Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [[PATCH v2 iwl-next] v2 0/4]

[Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>]

On 8/26/2024 11:10 AM, Manoj Vishwanathan wrote:
> IDPF Virtchnl: Enhance error reporting & fix locking/workqueue issues
> 
> This patch series addresses several IDPF virtchnl issues:

How are you sending these patches? Are you sending it all in one 
command/send? The threading is not showing up correctly in Patchwork, 
though lore does show it correctly.

> * Improved error reporting for better diagnostics.
> * Fixed locking sequence in virtchnl message handling to avoid potential race conditions.
> * Converted idpf workqueues to unbound to prevent virtchnl processing delays under heavy load.
>
> Previously, CPU-bound kworkers for virtchnl processing could be starved,
> leading to transaction timeouts and connection failures.
> This was particularly problematic when IRQ traffic and user space processes contended for the same CPU.
> 
> By making the workqueues unbound, we ensure virtchnl processing is not tied to a specific CPU,
> improving responsiveness even under high system load.

This should be broken up between bugs and improvements, one for iwl-net 
(fixes) and one for iwl-next (improvements). Patches 1-3 should go to 
iwl-net and 4 to iwl-next.

All the Fixes: are not in the correct format
e.g.
WARNING: Please use correct Fixes: style 'Fixes: <12 chars of sha1> 
("<title line>")' - ie: 'Fixes: 34c21fa894a1 ("idpf: implement virtchnl 
transaction manager")'

They all have 1 extra char. Patches 1 & 3 are missing the '"' and patch 
is using the wrong '"' char.

Finally, what tree are you using for your patches? Some of the patches 
don't apply to the iwl tree or the netdev tree.

For IWL patches, please use these trees (dev-queue branch)

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tnguy/net-queue.git/

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tnguy/next-queue.git/

Thanks,
Tony

> ---
> V2:
>   - Dropped patch from Willem
>   - RCS/RCT variable naming
>   - Improved commit message on feddback
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240813182747.1770032-2-manojvishy@google.com/T/
> 
> David Decotigny (1):
>    idpf: address an rtnl lock splat in tx timeout recovery path
> 
> Manoj Vishwanathan (2):
>    idpf: Acquire the lock before accessing the xn->salt
>    idpf: add more info during virtchnl transaction time out
> 
> Marco Leogrande (1):
>    idpf: convert workqueues to unbound
> 
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_main.c     | 15 ++++++++++-----
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c     | 14 +++++++++++++-
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c | 12 +++++++-----
>   3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>