From: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org
Cc: dwagner@suse.de, sagi@grimberg.me, hare@suse.de,
kbusch@kernel.org, hch@lst.de, gjoyce@linux.ibm.com,
chaitanyak@nvidia.com, Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/4] fabrics: determine --nr-io-queues when not explicitly specified
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:25:02 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260921075511.2108561-5-nilay@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260921075511.2108561-1-nilay@linux.ibm.com>
When performing an NVMe/TCP connect operation, if the user does not
explicitly specify --nr-io-queues, determine the default value using:
if (nr_hw_queues > 1)
min(nr_hw_queues, num_online_cpus)
Here, nr_hw_queues represents the number of hardware queues currently
configured on the NIC used for the NVMe/TCP connection. If nr_hw_queues
cannot be retrieved, or the NIC only supports one hardware queue, do
not calculate nr-io-queues and let the host determine the value.
Use the shr_route_get_egress_iface() and shr_netdev_get_hw_queues()
helpers to determine the egress netdev and retrieve its hardware
queue count. Use get_nprocs() to determine the number of online CPUs.
Apply the same logic when connecting to the target using a config INI
file.
Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
---
src/fabrics.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 76 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/fabrics.c b/src/fabrics.c
index f5f1327ad..f5e71fdb8 100644
--- a/src/fabrics.c
+++ b/src/fabrics.c
@@ -19,17 +19,20 @@
* Fabrics specification standard.
*/
+#include <ccan/minmax/minmax.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <getopt.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <libgen.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@
#include <ccan/endian/endian.h>
#include <ccan/str/str.h>
#include <shared/io-util.h>
+#include <shared/net-util.h>
#include <shared/sig-util.h>
#include "cleanup.h"
@@ -424,6 +428,50 @@ static int build_conn_tid(const struct libnvmf_config_conn *conn,
hostnqn, hostid, tid);
}
+/*
+ * Return the number of I/O queues on success. Return 0 if the number
+ * cannot be determined or the NIC has only one hardware queue, in
+ * which case the host should determine the number of I/O queues.
+ */
+static int fabrics_connect_nr_io_queues(const char *transport,
+ const char *traddr,
+ const char *host_traddr,
+ const char *host_iface)
+{
+ uint32_t combined_count, tx_count, rx_count;
+ char ifname[IF_NAMESIZE] = {};
+ int nr_cpus, nr_hw_queues = 0;
+
+ if (strcmp(transport, "tcp"))
+ return 0;
+
+ nr_cpus = get_nprocs();
+ if (nr_cpus <= 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (host_iface && host_iface[0]) {
+ strncpy(ifname, host_iface, IF_NAMESIZE - 1);
+ } else {
+ if (shr_route_get_egress_iface(host_traddr, traddr,
+ ifname, IF_NAMESIZE))
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (shr_netdev_get_hw_queues(ifname, &combined_count,
+ &tx_count, &rx_count))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (combined_count)
+ nr_hw_queues = combined_count;
+ else if (tx_count && rx_count)
+ nr_hw_queues = min(tx_count, rx_count);
+
+ if (nr_hw_queues <= 1)
+ return 0;
+
+ return min(nr_cpus, nr_hw_queues);
+}
+
/* libnvmf_config_conn_for_each() callback: settle addressing/identity,
* check exclusion, then discover or connect.
*/
@@ -435,6 +483,8 @@ static void consume_conn(const struct libnvmf_config_conn *conn,
struct hook_fabrics_data hfd = { .flags = st->flags, .raw = st->raw };
__cleanup_nvmf_context struct libnvmf_context *fctx = NULL;
__cleanup_nvmf_tid struct libnvmf_tid *tid = NULL;
+ const struct libnvmf_params *params;
+ const char *key = "nr-io-queues";
int err;
if (st->mode == CONSUME_ROLE_BASED && !is_dc && !st->connect)
@@ -460,9 +510,29 @@ static void consume_conn(const struct libnvmf_config_conn *conn,
goto record_err;
err = libnvmf_context_set_connection_from_tid(fctx, tid);
- if (!err)
- err = libnvmf_context_apply_params(fctx,
- libnvmf_config_conn_get_params(conn));
+ if (err)
+ goto record_err;
+
+ params = libnvmf_config_conn_get_params(conn);
+ if (!libnvmf_params_get(params, key)) {
+ int nr_io_queues;
+
+ nr_io_queues = fabrics_connect_nr_io_queues(
+ libnvmf_config_conn_get_transport(conn),
+ libnvmf_config_conn_get_traddr(conn),
+ libnvmf_config_conn_get_host_traddr(conn),
+ libnvmf_config_conn_get_host_iface(conn));
+
+ if (nr_io_queues) {
+ char val[32];
+
+ snprintf(val, sizeof(val), "%d", nr_io_queues);
+ libnvmf_params_set((struct libnvmf_params *)params,
+ key, val);
+ }
+ }
+
+ err = libnvmf_context_apply_params(fctx, params);
if (err)
goto record_err;
@@ -1064,6 +1134,9 @@ int fabrics_connect(const char *desc, int argc, char **argv)
return ret;
fa.traddr = resolved_traddr;
+ if (!fa.nr_io_queues)
+ fa.nr_io_queues = fabrics_connect_nr_io_queues(fa.transport,
+ fa.traddr, fa.host_traddr, fa.host_iface);
do_connect:
ret = nvme_create_global_ctx_hostnqn(&ctx,
fa.hostnqn, fa.hostid, &hnqn, &hid);
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-21 7:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-21 7:54 [PATCH v2 0/4] nvme-cli: NIC topology aware I/O queue scaling Nilay Shroff
2026-09-21 7:54 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] shared/net-util-linux: add support for retrieving egress netdev Nilay Shroff
2026-09-21 7:55 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] shared/net-util-linux: add support for retrieving NIC h/w queues Nilay Shroff
2026-09-21 7:55 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] shared: add more test coverage for net-util Nilay Shroff
2026-09-21 7:55 ` Nilay Shroff [this message]
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