netdev - Re: [Xen-devel] xen-netback: count number required slots for an skb more carefully

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Date:	Wed, 4 Sep 2013 09:20:06 +0100
From:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
To:	annie li <annie.li@...cle.com>
CC:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>, Matt Wilson <msw@...ux.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <msw@...zon.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] xen-netback: count number required slots for an skb
 more carefully

On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 04:06:51PM +0800, annie li wrote:
> 
> On 2013-9-4 15:38, Wei Liu wrote:
> >On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 02:56:20PM +0800, annie li wrote:
> >>On 2013-9-4 14:04, Matt Wilson wrote:
> >>>On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 10:25:59AM +0800, annie li wrote:
> >>>>On 2013-9-4 5:53, Wei Liu wrote:
> >>>[...]
> >>>>>Matt, do you fancy sending the final version? IIRC the commit message
> >>>>>needs to be re-written. I personally still prefer Matt's solution as
> >>>>>it a) make efficient use of the ring, b) uses ring pointers to
> >>>>>calculate slots which is most accurate, c) removes the dependence on
> >>>>>MAX_SKB_FRAGS in guest RX path.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Anyway, we should get this fixed ASAP.
> >>>>Totally agree. This issue is easy to be reproduced with large MTU.
> >>>>It is better to upstream the fix soon in case others hit it and
> >>>>waste time to fix it.
> >>>I'd like to go with Xi's proposed patch that I posed earlier. The main
> >>>thing that's kept me from sending a final version is lack of time to
> >>>retest against a newer kernel.
> >>>
> >>>Could someone help out with that? I probably can't get to it until the
> >>>end of the week.
> >>I can rebase it. Since wei's NAPI &1:1 model patch went into
> >>net-next already, it should not be able to applied directly.
> >>
> >I think this one should go to net then queue up for stable, not
> >net-next.
> If so, that would be easier. It is almost end of the day here, and I
> do not have enough time to test it until tomorrow. Please go ahead
> with it if you have time.
> 

Sure, I'm fine with this. I will spend some time rebase it today. But
eventually I would like to get it tested as much as possible. That's to
say, I would need confirmation / acked-by from you, David and Matt.

Wei.

> Thanks
> Annie
> >Wei.
> >
> >>Thanks
> >>Annie
> >>>Sorry for the delay. :-(
> >>>
> >>>--msw
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