Re: [patch net-next] virtio_net: add support for Byte Queue Limits

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Thu, May 09, 2024 at 04:28:12PM CEST, mst@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>On Thu, May 09, 2024 at 03:31:56PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Thu, May 09, 2024 at 02:41:39PM CEST, mst@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> >On Thu, May 09, 2024 at 01:46:15PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> >> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> 
>> >> Add support for Byte Queue Limits (BQL).
>> >> 
>> >> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> >Can we get more detail on the benefits you observe etc?
>> >Thanks!
>> 
>> More info about the BQL in general is here:
>> https://lwn.net/Articles/469652/
>
>I know about BQL in general. We discussed BQL for virtio in the past
>mostly I got the feedback from net core maintainers that it likely won't
>benefit virtio.

Do you have some link to that, or is it this thread:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/21384cb5-99a6-7431-1039-b356521e1bc3@xxxxxxxxxx/

I don't see why virtio should be any different from other
drivers/devices that benefit from bql. HOL blocking is the same here are
everywhere.

>
>So I'm asking, what kind of benefit do you observe?

I don't have measurements at hand, will attach them to v2.

Thanks!

>
>-- 
>MST
>




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