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From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel•org
To: Nick Child <nnac123@linux•ibm.com>
Cc: netdev@vger•kernel.org, horms@kernel•org, haren@linux•ibm.com,
	ricklind@us•ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 0/1] ibmvnic: Fix for send scrq direct
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 19:10:36 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <172806903625.2708740.7897093517925120680.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241001163200.1802522-1-nnac123@linux.ibm.com>

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel•org>:

On Tue,  1 Oct 2024 11:31:59 -0500 you wrote:
> This is a v2 of a patchset (now just patch) which addresses a
> bug in a new feature which is causing major link UP issues with
> certain physical cards.
> 
> For a full summary of the issue:
>   1. During vnic initialization we get the following values from vnic
>      server regarding "Transmit / Receive Descriptor Requirement" (see
>       PAPR Table 584. CAPABILITIES Commands):
>     - LSO Tx frame = 0x0F , header offsets + L2, L3, L4 headers required
>     - CSO Tx frame = 0x0C , header offsets + L2 header required
>     - standard frame = 0x0C , header offsets + L2 header required
>   2. Assume we are dealing with only "standard frames" from now on (no
>      CSO, no LSO)
>   3. When using 100G backing device, we don't hand vnic server any header
>      information and TX is successful
>   4. When using 25G backing device, we don't hand vnic server any header
>     information and TX fails and we get "Adapter Error" transport events.
> The obvious issue here is that vnic client should be respecting the 0X0C
> header requirement for standard frames.  But 100G cards will also give
> 0x0C despite the fact that we know TX works if we ignore it. That being
> said, we still must respect values given from the managing server. Will
> need to work with them going forward to hopefully get 100G cards to
> return 0x00 for this bitstring so the performance gains of using
> send_subcrq_direct can be continued.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v2,1/1] ibmvnic: Inspect header requirements before using scrq direct
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/de390657b5d6

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2024-10-04 19:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-01 16:31 [PATCH net v2 0/1] ibmvnic: Fix for send scrq direct Nick Child
2024-10-01 16:32 ` [PATCH net v2 1/1] ibmvnic: Inspect header requirements before using " Nick Child
2024-10-03 14:39   ` Simon Horman
2024-10-04 19:10 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]

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