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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Alvaro Karsz <alvaro.karsz@solid-run.com>
Cc: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>,
	"davem@davemloft.net" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"edumazet@google.com" <edumazet@google.com>,
	"kuba@kernel.org" <kuba@kernel.org>,
	"pabeni@redhat.com" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	"virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org" 
	<virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] virtio-net: reject small vring sizes
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 03:11:38 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230417031052-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM0PR04MB4723EB7A5E42A090F63EEC11D49C9@AM0PR04MB4723.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com>

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 07:07:59AM +0000, Alvaro Karsz wrote:
> > Why tx timeout without frags?
> 
> Please see my response to Michael.
> 
> > > * Guest GSO/big MTU (without VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF?), we can't chain page size buffers anymore.
> > 
> > 
> > Or, we disable the GUEST_GSO, HOST_GSO......
> > 
> And disable VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU, quoting the spec:
> "A driver SHOULD negotiate VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU if the device offers it."

If you don't the nic can still get jumbo packets it will just drop them ...

> We can find a way around using buffers bigger than a page size like Michael implied.


  reply	other threads:[~2023-04-17  7:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-16  7:46 [PATCH net] virtio-net: reject small vring sizes Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-16 16:54 ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-16 20:45   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-17  3:24     ` Jason Wang
2023-04-17  6:20       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-17  6:38         ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-17  6:41           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-17  7:03             ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-17  7:10               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-17  7:33                 ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-17  9:20                   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-17 10:04                     ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-17 11:40                       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-17 11:51                         ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-17 11:57                           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-23  6:51                             ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-23  7:19                               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-23  7:52                                 ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-23 11:06                                   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-23 12:28                                     ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-23 20:17                                       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-25  8:34                                       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-25  9:41                                         ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-25 11:11                                           ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-25 12:33                                             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-25 12:31                                           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-25 13:02                                             ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-25 13:08                                               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-23  8:01                                 ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-23 11:08                                   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-17  6:44           ` Xuan Zhuo
2023-04-17  7:07             ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-17  7:11               ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2023-04-16 20:38 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-17  6:43   ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-23 11:09     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-17  1:53 ` Xuan Zhuo
2023-04-17  6:47   ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-04-17  3:34 ` Xuan Zhuo

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