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Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH RFC] virtio-net: enable configurable tx queue size




On 2017年05月22日 19:52, Wei Wang wrote:
On 05/20/2017 04:42 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 10:32:19AM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
This patch enables the virtio-net tx queue size to be configurable
between 256 (the default queue size) and 1024 by the user. The queue
size specified by the user should be power of 2.

Setting the tx queue size to be 1024 requires the guest driver to
support the VIRTIO_NET_F_MAX_CHAIN_SIZE feature.
This should be a generic ring feature, not one specific to virtio net.
OK. How about making two more changes below:

1) make the default tx queue size = 1024 (instead of 256).

As has been pointed out, you need compat the default value too in this case.

We can reduce the size (to 256) if the MAX_CHAIN_SIZE feature
is not supported by the guest.
In this way, people who apply the QEMU patch can directly use the
largest queue size(1024) without adding the booting command line.

2) The vhost backend does not use writev, so I think when the vhost
backed is used, using 1024 queue size should not depend on the
MAX_CHAIN_SIZE feature.

But do we need to consider even larger queue size now?

Btw, I think it's better to draft a spec patch.

Thanks



Best,
Wei



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