules always active
- add support for egress DSCP rewrite
- IS0 VCAP support (Ingress Classification)
- IS2 VCAP filters (protos, L3 addrs, L4 ports, flags, ToS
etc.)
- ES2 VCAP support (Egress Access Control)
- support for Per-Stream Filtering and Policing (802.1Q,
8.6.5.1)
- Ethernet embedded switches:
- Marvell (mv88e6xxx):
- add MAB (port auth) offload support
- enable PTP receive for mv88e6390
- NXP (ocelot):
- support MAC Merge layer
- support for the the vsc7512 internal copper phys
- Microchip:
- lan9303: convert to PHYLINK
- lan966x: support TC flower filter statistics
- lan937x: PTP support for KSZ9563/KSZ8563 and LAN937x
- lan937x: support Credit Based Shaper configuration
- ksz9477: support Energy Efficient Ethernet
- other:
- qca8k: convert to regmap read/write API, use bulk operations
- rswitch: Improve TX timestamp accuracy
- Intel WiFi (iwlwifi):
- EHT (Wi-Fi 7) rate reporting
- STEP equalizer support: transfer some STEP (connection to radio
on platforms with integrated wifi) related parameters from the
BIOS to the firmware.
- Qualcomm 802.11ax WiFi (ath11k):
- IPQ5018 support
- Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) responder role support
- channel 177 support
- MediaTek WiFi (mt76):
- per-PHY LED support
- mt7996: EHT (Wi-Fi 7) support
- Wireless Ethernet Dispatch (WED) reset support
- switch to using page pool allocator
- RealTek WiFi (rtw89):
- support new version of Bluetooth co-existance
- Mobile:
- rmnet: support TX aggregation"
* tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1872 commits)
page_pool: add a comment explaining the fragment counter usage
net: ethtool: fix __ethtool_dev_mm_supported() implementation
ethtool: pse-pd: Fix double word in comments
xsk: add linux/vmalloc.h to xsk.c
sefltests: netdevsim: wait for devlink instance after netns removal
selftest: fib_tests: Always cleanup before exit
net/mlx5e: Align IPsec ASO result memory to be as required by hardware
net/mlx5e: TC, Set CT miss to the specific ct action instance
net/mlx5e: Rename CHAIN_TO_REG to MAPPED_OBJ_TO_REG
net/mlx5: Refactor tc miss handling to a single function
net/mlx5: Kconfig: Make tc offload depend on tc skb extension
net/sched: flower: Support hardware miss to tc action
net/sched: flower: Move filter handle initialization earlier
net/sched: cls_api: Support hardware miss to tc action
net/sched: Rename user cookie and act cookie
sfc: fix builds without CONFIG_RTC_LIB
sfc: clean up some inconsistent indentings
net/mlx4_en: Introduce flexible array to silence overflow warning
net: lan966x: Fix possible deadlock inside PTP
net/ulp: Remove redundant ->clone() test in inet_clone_ulp().
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diff --git a/Documentation/misc-devices/ibmvmc.rst b/Documentation/misc-devices/ibmvmc.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b46df4ea2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/misc-devices/ibmvmc.rst @@ -0,0 +1,227 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ + +====================================================== +IBM Virtual Management Channel Kernel Driver (IBMVMC) +====================================================== + +:Authors: + Dave Engebretsen <engebret@us.ibm.com>, + Adam Reznechek <adreznec@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, + Steven Royer <seroyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, + Bryant G. Ly <bryantly@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, + +Introduction +============ + +Note: Knowledge of virtualization technology is required to understand +this document. + +A good reference document would be: + +https://openpowerfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/LoPAPR_DRAFT_v11_24March2016_cmt1.pdf + +The Virtual Management Channel (VMC) is a logical device which provides an +interface between the hypervisor and a management partition. This interface +is like a message passing interface. This management partition is intended +to provide an alternative to systems that use a Hardware Management +Console (HMC) - based system management. + +The primary hardware management solution that is developed by IBM relies +on an appliance server named the Hardware Management Console (HMC), +packaged as an external tower or rack-mounted personal computer. In a +Power Systems environment, a single HMC can manage multiple POWER +processor-based systems. + +Management Application +---------------------- + +In the management partition, a management application exists which enables +a system administrator to configure the system’s partitioning +characteristics via a command line interface (CLI) or Representational +State Transfer Application (REST API's). + +The management application runs on a Linux logical partition on a +POWER8 or newer processor-based server that is virtualized by PowerVM. +System configuration, maintenance, and control functions which +traditionally require an HMC can be implemented in the management +application using a combination of HMC to hypervisor interfaces and +existing operating system methods. This tool provides a subset of the +functions implemented by the HMC and enables basic partition configuration. +The set of HMC to hypervisor messages supported by the management +application component are passed to the hypervisor over a VMC interface, +which is defined below. + +The VMC enables the management partition to provide basic partitioning +functions: + +- Logical Partitioning Configuration +- Start, and stop actions for individual partitions +- Display of partition status +- Management of virtual Ethernet +- Management of virtual Storage +- Basic system management + +Virtual Management Channel (VMC) +-------------------------------- + +A logical device, called the Virtual Management Channel (VMC), is defined +for communicating between the management application and the hypervisor. It +basically creates the pipes that enable virtualization management +software. This device is presented to a designated management partition as +a virtual device. + +This communication device uses Command/Response Queue (CRQ) and the +Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) interfaces. A three-way handshake is +defined that must take place to establish that both the hypervisor and +management partition sides of the channel are running prior to +sending/receiving any of the protocol messages. + +This driver also utilizes Transport Event CRQs. CRQ messages are sent +when the hypervisor detects one of the peer partitions has abnormally +terminated, or one side has called H_FREE_CRQ to close their CRQ. +Two new classes of CRQ messages are introduced for the VMC device. VMC +Administrative messages are used for each partition using the VMC to +communicate capabilities to their partner. HMC Interface messages are used +for the actual flow of HMC messages between the management partition and +the hypervisor. As most HMC messages far exceed the size of a CRQ buffer, +a virtual DMA (RMDA) of the HMC message data is done prior to each HMC +Interface CRQ message. Only the management partition drives RDMA +operations; hypervisors never directly cause the movement of message data. + + +Terminology +----------- +RDMA + Remote Direct Memory Access is DMA transfer from the server to its + client or from the server to its partner partition. DMA refers + to both physical I/O to and from memory operations and to memory + to memory move operations. +CRQ + Command/Response Queue a facility which is used to communicate + between partner partitions. Transport events which are signaled + from the hypervisor to partition are also reported in this queue. + +Example Management Partition VMC Driver Interface +================================================= + +This section provides an example for the management application +implementation where a device driver is used to interface to the VMC +device. This driver consists of a new device, for example /dev/ibmvmc, +which provides interfaces to open, close, read, write, and perform +ioctl’s against the VMC device. + +VMC Interface Initialization +---------------------------- + +The device driver is responsible for initializing the VMC when the driver +is loaded. It first creates and initializes the CRQ. Next, an exchange of +VMC capabilities is performed to indicate the code version and number of +resources available in both the management partition and the hypervisor. +Finally, the hypervisor requests that the management partition create an +initial pool of VMC buffers, one buffer for each possible HMC connection, +which will be used for management application session initialization. +Prior to completion of this initialization sequence, the device returns +EBUSY to open() calls. EIO is returned for all open() failures. + +:: + + Management Partition Hypervisor + CRQ INIT + ----------------------------------------> + CRQ INIT COMPLETE + <---------------------------------------- + CAPABILITIES + ----------------------------------------> + CAPABILITIES RESPONSE + <---------------------------------------- + ADD BUFFER (HMC IDX=0,1,..) _ + <---------------------------------------- | + ADD BUFFER RESPONSE | - Perform # HMCs Iterations + ----------------------------------------> - + +VMC Interface Open +------------------ + +After the basic VMC channel has been initialized, an HMC session level +connection can be established. The application layer performs an open() to +the VMC device and executes an ioctl() against it, indicating the HMC ID +(32 bytes of data) for this session. If the VMC device is in an invalid +state, EIO will be returned for the ioctl(). The device driver creates a +new HMC session value (ranging from 1 to 255) and HMC index value (starting +at index 0 and ranging to 254) for this HMC ID. The driver then does an +RDMA of the HMC ID to the hypervisor, and then sends an Interface Open +message to the hypervisor to establish the session over the VMC. After the +hypervisor receives this information, it sends Add Buffer messages to the +management partition to seed an initial pool of buffers for the new HMC +connection. Finally, the hypervisor sends an Interface Open Response +message, to indicate that it is ready for normal runtime messaging. The +following illustrates this VMC flow: + +:: + + Management Partition Hypervisor + RDMA HMC ID + ----------------------------------------> + Interface Open + ----------------------------------------> + Add Buffer _ + <---------------------------------------- | + Add Buffer Response | - Perform N Iterations + ----------------------------------------> - + Interface Open Response + <---------------------------------------- + +VMC Interface Runtime +--------------------- + +During normal runtime, the management application and the hypervisor +exchange HMC messages via the Signal VMC message and RDMA operations. When +sending data to the hypervisor, the management application performs a +write() to the VMC device, and the driver RDMA’s the data to the hypervisor +and then sends a Signal Message. If a write() is attempted before VMC +device buffers have been made available by the hypervisor, or no buffers +are currently available, EBUSY is returned in response to the write(). A +write() will return EIO for all other errors, such as an invalid device +state. When the hypervisor sends a message to the management, the data is +put into a VMC buffer and an Signal Message is sent to the VMC driver in +the management partition. The driver RDMA’s the buffer into the partition +and passes the data up to the appropriate management application via a +read() to the VMC device. The read() request blocks if there is no buffer +available to read. The management application may use select() to wait for +the VMC device to become ready with data to read. + +:: + + Management Partition Hypervisor + MSG RDMA + ----------------------------------------> + SIGNAL MSG + ----------------------------------------> + SIGNAL MSG + <---------------------------------------- + MSG RDMA + <---------------------------------------- + +VMC Interface Close +------------------- + +HMC session level connections are closed by the management partition when +the application layer performs a close() against the device. This action +results in an Interface Close message flowing to the hypervisor, which +causes the session to be terminated. The device driver must free any +storage allocated for buffers for this HMC connection. + +:: + + Management Partition Hypervisor + INTERFACE CLOSE + ----------------------------------------> + INTERFACE CLOSE RESPONSE + <---------------------------------------- + +Additional Information +====================== + +For more information on the documentation for CRQ Messages, VMC Messages, +HMC interface Buffers, and signal messages please refer to the Linux on +Power Architecture Platform Reference. Section F. |