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Subject: [PATCH v4 1/3] content: net: Add VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_STEERING_MODE feature
From: Sameeh Jubran <sameeh.j@gmail.com> This commit introduces steering mode into network device. Steering mode is a general infrastructure for various steering modes that can be implemented on top of it such as Automatic and RSS. Signed-off-by: Sameeh Jubran <sjubran@redhat.com> --- content.tex | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+) diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex index c840588..3c30871 100644 --- a/content.tex +++ b/content.tex @@ -3115,6 +3115,9 @@ features. \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR(23)] Set MAC address through control channel. + +\item[VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_STEERING_MODE(60)] Device supports configurable steering + mode. \end{description} \subsubsection{Feature bit requirements}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Feature bits / Feature bit requirements} @@ -3317,6 +3320,8 @@ struct virtio_net_hdr { le16 csum_start; le16 csum_offset; le16 num_buffers; +// Only if VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_STEERING_MODE has been negotiated + le64 hash; }; \end{lstlisting} @@ -4013,6 +4018,62 @@ MUST format \field{virtqueue_pairs} according to the native endian of the guest rather than (necessarily when not using the legacy interface) little-endian. +\paragraph{Steering mode}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Steering mode} + +\begin{lstlisting} +// steering mode flags +#define STEERING_MODE_AUTO 0x1 + +// Used by the devide for returning to the driver the supported steering modes +struct virtio_net_steering_modes { +le32 steering_modes; +}; + +struct virtio_net_steering_mode { +le32 steering_mode; +le32 command; + +// A union which can be used for passing structures to one of the sub modes + union { + } +}; + +#define VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_STEERING_MODE 27 + +#define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_STEERING_MODE 7 +#define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_SM_GET_SUPPORTED_MODES 0 +#define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_SM_CONTROL 1 +\end{lstlisting} + +If the VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_STEERING_MODE is negotiated the driver can send control commands for the +configuring the steering mode. There are multiple steering modes and they can be configured using +the VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_SM_CONTROL command. Each mode has it's own set of commands. + +The auto steering mode is the default mode if nothing else has been configured by the driver +and the VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_STEERING_MODE feature is acked by the driver. + +The class VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_STEERING_MODE has two commands: + +\begin{enumerate} + +\item VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_SM_GET_SUPPORTED_MODES is used for getting the supported steering modes by the device. + The command SHOULD be executed by the driver before attempting to configure the steering mode. Once the device + receives this command it SHOULD fill the virtio_net_steering_modes structure with the supported steering mode + flags. + +\item The command VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_SM_CONTROL is used for controlling the different steering modes. Each steering mode + has its own set of commands. When executing this command the structure virtio_net_steering_mode SHOULD be used as follows: + the \field{steering_mode} SHOULD be filled with one of the supported steering mode flags along with an appropriate command + from the chosen steering mode. The union of virtio_net_steering_mode SHOULD be used and filled as the mode's command suggests. +\end{enumerate} + +If this feature has been negotiated, the virtio net header has an additional +\field{hash} field attached to it. + +\subparagraph{Automatic Receive Steering}{Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Steering mode / Automatic Receive Steering} + +This is the default steering mode, please refer to the "Automatic receive steering in multiqueue mode" section. + \paragraph{Offloads State Configuration}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Offloads State Configuration} If the VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS feature is negotiated, the driver can -- 2.13.6
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