Subject: Re: [rfc net-next v6 2/3] virtio_net: multiqueue support

From: Rusty Russell <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:38:39 +1030

Jason Wang <[email-masked]> writes:
> +struct virtnet_info {
> +	u16 num_queue_pairs;		/* # of RX/TX vq pairs */
> +	u16 total_queue_pairs;
> +
> +	struct send_queue *sq;
> +	struct receive_queue *rq;
> +	struct virtqueue *cvq;
> +
> +	struct virtio_device *vdev;
> +	struct net_device *dev;
> +	unsigned int status;

status seems unused?

> +static const struct ethtool_ops virtnet_ethtool_ops;

Strange hoist, but I can't tell from the patch if this is necessary.
Assume it is.

> +static inline int vq2txq(struct virtqueue *vq)
> +{
> +	int index = virtqueue_get_queue_index(vq);
> +	return index == 1 ? 0 : (index - 3) / 2;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int txq2vq(int txq)
> +{
> +	return txq ? 2 * txq + 3 : 1;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int vq2rxq(struct virtqueue *vq)
> +{
> +	int index = virtqueue_get_queue_index(vq);
> +	return index ? (index - 2) / 2 : 0;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int rxq2vq(int rxq)
> +{
> +	return rxq ? 2 * rxq + 2 : 0;
> +}
> +
>  static inline struct skb_vnet_hdr *skb_vnet_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb)

I know skb_vnet_hdr() does it, but I generally dislike inline in C
files; gcc is generally smart enough these days, and inline suppresses
unused function warnings.

I guess these mappings have to work even when we're switching from mq to
single queue mode; otherwise we could simplify them using a 'bool mq'
flag.

> +static int virtnet_set_queues(struct virtnet_info *vi)
> +{
> +	struct scatterlist sg;
> +	struct virtio_net_ctrl_steering s;
> +	struct net_device *dev = vi->dev;
> +
> +	if (vi->num_queue_pairs == 1) {
> +		s.current_steering_rule = VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_STEERING_SINGLE;
> +		s.current_steering_param = 1;
> +	} else {
> +		s.current_steering_rule =
> +			VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_STEERING_RX_FOLLOWS_TX;
> +		s.current_steering_param = vi->num_queue_pairs;
> +	}

(BTW, VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_STEERING_RX_FOLLOWS_TX etc not defined anywhere?)

Hmm, it's not clear that anything other than RX_FOLLOWS_TX will ever
make sense, so this is really just turning mq on and off.

Unfortunately, we can't turn feature bits on and off after startup, so
if we want this level of control (and I think we do), there does need to
be a mechanism.

Michael?  I'd prefer this to be further simplfied, to just
disable/enable.  We can extend it later, but for now the second
parameter is redundant, ie.:

        struct virtio_net_ctrl_steering {
                u8 mode; /* 0 == off, 1 == on */
        } __attribute__((packed));

> @@ -924,11 +1032,10 @@ static void virtnet_get_ringparam(struct net_device *dev,
>  {
>  	struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
>  
> -	ring->rx_max_pending = virtqueue_get_vring_size(vi->rvq);
> -	ring->tx_max_pending = virtqueue_get_vring_size(vi->svq);
> +	ring->rx_max_pending = virtqueue_get_vring_size(vi->rq[0].vq);
> +	ring->tx_max_pending = virtqueue_get_vring_size(vi->sq[0].vq);
>  	ring->rx_pending = ring->rx_max_pending;
>  	ring->tx_pending = ring->tx_max_pending;
> -
>  }

This assumes all vqs are the same size.  I think this should probably
check: for mq mode, use the first vq, otherewise use the 0th.

For bonus points, check this assertion at probe time.

> +	/*
> +	 * We expect 1 RX virtqueue followed by 1 TX virtqueue, followd by
> +	 * possible control virtqueue, followed by 1 reserved vq, followed
> +	 * by RX/TX queue pairs used in multiqueue mode.
> +	 */
> +	if (vi->total_queue_pairs == 1)
> +		total_vqs = 2 + virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev,
> +						   VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ);
> +	else
> +		total_vqs = 2 * vi->total_queue_pairs + 2;

What's the allergy to odd numbers?  Why the reserved queue?

> +	if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ))
> +		vi->has_cvq = true;
> +
> +	/* Use single tx/rx queue pair as default */
> +	vi->num_queue_pairs = 1;
> +	vi->total_queue_pairs = num_queue_pairs;
> +
> +	/* Allocate/initialize the rx/tx queues, and invoke find_vqs */
> +	err = virtnet_setup_vqs(vi);
>  	if (err)
>  		goto free_stats;
>  
> +	if (virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ) &&
> +	    virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VLAN))
> +		dev->features |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER;

We should be using has_cvq here...

> -#ifdef CONFIG_PM
> -static int virtnet_freeze(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> +static void virtnet_stop(struct virtnet_info *vi)

I think you still want this under CONFIG_PM, right?  Doesn't seem used
elsewhere.

Cheers,
Rusty.