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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH v12 17/17] dlb: add basic sysfs interfaces
On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:50:47 -0600
Mike Ximing Chen <mike.ximing.chen@intel.com> wrote:

> The dlb sysfs interfaces include files for reading the total and
> available device resources, and reading the device ID and version. The
> interfaces are used for device level configurations and resource
> inquiries.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Ximing Chen <mike.ximing.chen@intel.com>
> ---
> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-dlb | 116 ++++++++++++
> drivers/misc/dlb/dlb_args.h | 34 ++++
> drivers/misc/dlb/dlb_main.c | 5 +
> drivers/misc/dlb/dlb_main.h | 3 +
> drivers/misc/dlb/dlb_pf_ops.c | 195 +++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/misc/dlb/dlb_resource.c | 50 ++++++
> 6 files changed, 403 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-dlb
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-dlb b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-dlb
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..bf09ef6f8a3a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-dlb
> @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
> +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../total_resources/num_atomic_inflights
> +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../total_resources/num_dir_credits
> +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../total_resources/num_dir_ports
> +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../total_resources/num_hist_list_entries
> +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../total_resources/num_ldb_credits
> +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../total_resources/num_ldb_ports
> +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../total_resources/num_cos0_ldb_ports
> +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../total_resources/num_cos1_ldb_ports
> +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../total_resources/num_cos2_ldb_ports
> +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../total_resources/num_cos3_ldb_ports
> +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../total_resources/num_ldb_queues
> +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../total_resources/num_sched_domains
> +Date: Oct 15, 2021
> +KernelVersion: 5.15
> +Contact: mike.ximing.chen@intel.com
> +Description:
> + The total_resources subdirectory contains read-only files that
> + indicate the total number of resources in the device.
> +
> + num_atomic_inflights: Total number of atomic inflights in the
> + device. Atomic inflights refers to the
> + on-device storage used by the atomic
> + scheduler.
> +
> + num_dir_credits: Total number of directed credits in the
> + device.
> +
> + num_dir_ports: Total number of directed ports (and
> + queues) in the device.
> +
> + num_hist_list_entries: Total number of history list entries in
> + the device.
> +
> + num_ldb_credits: Total number of load-balanced credits in
> + the device.
> +
> + num_ldb_ports: Total number of load-balanced ports in
> + the device.
> +
> + num_cos<M>_ldb_ports: Total number of load-balanced ports
> + belonging to class-of-service M in the
> + device.
> +
> + num_ldb_queues: Total number of load-balanced queues in
> + the device.
> +
> + num_sched_domains: Total number of scheduling domains in the
> + device.
> +

Sysfs is only slightly better than /proc as an API.
If it is just for testing than debugfs might be better.

Could this be done with a real netlink interface?
Maybe as part of devlink?

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