Re: [PATCH v2 00/10] Allow for configuring max number of virtqueue pairs

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On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 3:32 PM Eli Cohen <elic@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 11:17:00AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 10:43 PM Eli Cohen <elic@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Allow the user to configure the max number of virtqueue pairs for a vdpa
> > > instance. The user can then control the actual number of virtqueue pairs
> > > using ethtool.
> > >
> > > Example, set number of VQPs to 2:
> > > $ ethtool -L ens1 combined 2
> > >
> > > A user can check the max supported virtqueues for a management device by
> > > runnig:
> > >
> > > vdpa dev show
> > >     vdpa-a: type network mgmtdev auxiliary/mlx5_core.sf.1 vendor_id 5555 \
> > >             max_vqp 3 max_vq_size 256 max_supported_vqs 256
> >
> > I think the maxsupported_vqs should be an odd number since it should
> > contain control vq.
>
> I was thinking we should report data virtqueues. If some upstream driver
> or device does not support CVQ, this should still be an even number.
>
> Moreover, if we want to include the CVQ, we might want to indicate that
> explicitly.

Can we expose driver features in this case?

Thanks

>
> >
> > >
> > > and refer to this value when adding a device.
> > >
> > > To create a device with a max of 5 VQPs:
> > > vdpa dev add name vdpa-a mgmtdev auxiliary/mlx5_core.sf.1 max_vqp 5
> >
> > A question, consider the parent support both net and block, if user use
> >
> > vdpa dev add name vdpa-a mgmtdev auxiliary/mlx5_core.sf.1
> >
> > How do we know it's a net or block device? Or do you expect some block
> > specific attributes to be added?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > >
> > > V1 -> V2:
> > > 1. Do not return the index of the control VQ. Instead return an
> > >    indication if Ctrl VQ was negotiated.
> > > 2. Do not returen conig information if FEATURES_OK is not set to avoid
> > >    reporting out of sync information.
> > > 3. Minor fixes as described by the individual patches
> > > 4. Add patches to return the max virtqueues a device is capable of
> > >    supporting.
> > >
> > > Eli Cohen (10):
> > >   vdpa: Provide interface to read driver features
> > >   vdpa/mlx5: Distribute RX virtqueues in RQT object
> > >   vdpa: Read device configuration only if FEATURES_OK
> > >   vdpa: Allow to configure max data virtqueues
> > >   vdpa/mlx5: Fix config_attr_mask assignment
> > >   vdpa/mlx5: Support configuring max data virtqueue pairs
> > >   vdpa: Add support for returning device configuration information
> > >   vdpa/mlx5: Restore cur_num_vqs in case of failure in change_num_qps()
> > >   vdpa: Support reporting max device virtqueues
> > >   vdpa/mlx5: Configure max supported virtqueues
> > >
> > >  drivers/vdpa/alibaba/eni_vdpa.c    | 16 +++--
> > >  drivers/vdpa/ifcvf/ifcvf_main.c    | 16 +++--
> > >  drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c  | 94 +++++++++++++++++-------------
> > >  drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c                | 42 ++++++++++++-
> > >  drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim.c   | 21 +++++--
> > >  drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c | 16 +++--
> > >  drivers/vdpa/virtio_pci/vp_vdpa.c  | 16 +++--
> > >  drivers/vhost/vdpa.c               |  2 +-
> > >  drivers/virtio/virtio_vdpa.c       |  2 +-
> > >  include/linux/vdpa.h               | 16 +++--
> > >  include/uapi/linux/vdpa.h          |  9 +++
> > >  11 files changed, 178 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.33.1
> > >
> >
>

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