netdev - [PATCH RFC v1 net-next 0/5] Add tx push buf len param to ethtool

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Date:   Wed, 1 Mar 2023 19:59:11 +0200
From:   Shay Agroskin <shayagr@...zon.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Shay Agroskin <shayagr@...zon.com>,
        "Woodhouse, David" <dwmw@...zon.com>,
        "Machulsky, Zorik" <zorik@...zon.com>,
        "Matushevsky, Alexander" <matua@...zon.com>,
        Saeed Bshara <saeedb@...zon.com>,
        "Wilson, Matt" <msw@...zon.com>,
        "Liguori, Anthony" <aliguori@...zon.com>,
        "Bshara, Nafea" <nafea@...zon.com>,
        "Belgazal, Netanel" <netanel@...zon.com>,
        "Saidi, Ali" <alisaidi@...zon.com>,
        "Herrenschmidt, Benjamin" <benh@...zon.com>,
        "Kiyanovski, Arthur" <akiyano@...zon.com>,
        "Dagan, Noam" <ndagan@...zon.com>,
        "Arinzon, David" <darinzon@...zon.com>,
        "Itzko, Shahar" <itzko@...zon.com>,
        "Abboud, Osama" <osamaabb@...zon.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v1 net-next 0/5] Add tx push buf len param to ethtool

This patchset adds a new sub-configuration to ethtool get/set queue
params (ethtool -g) called 'tx-push-buf-len'.

This configuration specifies the maximum number of bytes of a
transmitted packet a driver can push directly to the underlying
device ('push' mode). The motivation for pushing some of the bytes to
the device has the advantages of

- Allowing a smart device to take fast actions based on the packet's
  header
- Reducing latency for small packets that can be copied completely into
  the device

This new param is practically similar to tx-copybreak value that can be
set using ethtool's tunable but conceptually serves a different purpose.
While tx-copybreak is used to reduce the overhead of DMA mapping and
makes no sense to use if less than the whole segment gets copied,
tx-push-buf-len allows to improve performance by analyzing the packet's
data (usually headers) before performing the DMA operation.

The configuration can be queried and set using the commands:

    $ ethtool -g [interface]

    # ethtool -G [interface] tx-push-buf-len [number of bytes]

This patchset also adds support for the new configuration in ENA driver
for which this parameter ensures efficient resources management on the
device side.

David Arinzon (1):
  net: ena: Add an option to configure large LLQ headers

Shay Agroskin (4):
  ethtool: Add support for configuring tx_push_buf_len
  net: ena: Recalculate TX state variables every device reset
  net: ena: Add support to changing tx_push_buf_len
  net: ena: Advertise ETHTOOL_RING_USE_TX_PUSH_BUF_LEN support

 Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst  |  43 ++++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_eth_com.h |   4 +
 drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_ethtool.c |  64 +++++++-
 drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c  | 145 ++++++++++++++----
 drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.h  |  17 +-
 include/linux/ethtool.h                       |  14 +-
 include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h          |   2 +
 net/ethtool/netlink.h                         |   2 +-
 net/ethtool/rings.c                           |  29 +++-
 9 files changed, 256 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)

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