Re: [PATCH net-next v8 00/10] enic: SR-IOV V2 admin channel and MBOX protocol
From: Paolo Abeni
Date: Sat Jun 13 2026 - 05:41:55 EST
On 6/12/26 12:52 PM, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 09, 2026 at 09:32:26AM -0700, Satish Kharat wrote:
>> This series adds the admin channel infrastructure and mailbox (MBOX)
>> protocol needed for V2 SR-IOV support in the enic driver.
>>
>> The V2 SR-IOV design uses a direct PF-VF communication channel built on
>> dedicated WQ/RQ/CQ hardware resources and an MSI-X interrupt.
>>
>> Firmware capability and admin channel infrastructure (patches 1-4):
>> - Probe-time firmware feature check for V2 SR-IOV support
>> - Admin channel open/close, RQ buffer management, CQ service
>> with MSI-X interrupt and workqueue-based polling
>>
>> MBOX protocol and VF enable (patches 5-10):
>> - MBOX message types, core send/receive, PF and VF handlers
>> - V2 SR-IOV enable wiring with admin channel setup
>> - V2 VF probe with admin channel and PF registration
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Satish Kharat <satishkh@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Satish,
>
> There is AI-generated review of this patch-set available on both
> https://sashiko.dev and https://netdev-ai.bots.linux.dev/sashiko/
> I would appreciate it if you could look over that with a view
> to addressing any issues that directly affect this patch.
At very least the scheduling while atomic issue in patch 9/10 reported
by both sashikos looks real and should be addressed.
/P