linux-kernel - RE: [Patch v3] net: mana: Batch ringing RX queue doorbell on receiving packets

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2023 18:19:13 +0000
From:   Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "longli@...uxonhyperv.com" <longli@...uxonhyperv.com>
CC:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        Ajay Sharma <sharmaajay@...rosoft.com>,
        Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [Patch v3] net: mana: Batch ringing RX queue doorbell on
 receiving packets

> Subject: Re: [Patch v3] net: mana: Batch ringing RX queue doorbell on receiving
> packets
> 
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:42:34 +0200 Paolo Abeni wrote:
> > > While we are making changes in this code path, change the code for
> > > ringing doorbell to set the WQE_COUNT to 0 for Receive Queue. The
> > > hardware specification specifies that it should set to 0. Although
> > > currently the hardware doesn't enforce the check, in the future
> > > releases it may do.
> 
> And please split this cleanup into a separate patch, it doesn't sound like it has to
> be done as part of the optimization.

Will do, thanks.

Long