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>-----Original Message-----
>From: virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org <virtio-comment@lists.oasis-
>open.org> On Behalf Of Michael S. Tsirkin
>Sent: Sunday, 24 November, 2019 17:30
>To: Vitaly Mireyno <vmireyno@marvell.com>
>Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>; virtio-comment@lists.oasis-
>open.org
>Subject: [virtio-comment] Re: [EXT] Re: [virtio-comment] Re: [PATCH] virtio-
>net: Add equal-sized receive buffers feature
>
>On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 03:02:05PM +0000, Vitaly Mireyno wrote:
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
>> >Sent: Wednesday, 20 November, 2019 15:23
>> >To: Vitaly Mireyno <vmireyno@marvell.com>
>> >Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>; virtio-comment@lists.oasis-
>> >open.org
>> >Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [virtio-comment] Re: [PATCH] virtio-net: Add
>> >equal- sized receive buffers feature
>> >
>> >On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 03:49:59PM +0000, Vitaly Mireyno wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
>> >> >Sent: Monday, 11 November, 2019 17:05
>> >> >To: Vitaly Mireyno <vmireyno@marvell.com>
>> >> >Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>; virtio-comment@lists.oasis-
>> >> >open.org
>> >> >Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [virtio-comment] Re: [PATCH] virtio-net:
>> >> >Add
>> >> >equal- sized receive buffers feature
>> >> >
>> >> >On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 01:58:51PM +0000, Vitaly Mireyno wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >> >From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
>> >> >> >Sent: Sunday, 10 November, 2019 17:35
>> >> >> >To: Vitaly Mireyno <vmireyno@marvell.com>
>> >> >> >Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>;
>> >> >> >virtio-comment@lists.oasis- open.org
>> >> >> >Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [virtio-comment] Re: [PATCH] virtio-net:
>> >> >> >Add
>> >> >> >equal- sized receive buffers feature
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 02:13:14PM +0000, Vitaly Mireyno wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >> >> >From: virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org
>> >> >> >> ><virtio-comment@lists.oasis- open.org> On Behalf Of Michael S.
>> >> >> >> >Tsirkin
>> >> >> >> >Sent: Tuesday, 5 November, 2019 20:52
>> >> >> >> >To: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
>> >> >> >> >Cc: Vitaly Mireyno <vmireyno@marvell.com>;
>> >> >> >> >virtio-comment@lists.oasis- open.org
>> >> >> >> >Subject: [EXT] Re: [virtio-comment] Re: [PATCH] virtio-net:
>> >> >> >> >Add equal-sized receive buffers feature
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >External Email
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> >> >> >---
>> >> >> >> >---
>> >> >> >> >---
>> >> >> >> >- On Fri, Nov 01, 2019 at 03:22:26PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> On 2019/11/1 äå12:09, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>> >> >> >> >> > On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 10:46:55AM +0000, Vitaly Mireyno
>wrote:
>> >> >> >> >> > > The feature is limited to receive buffers only.
>> >> >> >> >> > > A driver decides on receive buffer length. The only
>> >> >> >> >> > > limitation is that this
>> >> >> >> >length has to be the same for all receive virtqueue buffers.
>> >> >> >> >> > > The driver configures receive buffer length to the
>> >> >> >> >> > > device during device
>> >> >> >> >initialization, and the device reads it and may use it for
>> >> >> >> >optimal
>> >> >operation.
>> >> >> >> >> > > No changes for transmit buffers.
>> >> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> >> > > -----Original Message-----
>> >> >> >> >> > > From: virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org
>> >> >> >> >> > > <virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org> On Behalf Of
>> >> >> >> >> > > Jason Wang
>> >> >> >> >> > > Sent: Thursday, 31 October, 2019 12:15
>> >> >> >> >> > > To: Vitaly Mireyno <vmireyno@marvell.com>;
>> >> >> >> >> > > virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org
>> >> >> >> >> > > Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
>> >> >> >> >> > > Subject: [virtio-comment] Re: [PATCH] virtio-net: Add
>> >> >> >> >> > > equal-sized receive buffers feature
>> >> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> >> > > On 2019/10/31 äå5:23, Vitaly Mireyno wrote:
>> >> >> >> >> > > > Some devices benefit from working with receive
>> >> >> >> >> > > > buffers of a
>> >> >> >> >predefined constant length.
>> >> >> >> >> > > > Add a feature for drivers that allocate equal-sized
>> >> >> >> >> > > > receive buffers, and
>> >> >> >> >devices that benefit from predefined receive buffers length.
>> >> >> >> >> > > >
>> >> >> >> >> > > > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Mireyno <vmireyno@marvell.com>
>> >> >> >> >> > > > ---
>> >> >> >> >> > > > content.tex | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>> >> >> >> >> > > > 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> >> > > Is there any other networking device that has this feature?
>> >> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> >> > > > diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex index
>> >> >> >> >> > > > b1ea9b9..c9e67c8
>> >> >> >> >> > > > 100644
>> >> >> >> >> > > > --- a/content.tex
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +++ b/content.tex
>> >> >> >> >> > > > @@ -2811,6 +2811,10 @@ \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_CONST_RXBUF_LEN(58)] Driver
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +allocates all
>> >> >> >> >receive buffers
>> >> >> >> >> > > > + of the same constant length. Device benefits
>> >> >> >> >> > > > + from working
>> >> >with
>> >> >> >> >> > > > + receive buffers of equal length.
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +
>> >> >> >> >> > Problem is, I don't think linux will use this for skbs
>> >> >> >> >> > since it breaks buffer accounting. This is because it is
>> >> >> >> >> > important to make skbs as small as you can. So even if
>> >> >> >> >> > you see "device would
>> >> >benefit"
>> >> >> >> >> > there is no way to balance this with the benefit to linux.
>> >> >> >> >> > How do you know which benefit is bigger?
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> I guess the idea is e.g for Linux driver, it can refuse this feature.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >Okay. What uses it?
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > You also never explained how does device benefit. My
>> >> >> >> >> > guess is this allows device to calculate the # of
>> >> >> >> >> > descriptors to fetch that are needed for a packet. Right?
>> >> >> >> >> > Assuming this, I think a rough estimate should be enough.
>> >> >> >> >> > If device fetches too much it can discard extra, if it
>> >> >> >> >> > does not fetch enough it can fetch extra.
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > Let us not forget that express packets are 256 bytes so
>> >> >> >> >> > up to
>> >> >> >> >> > 16 descriptors fit in a packet, there is no benefit most
>> >> >> >> >> > of the time in knowing whether e.g. 1 or 2 descriptors are
>needed.
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > Let us not forget these are buffers, not descriptors.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> I guess maybe the initial motivation is constant descriptor
>length.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >That conflicts with requirement framing is up to driver.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> I was using the wrong terminology. The feature is about
>> >> >> >> constant
>> >> >> >*descriptor* length. In other words, the value that driver puts
>> >> >> >in Packed Virtqueue "Element Length" field (or 'len' field in
>> >> >> >the
>> >'pvirtq_desc'
>> >> >struct).
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >OK so this conflicts with "2.6.4 Message Framing" which
>> >> >> >requires that drivers can split buffers into as many descriptors as
>they like.
>> >> >> >Right?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> Does it make more sense now, or you still see an issue with
>> >> >> >> Linux
>> >driver?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >I think there's an issue with the flexible framing requirements
>> >> >> >and there's an issue with Linux driver.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> The motivation is to allow the device to calculate the exact
>> >> >> >> number of
>> >> >> >descriptors to consume, before fetching the descriptors. This
>> >> >> >is beneficial for devices for which overconsuming or
>> >> >> >underconsuming descriptors come at a high cost.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >So I guess we can agree getting the # of descriptors *exactly*
>> >> >> >right isn't all that important. Right? My question is how does
>> >> >> >the driver balance the device versus Linux needs?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >One idea is if we assume this is best effort, does not have to
>> >> >> >be exact, then how about just having the device assume
>> >> >> >descriptor sizes stay more or less constant and use that to
>> >> >> >estimate the amount? If it under/over estimates, things just go a bit
>slower.
>> >> >> >This way driver can adjust the sizes and device will react
>> >> >> >automatically, with time.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I see that "2.6.4 Message Framing" allows a full flexibility of
>> >> >> descriptor lengths, and I presume it's applicable to Packet
>> >> >> Virtqueues as well, though defined under Split Virtqueues section.
>> >> >
>> >> >That's a good point. Probably makes sense to move it out to a
>> >> >common section, right?
>> >> >
>> >> >> The example
>> >> >> talks about transmit virtqueue, and it makes perfect sense.
>> >> >> However, wouldn't a typical driver place equal-sized *receive*
>> >> >> descriptors
>> >> >anyway? So if a device can benefit from it, the driver might as
>> >> >well negotiate this new feature.
>> >> >
>> >> >Having buffer size jump around wildly doesn't seem too useful, I agree.
>> >> >OTOH being able to adjust it gradually has been in the past
>> >> >demontrated to help performance measureably.
>> >> >
>> >> >> This could be especially relevant for devices, for which
>> >> >> adjusting the number
>> >> >of used descriptors is impractical after descriptors have already
>> >> >been
>> >fetched.
>> >> >> I agree that if this requirement conflicts with specific driver
>> >> >> needs, it will not
>> >> >be negotiated, and the device will either underperform in certain
>> >> >scenarios, or will not come up at all.
>> >> >
>> >> >Right so that makes it a challenge. Device says it prefers fixed
>> >> >buffers. Is that preference more or less important than ability to
>> >> >efficiently support workloads such as TCP small queues?
>> >> >Driver has no idea and I suspect neither does the device.
>> >> >So I don't see how will a Linux driver know that it should enable
>> >> >this, neither how will device know it's okay to just refuse features_ok.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >On the other hand, current drivers already have logic that tries
>> >> >to change buffer sizes in a smooth way. So simply caching the
>> >> >last buffer size and assuming all the others will be exactly the
>> >> >same will go a long way towards limiting how much does device need to
>fetch.
>> >> >This does imply extra logic on the device to recover if things
>> >> >change and the first read did not fetch enough buffers, but then
>> >> >it would be required anyway if as you say above the failure is not
>catastrophic.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >The feature thus only seems useful for small, feature-restrained
>> >> >devices
>> >> >- which are prepared to sacrifice some performance to cut costs,
>> >> >and which can't recover at all. Is this what you are trying to do?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> The intention is to enable devices with this specific limitation to
>> >> offer virtio offload. The feature can be redefined such that it
>> >> would only be offered by devices that are unable to handle
>> >> dynamically changing descriptor lengths. How does that sound?
>> >
>> >So it makes more sense when mergeable buffers are disabled (since
>> >then buffers are practically all same size).
>> >
>>
>> Actually, mergeable buffers are not a problem. They could be enabled,
>> as long as each descriptor is the same length. So implementations that
>> prefer optimizing memory utilization over jumbo frame performance can
>> negotiate VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF and allocate smaller buffers.
>
>So my point was, without VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF, all buffers are same
>length anyway. So if we are talking about cheap simple hardware, I guess it
>can just not have VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF and be done with it?
>If device does care about memory utilization then I think it needs to give
>driver the flexibility it needs/uses.
>No?
>
It's not a matter of device complexity, but a HW architecture, which could be complex, but have this specific limitation.
I see at least two reasons to support and negotiate VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF, while keeping equal-sized descriptor limitation:
* GRO
* With jumbo packets, if the throughput is capped by the port bandwidth, and not by the device/driver per-packet performance, it makes sense to optimize memory utilization by allocating small buffers, without sacrificing throughput performance.
>Again I can see how we might want to disallow crazy setups with e.g. 1 byte
>per buffer. That's just abuse, no guest does that anyway. So asking e.g. for a
>minimal buffer size sounds very reasonable. But an option that disables
>functionality that a popular guest uses needs a lot of documentation to help
>device writers figure out whether they want that option or not, and I'd worry
>that even with documentation will be misunderstood even if we write it.
>When do you enable this?
>When you don't care about performance? When you don't care about Linux?
>
I understand that there are guest-side optimizations that require flexibility in descriptors length. I can propose the following simple logic:
Device - advertise "equal-sized descriptor" feature only if the device is absolutely unable to operate otherwise. The device will not set FEATURES_OK unless the driver negotiates this feature.
Driver - if device advertises "equal-sized descriptor" feature - if possible, give up on the flexible descriptors length optimizations. If not - give up on the device.
>> >
>> >With that in mind, I have an idea: scsi and block already have max sg field.
>> >How about we add a writeable max sg field, maybe even make it
>> >programmable per vq?
>> >
>> >Thus driver tells device what is it's max s/g value for rx. Worst
>> >case device fetches a bit more than it needs. Discarding extra
>> >shouldn't be expensive. This looks like it will help even smart devices. What
>do you think?
>> >
>> >This nicely avoids conflicting with the flexible framing requirement.
>> >
>>
>> My intention was to avoid any descriptor length variations, for
>> devices that unable fetching or discarding extra descriptors. (If in
>> the pipelined HW processing the decision on number of descriptors is
>> made in the early stage, and it cannot be undone in a later stage).
>
>Frankly discarding unused descriptors looks to me like something that
>shouldn't have a high cost in the hardware. I can see how trying to predict
>descriptor length, and fetching extra if not enough was fetched can have a
>high cost, so to me extensions to remove the guesswork from the device
>have value. However a lot of effort went into trying to reduce e.g. number of
>pci express packets needed to fetch descriptors.
>Each packet fetches 256 bytes anyway, does it not? Not having an ability to
>use that information seems like an obvious waste, and that means ability to
>keep some fetched descriptors around even if they are not used for a given
>packet. Again just my $.02.
>
In packed virtqueue, discarding unused descriptors (and buffers associated with them) can indeed be easy, but reusing them for the next packet is complicated (or impossible).
I agree that descriptors are being (pre)fetched with the maximum efficiency (in terms of PCIe bandwidth), and cached in the device. But the decision to fetch is being made according to the number of left cached-in descriptors and the expected number of descriptors that will be used by the packet.
If the expected number of descriptors is larger than the actual one, the next fetch decision will be taken too early, and there will be no way to reuse excess cached descriptors, and they will have to be discarded.
Even if it's possible to skip descriptors in the packed virtqueue (is it?), it's surely inefficient.
>>
>> Defining max s/g sounds like an interesting feature by itself.
>
>But assuming we have max RX s/g, I guess hardware can set max s/g = 1?
>Then since with !VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF all buffers are forced to be
>same length.
>
>>
>> >
>> >> >> Could you specify what issue do you see with the Linux driver?
>> >> >
>> >> >See logic around struct ewma.
>> >> >
>> >> >The first relevant commit is I guess commit
>> >> >ab7db91705e95ed1bba1304388936fccfa58c992
>> >> > virtio-net: auto-tune mergeable rx buffer size for improved
>> >> >performance
>> >> >
>> >> >this claims a gain of about 10% with large packets which isn't
>> >> >earth shattering but also not something we can ignore completely.
>> >> >And I suspect it can be bigger with smaller packets.
>> >> >
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > So device does not really know the exact # of descriptors:
>> >> >> >> >> > current drivers do 1 descriptor per buffer but nothing
>> >> >> >> >> > prevents more.
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > Thoughts?
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > > > \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_RSC_EXT(61)] Device can
>> >> >> >> >> > > > process duplicated
>> >> >> >> >ACKs
>> >> >> >> >> > > > and report number of coalesced segments and
>> >> >> >> >> > > > duplicated ACKs @@ -2854,8 +2858,8 @@
>> >> >\subsubsection{Legacy Interface:
>> >> >> >> >Feature bits}\label{sec:Device Types / Network
>> >> >> >> >> > > > \subsection{Device configuration
>> >> >> >> >> > > > layout}\label{sec:Device Types /
>> >> >> >> >Network Device / Device configuration layout}
>> >> >> >> >> > > > \label{sec:Device Types / Block Device / Feature
>> >> >> >> >> > > > bits / Device configuration layout} -Three
>> >> >> >> >> > > > driver-read-only configuration fields are currently defined.
>> >> >> >> >> > > > The \field{mac} address field -always exists (though
>> >> >> >> >> > > > is only valid if VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC is set), and
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +The driver-read-only \field{mac} address field
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +always exists (though is only valid if
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC is set), and
>> >> >> >> >> > > > \field{status} only exists if VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS is set.
>> >Two
>> >> >> >> >> > > > read-only bits (for the driver) are currently
>> >> >> >> >> > > > defined for the status
>> >> >> >> >field:
>> >> >> >> >> > > > VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP and
>VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE.
>> >> >> >> >> > > > @@ -2875,12 +2879,17 @@ \subsection{Device
>> >> >> >> >> > > > configuration
>> >> >> >> >layout}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device
>> >> >> >> >> > > > VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU is set. This field specifies the
>> >> >> >> >> > > > maximum MTU for
>> >> >> >> >the driver to
>> >> >> >> >> > > > use.
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +The device-read-only field \field{rx_buf_len} only
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +exists if
>> >> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> >> > > Should be driver-read-only.
>> >> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +VIRTIO_NET_F_CONST_RXBUF_LEN is negotiated. This
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +field specifies the receive buffers length.
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +
>> >> >> >> >> > > > \begin{lstlisting}
>> >> >> >> >> > > > struct virtio_net_config {
>> >> >> >> >> > > > u8 mac[6];
>> >> >> >> >> > > > le16 status;
>> >> >> >> >> > > > le16 max_virtqueue_pairs;
>> >> >> >> >> > > > le16 mtu;
>> >> >> >> >> > > > + le32 rx_buf_len;
>> >> >> >> >> > > > };
>> >> >> >> >> > > > \end{lstlisting}
>> >> >> >> >> > > > @@ -2933,6 +2942,13 @@ \subsection{Device
>> >> >> >> >> > > > configuration layout}\label{sec:Device Types / Network
>Device
>> >> >> >> >> > > > A driver SHOULD negotiate the
>> >> >> >> >> > > > VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY feature if
>> >> >> >> >the device offers it.
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +A driver SHOULD accept the
>> >> >VIRTIO_NET_F_CONST_RXBUF_LEN
>> >> >> >> >feature if offered.
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +If VIRTIO_NET_F_CONST_RXBUF_LEN feature has been
>> >> >> >negotiated,
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +the driver MUST set \field{rx_buf_len}.
>> >> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> >> > > I think it's device that set the field?
>> >> >> >> >> > Makes more sense for the driver, but if you want this set e.g.
>> >> >> >> >> > before buffers are added, you must say so.
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +A driver MUST NOT modify \field{rx_buf_len} once it
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +has been
>> >> >> >set.
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > This seems very unflexible. I can see how e.g. XDP would
>> >> >> >> >> > benefit from big buffers while skbs benefit from small
>buffers.
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > This calls for ability to change this.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> Yes, but it requires non trivial cleanups for the old
>> >> >> >> >> length and place them with new ones.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> Thanks
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >Let's see:
>> >> >> >> >1 - making buffer smaller: just update config space,
>> >> >> >> > then make new buffers smaller
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >2 - making buffers bigger: add larger buffers,
>> >> >> >> > once all small ones are consumed update config space
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >2 is tricky I agree. Thoughts?
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> Agree. It's doable, provided that the driver will follow the
>> >> >> >> update
>> >> >> >procedure.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > > > \subsubsection{Legacy Interface: Device
>> >> >> >> >> > > > configuration
>> >> >> >> >layout}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Device
>> >> >> >> >configuration layout / Legacy Interface: Device
>> >> >> >> >configuration layout}
>> >> >> >> >> > > > \label{sec:Device Types / Block Device / Feature
>> >> >> >> >> > > > bits / Device
>> >> >> >> >configuration layout / Legacy Interface: Device
>> >> >> >> >configuration layout}
>> >> >> >> >> > > > When using the legacy interface, transitional
>> >> >> >> >> > > > devices and drivers @@
>> >> >> >> >> > > > -3241,6 +3257,11 @@ \subsubsection{Setting Up
>> >> >> >> >> > > > Receive
>> >> >> >> >Buffers}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Devi
>> >> >> >> >> > > > If VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ is negotiated, each of
>> >> >> >> >> > > > receiveq1\ldots
>> >> >> >> >receiveqN
>> >> >> >> >> > > > that will be used SHOULD be populated with
>> >> >> >> >> > > > receive
>> >buffers.
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +If VIRTIO_NET_F_CONST_RXBUF_LEN feature has been
>> >> >> >negotiated,
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +the driver MUST initialize all receive virtqueue
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +descriptors \field{len} field with the value
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +configured in \field{rx_buf_len} device
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +configuration field, and allocate receive
>> >> >> >> >buffers accordingly.
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +
>> >> >> >> >> > > > \devicenormative{\paragraph}{Setting Up Receive
>> >> >> >> >> > > > Buffers}{Device Types / Network Device / Device
>> >> >> >> >> > > > Operation / Setting Up Receive Buffers}
>> >> >> >> >> > > > The device MUST set \field{num_buffers} to the
>> >> >> >> >> > > > number of descriptors used to @@ -3396,6 +3417,10 @@
>> >> >> >> >\subsubsection{Processing of Incoming
>> >> >> >> >Packets}\label{sec:Device Types / Network
>> >> >> >> >> > > > checksum (in case of multiple encapsulated
>> >> >> >> >> > > > protocols, one
>> >> >level
>> >> >> >> >> > > > of checksums is validated).
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +If VIRTIO_NET_F_CONST_RXBUF_LEN has been
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +negotiated,
>> >> >the
>> >> >> >> >device
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +MAY use \field{rx_buf_len} as a buffer length
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +(instead of reading it from virtqueue descriptor
>\field{len} field).
>> >> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> >> > > Is this safe? What if driver submit a small buffer,
>> >> >> >> >> > > then device can read
>> >> >> >> >more than what is allowed?
>> >> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> >> > > Thanks
>> >> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> >> > > > +
>> >> >> >> >> > > > \drivernormative{\paragraph}{Processing of Incoming
>> >> >> >> >> > > > Packets}{Device Types / Network Device / Device
>> >> >> >> >> > > > Operation
>> >/
>> >> >> >> >> > > > Processing of Incoming Packets}
>
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