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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Alvaro Karsz <alvaro.karsz@solid-run.com>
Cc: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>,
	Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>,
	"virtio-comment @ lists . oasis-open . org"
	<virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org>,
	"virtio-dev @ lists . oasis-open . org"
	<virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org>,
	Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>,
	Heng Qi <hengqi@linux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] Re: [virtio-comment] Re: [PATCH] virtio-net: support per-queue coalescing moderation
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 10:09:09 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230207095919-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJs=3_B8w0Eet5SvfODC2Xwj1rnMmhR2sZpHxjJ4JC=5jnv-xA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 04:56:06PM +0200, Alvaro Karsz wrote:
> > An example of a question is this: we have two RX queues say 1 and 2 each
> > with a distinct interrupt vector. coalescing is set to 10 packets.  Now
> > 9 packets arrive on queue 1 and 1 on queue 2. Do you expect an
> > interrupt? If yes which one - 1 or 2 or both?
> 
> Sorry, I wasn't clear enough.
> In this case, you should not issue an interrupt until one of the
> queues receives the 10'th packet.
> The counters are per queue, the coalescing parameters (usecs and
> max_packets) are global.
> 
> I agree that this should be mentioned in the spec, I missed it.

Right. So in my humble opinion, ability to configure parameters per
queue is not completely free, as this is doubling the memory requirements.
Sounds like a feature bit is somewhat justified. No?

-- 
MST


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  reply	other threads:[~2023-02-07 15:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-07 11:16 [virtio-comment] [PATCH] virtio-net: support per-queue coalescing moderation Heng Qi
2023-02-07 11:25 ` [virtio-comment] " Alvaro Karsz
2023-02-07 11:50   ` Xuan Zhuo
2023-02-07 12:51     ` Parav Pandit
2023-02-07 14:29       ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-07 14:40         ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-02-07 14:48           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-07 14:56             ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-02-07 15:09               ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2023-02-07 15:25                 ` Parav Pandit
2023-02-07 15:28                   ` [virtio-comment] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-07 15:30                     ` [virtio-comment] " Parav Pandit
2023-02-08  1:58                     ` [virtio-comment] " Xuan Zhuo
2023-02-08  2:20         ` Heng Qi
2023-02-08  9:56           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 13:51             ` Parav Pandit
2023-02-07 14:06 ` [virtio-comment] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-07 14:22   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08  1:45   ` Xuan Zhuo
2023-02-08  2:20     ` Parav Pandit
2023-02-08  2:24       ` Xuan Zhuo
2023-02-08  2:43         ` Parav Pandit
2023-02-08 10:07           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 13:52             ` [virtio-dev] " Parav Pandit
2023-02-08 11:30           ` Heng Qi
2023-02-08 14:17             ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 14:37               ` Parav Pandit
2023-02-08 14:42                 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 14:44                   ` Parav Pandit
2023-02-08 14:48                     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 15:04                       ` Parav Pandit
2023-02-08 15:20                         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 15:27                           ` Parav Pandit
2023-02-08 19:23                             ` [virtio-dev] " Parav Pandit
2023-02-08 20:48                               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 17:53                         ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-02-08 20:52                           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 21:05                             ` Parav Pandit
2023-02-08 21:55                               ` [virtio-dev] " Alvaro Karsz
2023-02-08 22:08                                 ` Parav Pandit
2023-02-08 22:15                                   ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 22:23                                     ` Parav Pandit
2023-02-08 22:29                                       ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 22:33                                         ` Parav Pandit
2023-02-08 22:45                                           ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-02-08 22:53                                             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 22:35                                   ` [virtio-dev] " Alvaro Karsz
2023-02-08 22:57                                     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-09  0:06                                     ` Parav Pandit
2023-02-09  3:16                                     ` [virtio-comment] Re: [virtio-dev] " Heng Qi
2023-02-08 22:13                               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 21:22                             ` Alvaro Karsz
2023-02-09  3:25                             ` Heng Qi
2023-02-09  3:12                           ` [virtio-comment] Re: [virtio-dev] " Heng Qi
2023-02-09  3:28                         ` [virtio-comment] Re: [virtio-dev] " Heng Qi
2023-02-08 14:44                 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08  2:27       ` Xuan Zhuo
2023-02-08  2:35       ` [virtio-comment] Re: [virtio-dev] " Heng Qi
2023-02-08  2:47         ` [virtio-comment] " Parav Pandit
2023-02-08  1:57   ` [virtio-comment] Re: [virtio-dev] " Heng Qi
2023-02-08 10:04     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 11:23       ` Heng Qi
2023-02-08 13:39         ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 10:10     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-02-08 11:24       ` Heng Qi

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