[virtio-comment] Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] virtio-net: Fix receive buffer size calculation text

[Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Jan 15 2024, Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com> wrote:

> Receive buffer size calculation is based on the following
> negotiated features.
>
> The text has wrong calculation for IPv6 and also it has missed
> VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT.
>
> The problem of igorance of VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT is reported
> in [1], however fix for ipv6 payload length must also be
> considered.
>
> Since for the both the fixes touching same requirements, a
> new issue is created as [2].
>
> This patch brings following fixes.
>
> 1. Fix annotating struct virtio_net_hdr as field
> 2. Fix receive buffer calculation for guest GSO cases to consider
>    ipv6 payload length
> 3. small grammar corrections for article
> 4. reword the requirement to consider the virtio_ndr_hdr which is
>    depends on the negotiated feature, hence first clarify the
>    struct virtio_net_hdr size
>
> [1] https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/170
> [2] https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/183
>
> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/170
> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/183
> Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>
>
> ---
> changelog:
> v1->v2:
> - addressed comments from Cornelia
> - rephrase buffer size wording without explicit length of virtio_net_hdr
>   at 3 places.
> - replaced otherwise to ', otherwise'
> - rephrase non normative to write as driver normative
> ---
>  device-types/net/description.tex | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/device-types/net/description.tex b/device-types/net/description.tex
> index aff5e08..53a56ee 100644
> --- a/device-types/net/description.tex
> +++ b/device-types/net/description.tex
> @@ -657,10 +657,13 @@ \subsubsection{Setting Up Receive Buffers}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Devi
>  If the VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO4, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO6,
>  VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_UFO, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_USO4 or VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_USO6
>  features are used, the maximum incoming packet
> -will be to 65550 bytes long (the maximum size of a
> -TCP or UDP packet, plus the 14 byte ethernet header), otherwise
> -1514 bytes.  The 12-byte struct virtio_net_hdr is prepended to this,
> -making for 65562 or 1526 bytes.
> +will be 65589 bytes long (14 bytes of Ethernet header, plus 40 bytes of
> +the IPv6 header, plus 65535 bytes of maximum IPv6 payload including any
> +extension header), otherwise 1514 bytes.

Hm, I wonder if we should still mention that

"\field{struct virtio_net_header} will be prepended to this, which is
either 20 or 12 bytes long, depending on whether
VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT is negotiated or not."

> +When VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT is not negotiated, the required receive buffer
> +size is either 65601 or 1526 bytes.
> +When VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT is negotiated, the required receive buffer
> +size is either 65609 or 1534 bytes.
>  
>  \drivernormative{\paragraph}{Setting Up Receive Buffers}{Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation / Setting Up Receive Buffers}
>  
> @@ -669,18 +672,24 @@ \subsubsection{Setting Up Receive Buffers}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Devi
>    \begin{itemize}
>      \item If VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO4, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO6, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_UFO,
>  	VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_USO4 or VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_USO6 are negotiated, the driver SHOULD populate
> -      the receive queue(s) with buffers of at least 65562 bytes.
> +      the receive queue(s) with buffers of at least 65609 bytes if
> +      VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT is negotiated, and of at least 65601 bytes if not.
>      \item Otherwise, the driver SHOULD populate the receive queue(s)
> -      with buffers of at least 1526 bytes.
> +      with buffers of at least 1534 bytes if VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT
> +      is negotiated, and of at least 1526 bytes if not.
>    \end{itemize}
>  \item If VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF is negotiated, each buffer MUST be at
> -least the size of the struct virtio_net_hdr.
> +least size of \field{struct virtio_net_hdr},
> +i.e. 20 bytes if VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT is negotiated, and 12 bytes if not.
>  \end{itemize}
>  
>  \begin{note}
>  Obviously each buffer can be split across multiple descriptor elements.
>  \end{note}
>  
> +The driver MUST consider size of field \field{struct virtio_net_hdr}
> +20 bytes if VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT is negotiated, and 12 bytes if not.
> +

Requiring the driver to consider the size of something to be its actual
size seems a bit odd :) I don't think we need this, as the length can be
derived from looking at the definitions, and is already spelled out
explicitly, if you consider my suggestion above.


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