netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v2 0/5] XDP adjust head support for virtio

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Date:   Wed, 8 Feb 2017 18:50:56 +0200
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Cc:     kubakici@...pl, jasowang@...hat.com, ast@...com,
        john.r.fastabend@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2 0/5] XDP adjust head support for virtio

On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 08:39:13AM -0800, John Fastabend wrote:
> [...]
> 
> > However, I came up with a new idea for the future and I'd like to show
> > where I'm going.  The idea is that we don't use s/g buffers on RX, so we
> > have a pointer per descriptor untapped.  So we can allow users to stick
> > their own pointer in there, if they promise not to use s/g on this vq.
> > With a full extra pointer to play with, we can go wild.
> 
> I looked at this quickly it seems like it would work and allow us to avoid
> the reset. However, it seems like a lot of churn to avoid a single reset.
> I don't see the reset itself as being that bad of an operation. I agree the
> reset is not ideal though.
> 
> Are there any other use cases for this other than XDP?

Well in fact this would allow reducing MERGEABLE_BUFFER_ALIGN
to L1_CACHE_BYTES so we save space per packet for regular
networking.

The idea to use build_skb would also benefit accordingly.

I guess ndo_set_rx_headroom could benefit if we were to implement that.



> > 
> > Take a look but it doesn't even build yet.
> > Need to roll it out to all devices etc.
> > 
> > --->
> > 
> 
> [...]