[libvirt] [PATCH v8] vepa: parsing for 802.1Qb{g|h} XML

[Scott Feldman]

On 5/23/10 9:51 AM, "Stefan Berger" <stefanb at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Below is David Alan's original patch with lots of changes.
> 
> In particular, it now parses the following two XML descriptions, one
> for 802.1Qbg and 802.1Qbh and stored the data internally. The actual
> triggering of the switch setup protocol has not been implemented
> here but the relevant code to do that should go into the functions
> associatePortProfileId() and disassociatePortProfileId().
> 
>    <interface type='direct'>
>       <source dev='eth0.100' mode='vepa'/>
>       <model type='virtio'/>
>       <virtualport type='802.1Qbg'>
>         <parameters managerid='12' typeid='0x123456' typeidversion='1'
>          instanceid='fa9b7fff-b0a0-4893-8e0e-beef4ff18f8f'/>
>       </virtualport>
>       <filterref filter='clean-traffic'/>
>     </interface>
> 
>     <interface type='direct'>
>       <source dev='eth0.100' mode='vepa'/>
>       <model type='virtio'/>
>       <virtualport type='802.1Qbh'>
>         <parameters profileid='my_profile'/>
>       </virtualport>
>     </interface>
> 
> I'd suggest to use this patch as a base for triggering the setup
> protocol with the 802.1Qb{g|h} switch.
> 
> Changes from V7 to V8:
> - Addressed most of Chris Wright's comments:
>   - indicating error in case virtualport XML node cannot be parsed
>     properly
>   - parsing hex and decimal numbers using virStrToLong_ui() with
>     parameter '0' for base
>   - tgifname (target interface name) variable wasn't necessary
>     to pass to openMacvtapTap function anymore
> - assigning the virtual port data structure to the virDomainNetDef
>   only if it was previously parsed
> 
> -> still leaving possibility to start a domain with macvtap but no profile
> 
> Changes from V6 to V7:
> - make sure that the error code returned by openMacvtapTap() is a negative
> number
>   in case the associatePortProfileId() function failed.
> 
> Changes from V5 to V6:
> - renaming vsi in the XML to virtualport
> - replace all occurrences of vsi in the source as well
> 
> Changes from V4 to V5:
> - removing mode and MAC address parameters from the functions that
>   will communicate with the hareware diretctly or indirectly
> 
> Changes from V3 to V4:
> - moving the associate and disassociate functions to the end of the
>   file for subsequent patches to easier make them generally available
>   for export
> - passing the macvtap interface name rather than the link device since
>   this otherwise gives funny side effects when using netlink messages
>   where IFLA_IFNAME and IFLA_ADDRESS are specified and the link dev
>   all of a sudden gets the MAC address of the macvtap interface.
> - Removing rc = -1 error indications in the case of 802.1Qbg|h setup in case
>   we wanted to use hook scripts for the setup and so the setup doesn't fail
>   here.
> 
> Changes from V2 to V3:
> - if instance ID UUID is not supplied it will automatically be generated
>   - adapted schema to make instance ID UUID optional
>   - added test case
> 
> Some of the changes from V1 to V2:
> - parser and XML generator have been separated into their own
>   functions so they can be re-used elsewhere (passthrough case
>   for example)
> - Adapted XML parser and generator support the above shown type
>   (802.1Qbg, 802.1Qbh).
> - Adapted schema to above XML
> - Adapted test XML to above XML
> - Passing through the VM's UUID which seems to be necessary for
>   802.1Qbh -- sorry no host UUID
> - adding virtual function ID to association function, in case it's
>   necessary to use (for SR-IOV)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb at us.ibm.com>

ACK, works with my 802.1Qbh patch which depends on this patch.

-scott