RE: [PATCH] doc: update async enqueue API usage

["Hu, Jiayu" <jiayu.hu@intel.com>]

Hi Xuan,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hu, Jiayu
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2022 9:43 AM
> To: Ding, Xuan <xuan.ding@intel.com>; maxime.coquelin@redhat.com; Xia,
> Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] doc: update async enqueue API usage
> 
> Hi Xuan,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ding, Xuan <xuan.ding@intel.com>
> > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2022 5:34 PM
> > To: maxime.coquelin@redhat.com; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
> > <xuan.ding@intel.com>
> > Subject: [PATCH] doc: update async enqueue API usage
> >
> > From: Xuan Ding <xuan.ding@intel.com>
> >
> > This patch updates the correct usage for async enqueue APIs.
> > The rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed() needs to be called in time to
> > avoid packet loss due to full dma ring.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xuan Ding <xuan.ding@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst | 9 +++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > index cd3f6caa9a..9cdd7da154 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > @@ -488,3 +488,12 @@ For PA mode, page by page mapping may exceed
> > IOMMU's max capability,  better to use 1G guest hugepage.
> >
> >  For UIO driver, any VFIO related error message can be ignored.
> > +
> > +Async enqueue API usage
> > +-----------------------
> 
> I think it's better to make it as a sub-section of "Vhost asynchronous data
> path".
> 
> > +
> > +In async enqueue path, rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed() needs to be
> > +called in time. Otherwise, calling rte_vhost_submit_enqueue_burst()
> > +all the time will cause the DMA ring to be full, which will result in
> > +packet loss eventually.
> 
> There are two main reasons of calling rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed()
> timely, IMO:
> 1. notify the guest of DMA copy completed packets; 2. in case of DMA ring
> size is smaller than vring size, it can avoid packet drop caused by DMA ring
> full.

I'd like to clarify #2 a little: not only for the case that DMA ring size < vring size.
Even if DMA ring size > vring size, it's possible dropping packets as a result of
DMA ring full.

Thanks,
Jiayu
> 
> Thanks,
> Jiayu
> 
> 
> > +
> > --
> > 2.17.1