netdev - Re: [net-next/RFC PATCH v1 1/4] net: Introduce new napi fields for rx/tx queues

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Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 17:50:23 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Cc: "Nambiar, Amritha" <amritha.nambiar@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 davem@...emloft.net, sridhar.samudrala@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-next/RFC PATCH v1 1/4] net: Introduce new napi fields for
 rx/tx queues

On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 18:26:26 -0600 David Ahern wrote:
> I take it you have this path in mind as a means of creating
> "specialized" queues (e.g., io_uring and Rx ZC).

TBH I've been thinking more about the huge page stuff and RSS context
handling. Rx ZC should be a subset of what's needed for those cases.

> Any slides or notes on the bigger picture?

I don't have it well figured out, yet. The user space API is pretty
easy, but shaping it in a way that makes driver's life manageable is
more challenging.