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From: "Andrew J. Bennieston" <andrew.bennieston@citrix.com>
To: <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org>
Cc: wei.liu2@citrix.com, ian.campbell@citrix.com,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, paul.durrant@citrix.com,
	david.vrabel@citrix.com,
	"Andrew J. Bennieston" <andrew.bennieston@citrix.com>
Subject: [PATCH V4 net-next 5/5] xen-net{back, front}: Document multi-queue feature in netif.h
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:58:00 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1392659880-2538-6-git-send-email-andrew.bennieston@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1392659880-2538-1-git-send-email-andrew.bennieston@citrix.com>

From: "Andrew J. Bennieston" <andrew.bennieston@citrix.com>

Document the multi-queue feature in terms of XenStore keys to be written
by the backend and by the frontend.

Signed-off-by: Andrew J. Bennieston <andrew.bennieston@citrix.com>
---
 include/xen/interface/io/netif.h |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/xen/interface/io/netif.h b/include/xen/interface/io/netif.h
index c50061d..8868c51 100644
--- a/include/xen/interface/io/netif.h
+++ b/include/xen/interface/io/netif.h
@@ -51,6 +51,27 @@
  */
 
 /*
+ * Multiple transmit and receive queues:
+ * If supported, the backend will write "multi-queue-max-queues" and set its
+ * value to the maximum supported number of queues.
+ * Frontends that are aware of this feature and wish to use it can write the
+ * key "multi-queue-num-queues", set to the number they wish to use.
+ *
+ * Queues replicate the shared rings and event channels, and
+ * "feature-split-event-channels" is required when using multiple queues.
+ *
+ * For frontends requesting just one queue, the usual event-channel and
+ * ring-ref keys are written as before, simplifying the backend processing
+ * to avoid distinguishing between a frontend that doesn't understand the
+ * multi-queue feature, and one that does, but requested only one queue.
+ *
+ * Frontends requesting two or more queues must not write the toplevel
+ * event-channel and ring-ref keys, instead writing them under sub-keys having
+ * the name "queue-N" where N is the integer ID of the queue for which those
+ * keys belong. Queues are indexed from zero.
+ */
+
+/*
  * "feature-no-csum-offload" should be used to turn IPv4 TCP/UDP checksum
  * offload off or on. If it is missing then the feature is assumed to be on.
  * "feature-ipv6-csum-offload" should be used to turn IPv6 TCP/UDP checksum
-- 
1.7.10.4

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-02-17 17:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-17 17:57 [PATCH V4 net-next 0/5] xen-net{back, front}: Multiple transmit and receive queues Andrew J. Bennieston
2014-02-17 17:57 ` [PATCH V4 net-next 1/5] xen-netback: Factor queue-specific data into queue struct Andrew J. Bennieston
2014-02-21 12:08   ` Paul Durrant
2014-02-21 12:22     ` Andrew Bennieston
2014-02-21 12:24       ` Paul Durrant
2014-02-17 17:57 ` [PATCH V4 net-next 2/5] xen-netback: Add support for multiple queues Andrew J. Bennieston
2014-02-21 12:13   ` Paul Durrant
2014-02-21 12:20     ` Andrew Bennieston
2014-02-21 12:22       ` David Vrabel
2014-02-21 12:24         ` Andrew Bennieston
2014-02-21 13:16       ` David Laight
2014-02-17 17:57 ` [PATCH V4 net-next 3/5] xen-netfront: Factor queue-specific data into queue struct Andrew J. Bennieston
2014-02-17 18:04   ` David Vrabel
2014-02-17 17:57 ` [PATCH V4 net-next 4/5] xen-netfront: Add support for multiple queues Andrew J. Bennieston
2014-02-17 18:04   ` David Vrabel
2014-02-17 17:58 ` Andrew J. Bennieston [this message]
2014-02-17 18:06   ` [PATCH V4 net-next 5/5] xen-net{back,front}: Document multi-queue feature in netif.h David Vrabel
2014-02-21 12:22   ` Paul Durrant
2014-02-21 12:24     ` Andrew Bennieston

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