Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/4] vsock/virtio/vhost: MSG_ZEROCOPY preparations

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On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 01:26:23AM +0300, Arseniy Krasnov wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> this patchset is first of three parts of another big patchset for
> MSG_ZEROCOPY flag support:
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230701063947.3422088-1-AVKrasnov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

overall looks good. Two points I'd like to see addressed:
- what's the performance with all these changes - still same?
- most systems have a copybreak scheme where buffers
  smaller than a given size are copied directly.
  This will address regression you see with small buffers -
  but need to find that value. we know it's between 4k and 32k :)


> During review of this series, Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>
> suggested to split it for three parts to simplify review and merging:
> 
> 1) virtio and vhost updates (for fragged skbs) <--- this patchset
> 2) AF_VSOCK updates (allows to enable MSG_ZEROCOPY mode and read
>    tx completions) and update for Documentation/.
> 3) Updates for tests and utils.
> 
> This series enables handling of fragged skbs in virtio and vhost parts.
> Newly logic won't be triggered, because SO_ZEROCOPY options is still
> impossible to enable at this moment (next bunch of patches from big
> set above will enable it).
> 
> I've included changelog to some patches anyway, because there were some
> comments during review of last big patchset from the link above.
> 
> Head for this patchset is 9d0cd5d25f7d45bce01bbb3193b54ac24b3a60f3
> 
> Link to v1:
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230717210051.856388-1-AVKrasnov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Link to v2:
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230718180237.3248179-1-AVKrasnov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Link to v3:
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230720214245.457298-1-AVKrasnov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Changelog:
>  * Patchset rebased and tested on new HEAD of net-next (see hash above).
>  * See per-patch changelog after ---.
> 
> Arseniy Krasnov (4):
>   vsock/virtio/vhost: read data from non-linear skb
>   vsock/virtio: support to send non-linear skb
>   vsock/virtio: non-linear skb handling for tap
>   vsock/virtio: MSG_ZEROCOPY flag support
> 
>  drivers/vhost/vsock.c                   |  14 +-
>  include/linux/virtio_vsock.h            |   6 +
>  net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c        |  79 +++++-
>  net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 312 ++++++++++++++++++------
>  4 files changed, 330 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.25.1

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