[libvirt] [libvirt PATCH] Port-profile ID support using IFLA_VF_PORT_PROFILE netlink msg

Gerhard Stenzel gstenzel at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon May 10 09:26:34 UTC 2010


On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 00:05 -0700, Scott Feldman wrote:
> From: Scott Feldman <scofeldm at cisco.com>
> 
> This fleshes out the port profile ID proof-of-concept patch posted
> earlier
> by David Allan, referenced here:
> 
>   https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2010-March/msg01401.html
> 
> It uses the new IFLA_VF_PORT_PROFILE netlink msg to set/unset the
> port-
> profile for the virtual switch port backing the VM device.  The new
> netlink
> msg is being discussed on the netdev kernel mailing list here:
> 
>   http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=127312092712543&w=2
>   http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=127312093412556&w=2
> 
> IFLA_VF_PORT_PROFILE is sent using RTM_SETLINK, and retrieved using
> RTM_GETLINK.  IFLA_VF_PORT_PROFILE is sent using netlink multicast
> send
> with RTNLGRP_LINK so the receiver of the msg can be in user-space or
> kernel-space.

I tried the latest libvirt (from git) to compile with this patch:

util/macvtap.c:618: warning: 'struct ifla_vf_port_profile' declared
inside parameter list
util/macvtap.c:618: warning: its scope is only this definition or
declaration, which is probably not what you want
util/macvtap.c: In function 'sendPortProfileMulticastMsg':
util/macvtap.c:648: error: 'IFLA_VF_PORT_PROFILE' undeclared (first use
in this function)
util/macvtap.c:648: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only
once
util/macvtap.c:648: error: for each function it appears in.)
util/macvtap.c:649: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
util/macvtap.c: In function 'unsetPortProfileId':
util/macvtap.c:709: error: storage size of 'ivp' isn't known
util/macvtap.c:711: error: invalid application of 'sizeof' to incomplete
type 'struct ifla_vf_port_profile' 
util/macvtap.c:709: warning: unused variable 'ivp' [-Wunused-variable]
util/macvtap.c: In function 'setPortProfileId':
util/macvtap.c:733: error: storage size of 'ivp' isn't known
util/macvtap.c:734: error: 'IFLA_VF_UUID_MAX' undeclared (first use in
this function)
util/macvtap.c:739: error: invalid application of 'sizeof' to incomplete
type 'struct ifla_vf_port_profile' 
util/macvtap.c:734: warning: unused variable
'host_uuid' [-Wunused-variable]
util/macvtap.c:733: warning: unused variable 'ivp' [-Wunused-variable]
make[3]: *** [libvirt_util_la-macvtap.lo] Error 1

As of 2.6.34-rc7, 'IFLA_VF_PORT_PROFILE' is not yet in the kernel. Any
estimate when this might change?


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Best regards, 

Gerhard Stenzel, 
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