Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-net: support RSC v4/v6 tcp traffic for Windows HCK

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 12:18:54PM +0200, Yuri Benditovich wrote:
>     > @@ -66,12 +143,16 @@ typedef struct VirtIONet {
>     >      VirtIONetQueue *vqs;
>     >      VirtQueue *ctrl_vq;
>     >      NICState *nic;
>     > +    QTAILQ_HEAD(, NetRscChain) rsc_chains;
> 
>     what exactly happens with these chains on migration?
> 
> 
> This feature (software implementation of RSC in QEMU) is intended to be used in
> the environment of certification tests which never uses migration.

Should this feature disable migration then?

> These chains
> and accumulated segments (if any) are lost in case of migration. I'll add the
> note about it
> in commit's message.
> 

If it's a functional limitation it belongs in a code comment
not in the commit log.

> 
> 
>     >      uint32_t tx_timeout;
>     >      int32_t tx_burst;
>     >      uint32_t has_vnet_hdr;
>     >      size_t host_hdr_len;
>     >      size_t guest_hdr_len;
>     >      uint64_t host_features;
>     > +    uint32_t rsc_timeout;
>     > +    uint8_t rsc4_enabled;
>     > +    uint8_t rsc6_enabled;
>     >      uint8_t has_ufo;
>     >      uint32_t mergeable_rx_bufs;
>     >      uint8_t promisc;
>     > diff --git a/include/net/eth.h b/include/net/eth.h
>     > index e6dc8a7ba0..7f45c678e7 100644
>     > --- a/include/net/eth.h
>     > +++ b/include/net/eth.h
>     > @@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ struct tcp_hdr {
>     >  #define TH_PUSH 0x08
>     >  #define TH_ACK  0x10
>     >  #define TH_URG  0x20
>     > +#define TH_ECE  0x40
>     > +#define TH_CWR  0x80
>     >      u_short th_win;      /* window */
>     >      u_short th_sum;      /* checksum */
>     >      u_short th_urp;      /* urgent pointer */
>     > diff --git a/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/
>     standard-headers/linux/virtio_net.h
>     > index 260c3681d7..0d8658c06a 100644
>     > --- a/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_net.h
>     > +++ b/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_net.h
>     > @@ -57,6 +57,10 @@
>     >                                        * Steering */
>     >  #define VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR 23        /* Set MAC address */
>     > 
>     > +#define VIRTIO_NET_F_RSC_EXT 38
> 
>     Should it be VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_RSC_EXT ?
> 
> 
> IMO, not. In the spec the name of the feature is VIRTIO_NET_F_RSC_EXT and it is
> actually host feature
> and its effect is how the host sets the fields in the header.

Isn't the same true for GUEST_GSO?

> 
> 
>     > +#define VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_RSC4_DONT_USE     41      /* reserved */
>     > +#define VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_RSC6_DONT_USE     42      /* reserved */
>     > +
>     >  #define VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY   62    /* Act as standby for another
>     device
>     >                                        * with the same MAC.
>     >                                        */
>     > @@ -104,6 +108,7 @@ struct virtio_net_config {
>     >  struct virtio_net_hdr_v1 {
>     >  #define VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM  1       /* Use csum_start,
>     csum_offset */
>     >  #define VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID  2       /* Csum is valid */
>     > +#define VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_RSC_INFO    4       /* rsc_ext data in csum_
>     fields */
>     >       uint8_t flags;
>     >  #define VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_NONE              0       /* Not a GSO frame
>     */
>     >  #define VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV4     1       /* GSO frame, IPv4 TCP
>     (TSO) */
>     > @@ -118,6 +123,9 @@ struct virtio_net_hdr_v1 {
>     >       __virtio16 num_buffers; /* Number of merged rx buffers */
>     >  };
>     > 
>     > +#define rsc_ext_num_packets          csum_start
>     > +#define rsc_ext_num_dupacks          csum_offset
> 
>     I would prefer an inline function to set the field, or a union.
> 
> 
>     > +
>     >  #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_NO_LEGACY
>     >  /* This header comes first in the scatter-gather list.
>     >   * For legacy virtio, if VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT is not negotiated, it must
> 
>     This part needs to get into the Linux header. Pls post there.
>     Until it does you can put it in virtio-net.c
> 
> 
>     > --
>     > 2.17.1
>