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Message-ID: <20240620034602-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 04:32:15 -0400
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To: Heng Qi <hengqi@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux.dev,
Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>,
Eugenio PĂ©rez <eperezma@...hat.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 2/5] virtio_net: enable irq for the control vq
On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 03:29:15PM +0800, Heng Qi wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:19:12 -0400, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 12:19:05AM +0800, Heng Qi wrote:
> > > @@ -5312,7 +5315,7 @@ static int virtnet_find_vqs(struct virtnet_info *vi)
> > >
> > > /* Parameters for control virtqueue, if any */
> > > if (vi->has_cvq) {
> > > - callbacks[total_vqs - 1] = NULL;
> > > + callbacks[total_vqs - 1] = virtnet_cvq_done;
> > > names[total_vqs - 1] = "control";
> > > }
> > >
> >
> > If the # of MSIX vectors is exactly for data path VQs,
> > this will cause irq sharing between VQs which will degrade
> > performance significantly.
> >
> > So no, you can not just do it unconditionally.
> >
> > The correct fix probably requires virtio core/API extensions.
>
> If the introduction of cvq irq causes interrupts to become shared, then
> ctrlq need to fall back to polling mode and keep the status quo.
>
> Thanks.
I don't see that in the code.
I guess we'll need more info in find vqs about what can and what can't share irqs?
Sharing between ctrl vq and config irq can also be an option.
> >
> > --
> > MST
> >
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