linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: ethtool: extend ringparam set/get APIs for tx

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Date:   Mon, 11 Apr 2022 15:58:32 +0800
From:   "wangjie (L)" <wangjie125@...wei.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Guangbin Huang <huangguangbin2@...wei.com>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <pabeni@...hat.com>, <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <lipeng321@...wei.com>, <chenhao288@...ilicon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: ethtool: extend ringparam set/get APIs
 for tx_push



On 2022/4/9 5:55, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Apr 2022 15:12:43 +0800 Guangbin Huang wrote:
>> From: Jie Wang <wangjie125@...wei.com>
>>
>> Currently tx push is a standard driver feature which controls use of a fast
>> path descriptor push. So this patch extends the ringparam APIs and data
>> structures to support set/get tx push by ethtool -G/g.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jie Wang <wangjie125@...wei.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Guangbin Huang <huangguangbin2@...wei.com>
>
>> +``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX_PUSH`` flag is used to choose the ordinary path or the fast
>> +path to send packets. In ordinary path, driver fills BDs to DDR memory and
>> +notifies NIC hardware. In fast path, driver pushes BDs to the device memory
>> +directly and thus reducing the sending latencies. Setting tx push attribute "on"
>> +will enable tx push mode and send packets in fast path if packet size matches.
>> +For those not supported hardwares, this attributes is "off" by default settings.
>
> Since you need to respin to fix the kdoc warning - could you also add
> a mention that enabling this feature may increase CPU cost? Unless it's
> not the case for your implementation, I thought it usually is..
>
ok, i will add it in v2
>>  RINGS_SET
>>  =========
>> @@ -887,6 +894,7 @@ Request contents:
>>    ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX``                u32     size of TX ring
>>    ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_BUF_LEN``        u32     size of buffers on the ring
>>    ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_CQE_SIZE``          u32     Size of TX/RX CQE
>> +  ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX_PUSH``           u8      flag of TX Push mode
>>    ====================================  ======  ===========================
>>
>>  Kernel checks that requested ring sizes do not exceed limits reported by
>> diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
>> index 4af58459a1e7..ede4f9154cd2 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
>> @@ -71,11 +71,13 @@ enum {
>>   * struct kernel_ethtool_ringparam - RX/TX ring configuration
>>   * @rx_buf_len: Current length of buffers on the rx ring.
>>   * @tcp_data_split: Scatter packet headers and data to separate buffers
>> + * @tx_push: The flag of tx push mode
>>   * @cqe_size: Size of TX/RX completion queue event
>>   */
>>  struct kernel_ethtool_ringparam {
>>  	u32	rx_buf_len;
>>  	u8	tcp_data_split;
>> +	u8	tx_push;
>>  	u32	cqe_size;
>>  };
>>
>> @@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ struct kernel_ethtool_ringparam {
>>  enum ethtool_supported_ring_param {
>>  	ETHTOOL_RING_USE_RX_BUF_LEN = BIT(0),
>>  	ETHTOOL_RING_USE_CQE_SIZE   = BIT(1),
>> +	ETHTOOL_RING_USE_TX_PUSH    = BIT(2),
>
> include/linux/ethtool.h:94: warning: Enum value 'ETHTOOL_RING_USE_TX_PUSH' not described in enum 'ethtool_supported_ring_param'
thx, I will fix it in v2
>
>
> .
>