On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 05:26:24PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 5:06 PM Xuan Zhuo <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > This patch defines some requirements for virtio-net to support reset
> > queues.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xuan Zhuo <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > conformance.tex | 1 +
> > content.tex | 12 ++++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/conformance.tex b/conformance.tex
> > index 42f8537..3656da5 100644
> > --- a/conformance.tex
> > +++ b/conformance.tex
> > @@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ \section{Conformance Targets}\label{sec:Conformance /
> > Conformance Targets}
> > \item \ref{devicenormative:Device Types / Network Device / Device
> > Operation / Packet Transmission}
> > \item \ref{devicenormative:Device Types / Network Device / Device
> > Operation / Setting Up Receive Buffers}
> > \item \ref{devicenormative:Device Types / Network Device / Device
> > Operation / Processing of Incoming Packets}
> > +\item \ref{devicenormative:Device Types / Network Device / Device
> > Operation / Reset Virtqueue}
> > \item \ref{devicenormative:Device Types / Network Device / Device
> > Operation / Control Virtqueue / Packet Receive Filtering}
> > \item \ref{devicenormative:Device Types / Network Device / Device
> > Operation / Control Virtqueue / Setting MAC Address Filtering}
> > \item \ref{devicenormative:Device Types / Network Device / Device
> > Operation / Control Virtqueue / Gratuitous Packet Sending}
> > diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex
> > index c6f116c..af86689 100644
> > --- a/content.tex
> > +++ b/content.tex
> > @@ -4000,6 +4000,18 @@ \subsubsection{Processing of Incoming
> > Packets}\label{sec:Device Types / Network
> > #define VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_UDPv6_EX 9
> > \end{lstlisting}
> >
> > +\subsubsection{Reset Virtqueue}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device /
> > Device Operation / Reset Virtqueue}
> > +
> > +The receive and transmission virtqueues and the control virtqueue can
> > implement
> > +reset based on Virtqueue Reset (See \ref{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio
> > Device / Virtqueues / Virtqueue Reset}).
> > +
> > +\devicenormative{\paragraph}{Gratuitous Packet Sending}{Device Types /
> > Network Device / Device Operation / Reset Virtqueue}
> > +
> > +After automatic receive steering or RSS receive steering has completed the
> > +selection of the queue, if the destination receive queue is in reset state,
> > +the device SHOULD re-select a different random queue.
>
> This seems break the semantics of the indirection table?
I don't really understand this random thing either. If we don't want to
drop then maybe use unclassified_queue?
And generally - is packet reordering better or worse than packet drops?
> For RSS, I
> think we probably need to drop.
>
> Thanks
>
> > If all receive queues are
> > +in reset state, the device can drop the packet.
> > +
> > \subsubsection{Control Virtqueue}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device
> > / Device Operation / Control Virtqueue}
> >
> > The driver uses the control virtqueue (if VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ is
> > --
> > 2.31.0
> >
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