Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] net/smc: Introduce receive queue flow control support

Guangguan Wang
2022-01-21T16:48:43Z

On 2022/1/20 22:22, Tony Lu wrote:>> #include "smc_ib.h"
>>
>> -#define SMC_RMBS_PER_LGR_MAX 255 /* max. # of RMBs per link group */
>> +#define SMC_RMBS_PER_LGR_MAX 32 /* max. # of RMBs per link group. Correspondingly,
>> + * SMC_WR_BUF_CNT should not be less than 2 *
>> + * SMC_RMBS_PER_LGR_MAX, since every connection at
>> + * least has two rq/sq credits in average, otherwise
>> + * may result in waiting for credits in sending process.
>> + */
>
> This gives a fixed limit for per link group connections. Using tunable
> knobs to control this for different workload would be better. It also
> reduce the completion of free slots in the same link group and link.
>

It is a good idea, but I find a patch (https://lore.kernel.org/linux-s390/20220114054852.38058-7-tonylu@linux.alibaba.com/) where you have already done this idea.