Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4] net: virtio_net: notifications coalescing support

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 02:45:35 -0400

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 05:26:52PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:11:02 +0300 Alvaro Karsz wrote:
> > New VirtIO network feature: VIRTIO_NET_F_NOTF_COAL.
> > 
> > Control a Virtio network device notifications coalescing parameters
> > using the control virtqueue.
> > 
> > A device that supports this fetature can receive
> > VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL control commands.
> > 
> > - VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_TX_SET:
> >   Ask the network device to change the following parameters:
> >   - tx_usecs: Maximum number of usecs to delay a TX notification.
> >   - tx_max_packets: Maximum number of packets to send before a
> >     TX notification.
> > 
> > - VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_RX_SET:
> >   Ask the network device to change the following parameters:
> >   - rx_usecs: Maximum number of usecs to delay a RX notification.
> >   - rx_max_packets: Maximum number of packets to receive before a
> >     RX notification.
> > 
> > VirtIO spec. patch:
> > https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/202206/msg00100.html
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alvaro Karsz <[email-masked]>
> 
> Waiting a bit longer for Michael's ack, so in case other netdev
> maintainer takes this:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>

Yea was going to ack this but looking at the UAPI again we have a
problem because we abused tax max frames values 0 and 1 to control napi
in the past. technically does not affect legacy cards but userspace
can't easily tell the difference, can it?

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