Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] net/i40e: fix Rx queue interrupt mapping in VF

["Dai, Wei" <wei.dai@intel.com>]

Hi, Jingjing 
Thanks for your feedback.
 
> > Subject: [PATCH 2/2] net/i40e: fix Rx queue interrupt mapping in VF
> >
> > When a VF port is bound to VFIO-PCI, miscellaneous interrupt is mapped
> > to MSI-X vector 0 and Rx queues interrupt are mapped to other vectors
> > in vfio_enable_msix( ). To simplify implementation, all VFIO-PCI bound
> > i40e VF Rx queue interrupts can be mapped in vector 1. And as current
> > igb_uio only support only one vector, i40e VF PMD should use vector 0
> > for igb_uio and vector 1 for VFIO-PCI. Without this patch, VF Rx queue
> > interrupt is mapped to vector 0 in register settings and mapped to
> > VFIO vector 1 in vfio_enable_msix( ), and then all Rx queue interrupts will
> be missed.
> >
> > Fixes: 4b90a3ff26c5 ("i40evf: support Rx interrupt")
> > Fixes: 975ffea6f671 ("net/i40e: remove DPDK PF version specific code")
> > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wei Dai <wei.dai@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
> > b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
> > index 567b7d0..94fb4b1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
> > @@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ i40evf_config_irq_map(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
> >  	int i, err;
> >
> >  	if (rte_intr_allow_others(intr_handle))
> > -		vector_id = I40EVF_VSI_DEFAULT_MSIX_INTR_LNX;
> > +		vector_id = I40EVF_VSI_DEFAULT_MSIX_INTR;
> 
> Firstly, We can use I40E_MISC_VEC_ID and I40E_RX_VEC_START to replace
> I40EVF_VSI_DEFAULT_MSIX_INTR_LNX and
> I40EVF_VSI_DEFAULT_MSIX_INTR.
It looks good using I40E_RX_VEC_START instead of I40EVF_VSI_DEFAULT_MSIX_INTR.
> 
> You need to check if rx interrupt is enabled or not, if not we should use
> I40E_MISC_VEC_ID.
> If rx interrupt is enabled, and rte_intr_allow_others(intr_handle) is true, then
> use I40E_RX_VEC_START.
Yes I have tested it and confirm Rx interrupt is enabled with l3fwd-power.
> 
> And I think in VFIO cases, we can use more than one interrupt for the IRQ
> mapping. You can refer to the function i40e_vsi_queues_bind_intr.
>