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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] virtio-net: enable configurable tx queue
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Michael S. Tsirkin |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] virtio-net: enable configurable tx queue size |
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Thu, 22 Jun 2017 17:00:37 +0300 |
On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 04:38:03PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> On 06/16/2017 10:31 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 06:48:38PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> > > This patch enables the virtio-net tx queue size to be configurable
> > > between 256 (the default queue size) and 1024 by the user when the
> > > vhost-user backend is used.
> > >
> > > Currently, the maximum tx queue size for other backends is 512 due
> > > to the following limitations:
> > > - QEMU backend: the QEMU backend implementation in some cases may
> > > send 1024+1 iovs to writev.
> > > - Vhost_net backend: there are possibilities that the guest sends
> > > a vring_desc of memory which corsses a MemoryRegion thereby
> > > generating more than 1024 iovs in total after translattion from
> > > guest-physical address in the backend.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <address@hidden>
> > > ---
> > > hw/net/virtio-net.c | 46
> > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> > > include/hw/virtio/virtio-net.h | 1 +
> > > 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
> > > index 7d091c9..e1a08fd 100644
> > > --- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
> > > +++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
> > > @@ -33,8 +33,11 @@
> > > /* previously fixed value */
> > > #define VIRTIO_NET_RX_QUEUE_DEFAULT_SIZE 256
> > > +#define VIRTIO_NET_TX_QUEUE_DEFAULT_SIZE 256
> > > +
> > > /* for now, only allow larger queues; with virtio-1, guest can downsize
> > > */
> > > #define VIRTIO_NET_RX_QUEUE_MIN_SIZE VIRTIO_NET_RX_QUEUE_DEFAULT_SIZE
> > > +#define VIRTIO_NET_TX_QUEUE_MIN_SIZE VIRTIO_NET_TX_QUEUE_DEFAULT_SIZE
> > > /*
> > > * Calculate the number of bytes up to and including the given 'field'
> > > of
> > > @@ -1491,18 +1494,33 @@ static void virtio_net_tx_bh(void *opaque)
> > > static void virtio_net_add_queue(VirtIONet *n, int index)
> > > {
> > > VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(n);
> > > + NetClientState *nc = qemu_get_queue(n->nic);
> > > n->vqs[index].rx_vq = virtio_add_queue(vdev,
> > > n->net_conf.rx_queue_size,
> > > virtio_net_handle_rx);
> > > +
> > > + /*
> > > + * Currently, backends other than vhost-user don't support 1024 queue
> > > + * size.
> > > + */
> > > + if (n->net_conf.tx_queue_size == VIRTQUEUE_MAX_SIZE &&
> > > + nc->peer->info->type != NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_VHOST_USER) {
> > > + fprintf(stderr, "warning: %s: queue size %d not supported\n",
> > > + __func__, n->net_conf.tx_queue_size);
> > > + n->net_conf.tx_queue_size = VIRTIO_NET_TX_QUEUE_DEFAULT_SIZE;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > Also, I suspect we can get here with no peer, and above will crash.
> > It seems ugly to do this on each virtio_net_add_queue.
> > How about moving this to realize?
>
> The code has been re-arranged to make sure nc->peer is ready before
> it's used, but I agree that it looks better to move the above to realize().
>
> Best,
> Wei
ping
The issues left are minor, let's make progress and merge this asap