From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>
Cc: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manisadhasivam.linux@gmail.com>,
"virtio-comment@lists.linux.dev" <virtio-comment@lists.linux.dev>,
"mie@igel.co.jp" <mie@igel.co.jp>
Subject: Re: MSI for Virtio PCI transport
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 03:55:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240625035343-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <PH0PR12MB54817F3736022FFE3B9C570FDCD52@PH0PR12MB5481.namprd12.prod.outlook.com>
On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 06:18:46AM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote:
> > So MSI-X is clearly an optional feature which simple devices tend to ignore.
> > But if both are supported, then obviously Virtio will make use of MSI-X, but
> > that's not the case here.
> >
> If both are supported, and required scale by the driver is <=32, driver can choose MSI due to its lightweight nature.
Unlikely, MSI vectors are tricky to mask and this is a problem for
interrupt balancing. So MSIX is better for performance even if the # of
vectors is low.
--
MST
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-06-25 7:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-06-24 16:19 MSI for Virtio PCI transport Manivannan Sadhasivam
2024-06-25 4:09 ` Parav Pandit
2024-06-25 5:43 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2024-06-25 6:18 ` Parav Pandit
2024-06-25 7:55 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2024-06-25 8:00 ` Parav Pandit
2024-06-25 8:09 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2024-06-25 8:18 ` Parav Pandit
2024-06-25 8:29 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2024-06-25 9:11 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2024-06-25 9:59 ` Parav Pandit
2024-06-25 7:52 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2024-06-25 9:19 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
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