Re: [PATCH iwl-next v4 15/15] idpf: configure SRIOV and add other ndo_ops

[Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>]

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On Mon, May 08, 2023 at 12:43:26PM -0700, Emil Tantilov wrote:
> From: Joshua Hay <joshua.a.hay@intel.com>
> 
> Add PCI callback to configure SRIOV and add the necessary support
> to initialize the requested number of VFs by sending the virtchnl
> message to the device Control Plane.
> 
> Add other ndo ops supported by the driver such as features_check,
> set_rx_mode, validate_addr, set_mac_address, change_mtu, get_stats64,
> set_features, and tx_timeout. Initialize the statistics task which
>  requests the queue related statistics to the CP. Add loopback
> and promiscuous mode support and the respective virtchnl messages.
> 
> Finally, add documentation and build support for the driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joshua Hay <joshua.a.hay@intel.com>
> Co-developed-by: Alan Brady <alan.brady@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Brady <alan.brady@intel.com>
> Co-developed-by: Madhu Chittim <madhu.chittim@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Madhu Chittim <madhu.chittim@intel.com>
> Co-developed-by: Phani Burra <phani.r.burra@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Phani Burra <phani.r.burra@intel.com>
> Co-developed-by: Pavan Kumar Linga <pavan.kumar.linga@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Kumar Linga <pavan.kumar.linga@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
> ---
>  .../device_drivers/ethernet/intel/idpf.rst    | 162 +++++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/Kconfig            |  10 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/Makefile           |   1 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h        |  40 ++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c    | 642 +++++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_main.c   |  17 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c   |  26 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h   |   2 +
>  .../net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c   | 193 ++++++

You forget to add toctree entry for the doc:

---- >8 ----
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst
index 417ca514a4d057..5a7e377ae2b7f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Contents:
    intel/e1000
    intel/e1000e
    intel/fm10k
+   intel/idpf
    intel/igb
    intel/igbvf
    intel/ixgbe

> +Contents
> +========
> +
> +- Overview
> +- Identifying Your Adapter
> +- Additional Features & Configurations
> +- Performance Optimization

Automatically generate table of contents instead:

---- >8 ----
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/idpf.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/idpf.rst
index ae5e6430d0e636..6f7c8e15fa20df 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/idpf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/idpf.rst
@@ -7,14 +7,7 @@ idpf Linux* Base Driver for the Intel(R) Infrastructure Data Path Function
 Intel idpf Linux driver.
 Copyright(C) 2023 Intel Corporation.
 
-Contents
-========
-
-- Overview
-- Identifying Your Adapter
-- Additional Features & Configurations
-- Performance Optimization
-
+.. contents::
 
 The idpf driver serves as both the Physical Function (PF) and Virtual Function
 (VF) driver for the Intel(R) Infrastructure Data Path Function.

> +Identifying Your Adapter
> +========================
> +For information on how to identify your adapter, and for the latest Intel
> +network drivers, refer to the Intel Support website:
> +http://www.intel.com/support

What support article(s) do you mean on identifying the adapter?

> +
> +
> +Additional Features and Configurations
> +======================================
> +
> +ethtool
> +-------
> +The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and
> +diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The latest ethtool
> +version is required for this functionality. Download it at:
> +https://kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/

"... If you don't have one yet, you can obtain it at ..."

> +
> +
> +Viewing Link Messages
> +---------------------
> +Link messages will not be displayed to the console if the distribution is
> +restricting system messages. In order to see network driver link messages on
> +your console, set dmesg to eight by entering the following:
> +
> +# dmesg -n 8
> +
> +NOTE: This setting is not saved across reboots.

How can I permanently save above dmesg setting?

> +
> +
> +Jumbo Frames
> +------------
> +Jumbo Frames support is enabled by changing the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)
> +to a value larger than the default value of 1500.
> +
> +Use the ip command to increase the MTU size. For example, enter the following
> +where <ethX> is the interface number:
> +
> +# ip link set mtu 9000 dev <ethX>
> +# ip link set up dev <ethX>

For command line snippets, use literal code blocks:

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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/idpf.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/idpf.rst
index 0a2982fb6f0045..30148d8cf34b14 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/idpf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/idpf.rst
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ Viewing Link Messages
 ---------------------
 Link messages will not be displayed to the console if the distribution is
 restricting system messages. In order to see network driver link messages on
-your console, set dmesg to eight by entering the following:
+your console, set dmesg to eight by entering the following::
 
-# dmesg -n 8
+    # dmesg -n 8
 
 NOTE: This setting is not saved across reboots.
 
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ Jumbo Frames support is enabled by changing the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)
 to a value larger than the default value of 1500.
 
 Use the ip command to increase the MTU size. For example, enter the following
-where <ethX> is the interface number:
+where <ethX> is the interface number::
 
-# ip link set mtu 9000 dev <ethX>
-# ip link set up dev <ethX>
+    # ip link set mtu 9000 dev <ethX>
+    # ip link set up dev <ethX>
 
 NOTE: The maximum MTU setting for jumbo frames is 9706. This corresponds to the
 maximum jumbo frame size of 9728 bytes.
@@ -92,40 +92,40 @@ is tuned for general workloads. The user can customize the interrupt rate
 control for specific workloads, via ethtool, adjusting the number of
 microseconds between interrupts.
 
-To set the interrupt rate manually, you must disable adaptive mode:
+To set the interrupt rate manually, you must disable adaptive mode::
 
-# ethtool -C <ethX> adaptive-rx off adaptive-tx off
+    # ethtool -C <ethX> adaptive-rx off adaptive-tx off
 
 For lower CPU utilization:
  - Disable adaptive ITR and lower Rx and Tx interrupts. The examples below
    affect every queue of the specified interface.
 
  - Setting rx-usecs and tx-usecs to 80 will limit interrupts to about
-   12,500 interrupts per second per queue:
+   12,500 interrupts per second per queue::
 
-   # ethtool -C <ethX> adaptive-rx off adaptive-tx off rx-usecs 80
-   tx-usecs 80
+       # ethtool -C <ethX> adaptive-rx off adaptive-tx off rx-usecs 80
+       tx-usecs 80
 
 For reduced latency:
  - Disable adaptive ITR and ITR by setting rx-usecs and tx-usecs to 0
-   using ethtool:
+   using ethtool::
 
-   # ethtool -C <ethX> adaptive-rx off adaptive-tx off rx-usecs 0
-   tx-usecs 0
+       # ethtool -C <ethX> adaptive-rx off adaptive-tx off rx-usecs 0
+       tx-usecs 0
 
 Per-queue interrupt rate settings:
  - The following examples are for queues 1 and 3, but you can adjust other
    queues.
 
  - To disable Rx adaptive ITR and set static Rx ITR to 10 microseconds or
-   about 100,000 interrupts/second, for queues 1 and 3:
+   about 100,000 interrupts/second, for queues 1 and 3::
 
-   # ethtool --per-queue <ethX> queue_mask 0xa --coalesce adaptive-rx off
-   rx-usecs 10
+       # ethtool --per-queue <ethX> queue_mask 0xa --coalesce adaptive-rx off
+       rx-usecs 10
 
- - To show the current coalesce settings for queues 1 and 3:
+ - To show the current coalesce settings for queues 1 and 3::
 
-   # ethtool --per-queue <ethX> queue_mask 0xa --show-coalesce
+       # ethtool --per-queue <ethX> queue_mask 0xa --show-coalesce
 
 
 
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ helpful to optimize performance in VMs.
    device's local_cpulist: /sys/class/net/<ethX>/device/local_cpulist.
 
  - Configure as many Rx/Tx queues in the VM as available. (See the idpf driver
-   documentation for the number of queues supported.) For example:
+   documentation for the number of queues supported.) For example::
 
-   # ethtool -L <virt_interface> rx <max> tx <max>
+       # ethtool -L <virt_interface> rx <max> tx <max>
 
 
 Support

> +
> +NOTE: The maximum MTU setting for jumbo frames is 9706. This corresponds to the
> +maximum jumbo frame size of 9728 bytes.
> +
> +NOTE: This driver will attempt to use multiple page sized buffers to receive
> +each jumbo packet. This should help to avoid buffer starvation issues when
> +allocating receive packets.
> +
> +NOTE: Packet loss may have a greater impact on throughput when you use jumbo
> +frames. If you observe a drop in performance after enabling jumbo frames,
> +enabling flow control may mitigate the issue.

Sphinx has admonition directive facility to style above notes:

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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/idpf.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/idpf.rst
index 30148d8cf34b14..ae5e6430d0e636 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/idpf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/idpf.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ your console, set dmesg to eight by entering the following::
 
     # dmesg -n 8
 
-NOTE: This setting is not saved across reboots.
+.. note::
+   This setting is not saved across reboots.
 
 
 Jumbo Frames
@@ -66,16 +67,19 @@ where <ethX> is the interface number::
     # ip link set mtu 9000 dev <ethX>
     # ip link set up dev <ethX>
 
-NOTE: The maximum MTU setting for jumbo frames is 9706. This corresponds to the
-maximum jumbo frame size of 9728 bytes.
+.. note::
+   The maximum MTU setting for jumbo frames is 9706. This corresponds to the
+   maximum jumbo frame size of 9728 bytes.
 
-NOTE: This driver will attempt to use multiple page sized buffers to receive
-each jumbo packet. This should help to avoid buffer starvation issues when
-allocating receive packets.
+.. note::
+   This driver will attempt to use multiple page sized buffers to receive
+   each jumbo packet. This should help to avoid buffer starvation issues when
+   allocating receive packets.
 
-NOTE: Packet loss may have a greater impact on throughput when you use jumbo
-frames. If you observe a drop in performance after enabling jumbo frames,
-enabling flow control may mitigate the issue.
+.. note::
+   Packet loss may have a greater impact on throughput when you use jumbo
+   frames. If you observe a drop in performance after enabling jumbo frames,
+   enabling flow control may mitigate the issue.
 
 
 Performance Optimization


Thanks.

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