linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] drivers/net/virtio

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Message-ID: <CABcq3pH8PCJwDQyusjQbW4Ds08YMjn8NSRM+Cf6NjA0hZHHMtw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 17 Nov 2021 08:00:00 +0200
From:   Andrew Melnichenko <andrew@...nix.com>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Yuri Benditovich <yuri.benditovich@...nix.com>,
        Yan Vugenfirer <yan@...nix.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] drivers/net/virtio_net: Fixed vheader to use v1.

On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 10:40 AM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 06:59:56AM +0200, Andrew Melnychenko wrote:
> > The header v1 provides additional info about RSS.
> > Added changes to computing proper header length.
> > In the next patches, the header may contain RSS hash info
> > for the hash population.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Melnychenko <andrew@...nix.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 6 +++---
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > index 4ad25a8b0870..b72b21ac8ebd 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > @@ -240,13 +240,13 @@ struct virtnet_info {
> >  };
> >
> >  struct padded_vnet_hdr {
> > -     struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf hdr;
> > +     struct virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash hdr;
> >       /*
> >        * hdr is in a separate sg buffer, and data sg buffer shares same page
> >        * with this header sg. This padding makes next sg 16 byte aligned
> >        * after the header.
> >        */
> > -     char padding[4];
> > +     char padding[12];
> >  };
> >
> >  static bool is_xdp_frame(void *ptr)
>
>
> This is not helpful as a separate patch, just reserving extra space.
> better squash with the patches making use of the change.

Ok.


>
> > @@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ static int xmit_skb(struct send_queue *sq, struct sk_buff *skb)
> >       const unsigned char *dest = ((struct ethhdr *)skb->data)->h_dest;
> >       struct virtnet_info *vi = sq->vq->vdev->priv;
> >       int num_sg;
> > -     unsigned hdr_len = vi->hdr_len;
> > +     unsigned int hdr_len = vi->hdr_len;
> >       bool can_push;
>
>
> if we want this, pls make it a separate patch.

Ok. I've added that change after checkpatch warnings. Technically,
checkpatch should not fail on the patch without that line.

>
>
> >
> >       pr_debug("%s: xmit %p %pM\n", vi->dev->name, skb, dest);
> > --
> > 2.33.1
>