Thanks Heng.

> Currently, the coalescing profile is directly applied to all queues.
> This patch supports setting or getting the parameters for a specified queue,
> and a typical application of this function is NetDIM.
>
> When the traffic between queues is unbalanced, for example, one queue
> is busy and another queue is idle, then it will be very useful to
> control coalescing parameters at the queue granularity.
>
> Signed-off-by: Heng Qi <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Xuan Zhuo <[email protected]>
> ---
> v1->v2:
>     1. Rename VIRTIO_NET_F_PERQUEUE_NOTF_COAL to VIRTIO_NET_F_VQ_NOTF_COAL. 
> @Michael S. Tsirkin
>     2. Use the \field{vqn} instead of the qid. @Michael S. Tsirkin
>     3. Unify tx and rx control structres into one structure 
> virtio_net_ctrl_coal_vq. @Michael S. Tsirkin
>     4. Add a new control command VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_VQ. @Michael S. 
> Tsirkin, @Parav Pandit, @Alvaro Karsz
>     5. The special value 0xFFF is removed because VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL 
> can be used. @Alvaro Karsz
>     6. Clarify some special scenarios. @Michael S. Tsirkin, @Parav Pandit, 
> @Alvaro Karsz
>
>  content.tex | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex
> index e863709..2c497e1 100644
> --- a/content.tex
> +++ b/content.tex
> @@ -3084,6 +3084,9 @@ \subsection{Feature bits}\label{sec:Device Types / 
> Network Device / Feature bits
>  \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR(23)] Set MAC address through control
>      channel.
>
> +\item[VIRTIO_NET_F_VQ_NOTF_COAL(52)] Device supports the virtqueue
> +    notifications coalescing.
> +
>  \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_NOTF_COAL(53)] Device supports notifications coalescing.
>
>  \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_USO4 (54)] Driver can receive USOv4 packets.
> @@ -3140,6 +3143,7 @@ \subsubsection{Feature bit 
> requirements}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device
>  \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_NOTF_COAL] Requires VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ.
>  \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_RSC_EXT] Requires VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO4 or 
> VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO6.
>  \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_RSS] Requires VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ.
> +\item[VIRTIO_NET_F_VQ_NOTF_COAL] Requires VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ and 
> VIRTIO_NET_F_NOTF_COAL.
>  \end{description}
>

Do we need VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ in this case?
VIRTIO_NET_F_VQ_NOTF_COAL requires VIRTIO_NET_F_NOTF_COAL, which
requires VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ, so it's implied.

We have a similar example with VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_ECN, which requires
VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO4 or VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO6.
VIRTIO_NET_F_CSUM is not mentioned here, although required.

So, should we remove VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ here, or fix VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_ECN?

>  \subsubsection{Legacy Interface: Feature bits}\label{sec:Device Types / 
> Network Device / Feature bits / Legacy Interface: Feature bits}
> @@ -4520,6 +4524,49 @@ \subsubsection{Control Virtqueue}\label{sec:Device 
> Types / Network Device / Devi
>  \item VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_RX_SET: set the \field{rx_usecs} and 
> \field{rx_max_packets} parameters.
>  \end{enumerate}
>
> +If additionally VIRTIO_NET_F_VQ_NOTF_COAL is negotiated, the driver can send
> +control commands to set or get the coalescing parameters of a specified
> +virtqueue (excluding the control virtqueue).
> +
> +\begin{lstlisting}
> +struct virtio_net_ctrl_coal_vq {
> +    le32 max_packets;
> +    le32 usecs;
> +    le16 vqn;
> +};
> +
> +#define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_VQ 7
> + #define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_VQ_SET 0
> + #define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_VQ_GET 1
> +\end{lstlisting}
> +

We already have a notifications coalescing class, why not group all
coalescing commands under a single class?


> +Virtqueue coalescing parameters:
> +\begin{itemize}
> +\item \field{max_packets}: The maximum number of packets sent/received by the
> +    specified virtqueue before a TX/RX notification.
> +\item \field{usecs}: The maximum number of TX/RX usecs that the specified
> +    virtqueue delays a TX/RX notification.
> +\item \field{vqn}: The virtqueue number of the specified virtqueue.
> +\end{itemize}
> +
> +The range of \filed{vqn} is between 0 and 0xFFFF inclusive, $ \lfloor vqn / 
> 2 \rfloor $
> +is the index of the corresponding receiveq, and $\lfloor (vqn / 2) + 1 
> \rfloor $ is
> +the corresponding tranmitq.
> +
> +The VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_RX_SET command is the same as calling 
> VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_VQ
> +for virtqueues corresponding to all receiveqs.
> +
> +The VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_TX_SET command is the same as calling 
> VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_VQ
> +for virtqueues corresponding to all transmitqs.
> +
> +Virtqueue coalescing will be disabled if all parameters are set to 0.
> +
> +The class VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_VQ has 2 commands:
> +\begin{enumerate}
> +\item VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_VQ_SET: set the \field{max_packets}, 
> \field{usecs} and \filed{vqn} parameters.
> +\item VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_VQ_GET: get the \field{max_packets}, 
> \field{usecs} and \field{vqn} parameters.
> +\end{enumerate}
> +
>  \subparagraph{RX Notifications}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / 
> Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Notifications Coalescing / RX 
> Notifications}
>
>  If, for example:
> @@ -4535,6 +4582,15 @@ \subsubsection{Control Virtqueue}\label{sec:Device 
> Types / Network Device / Devi
>  \item If the notifications are not suppressed by the driver, the device will 
> send an used buffer notification, otherwise, the device will not send an used 
> buffer notification as long as the notifications are suppressed.
>  \end{itemize}
>
> +If, example of setting coalescing parameters for a receive virtqueue:
> +\begin{itemize}
> +\item \field{max_packets} = 15.
> +\item \field{usecs} = 10.
> +\item \field{vqn} = 0;
> +\end{itemize}
> +
> +The device will only operate on recieveq1 as 
> VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_RX_SET.
> +
>  \subparagraph{TX Notifications}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / 
> Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Notifications Coalescing / TX 
> Notifications}
>
>  If, for example:
> @@ -4550,13 +4606,24 @@ \subsubsection{Control Virtqueue}\label{sec:Device 
> Types / Network Device / Devi
>  \item If the notifications are not suppressed by the driver, the device will 
> send an used buffer notification, otherwise, the device will not send an used 
> buffer notification as long as the notifications are suppressed.
>  \end{itemize}
>
> +If, example of setting coalescing parameters for a transmit virtqueue:
> +\begin{itemize}
> +\item \field{max_packets} = 15.
> +\item \field{usecs} = 10.
> +\item \field{vqn} = 1;
> +\end{itemize}
> +
> +The device will only operate on transmitq1 as 
> VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_TX_SET.
> +
>  \drivernormative{\subparagraph}{Notifications Coalescing}{Device Types / 
> Network Device / Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Notifications 
> Coalescing}
>
>  If the VIRTIO_NET_F_NOTF_COAL feature has not been negotiated, the driver 
> MUST NOT issue VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL commands.
> +If the VIRTIO_NET_F_VQ_NOTF_COAL feature has not been negotiated, the driver 
> MUST NOT issue VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOFT_COAL_VQ commands.
>
>  \devicenormative{\subparagraph}{Notifications Coalescing}{Device Types / 
> Network Device / Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Notifications 
> Coalescing}
>
> -A device SHOULD respond to the VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL commands with 
> VIRTIO_NET_ERR if it was not able to change the parameters.
> +A device SHOULD respond to the VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL commands with 
> VIRTIO_NET_ERR if it was not able to change the parameters or
> +was not able to find a virtqueue using the \field{vqn}.
>
>  A device SHOULD NOT send used buffer notifications to the driver, if the 
> notifications are suppressed as explained in \ref{sec:Basic Facilities of a 
> Virtio Device / Virtqueues / Used Buffer Notification Suppression}, even if 
> the coalescing counters expired.
>
> --
> 2.19.1.6.gb485710b
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