Re: [PATCH net-next 10/16] idpf: add support for nointerrupt queues

[Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>]

On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 05:21:26PM +0100, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> Currently, queues are associated 1:1 with interrupt vectors as it's
> assumed queues are always interrupt-driven.
> In order to use a queue without an interrupt, idpf still needs to have
> a vector assigned to it to flush descriptors. This vector can be global
> and only one for the whole vport to handle all its noirq queues.
> Always request one excessive vector and configure it in non-interrupt
> mode right away when creating vport, so that it can be used later by
> queues when needed.

Description sort of miss the purpose of this commit, you don't ever
mention that your design choice for XDP Tx queues is to have them
irq-less.

> 
> Co-developed-by: Michal Kubiak <michal.kubiak@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Kubiak <michal.kubiak@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h        |  8 +++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h   |  4 ++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_dev.c    | 11 +++-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c    |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c   |  8 +++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_vf_dev.c | 11 +++-
>  .../net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c   | 53 +++++++++++++------
>  7 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)