Thanks Bing for quick response.

The virtio driver version 1.0.0 is included in the Linux kernel version 4.9
that powers VM.

ethtool -i eth1
driver: virtio_net
version: 1.0.0
firmware-version:
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:00:04.0

Nutanix document stats that "Ensure the AHV UVM is running the latest
Nutanix VirtIO driver package. Nutanix VirtIO 1.1.6 or higher is required
for RSS support. " Linux kernel version: 5.4 and later will have Virtio
1.1.6.

Since the programme is built on the dpdk, the PMD driver will use the eth
interface rather than the one that the kernel provides. I apologise if I'm
mistaken. RSS is supported by the dpdk PMD version in use.

Because of the client-centric nature of this application, upgrading the
kernel will be challenging.

Do you believe that the only option is to upgrade the vm kernel version?

Thanks ,
Shiv

On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 12:33 PM Bing Zhao <bingz@nvidia.com> wrote:

> IIRC, the “VIRTIO_NET_F_RSS” is some capability reported and decided
> during the driver setup/communication stage. It is mostly like that your
> libs/drivers running on the host for the VM does not support this feature.
>
> Have you tried to update the versions of VM or the package/lib of VirtIO
> for this VM?
>
>
>
> *From:* shiv chittora <shiv.chittora@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 26, 2023 1:05 PM
> *To:* users@dpdk.org
> *Subject:* Enable RSS for virtio application ( dpdk version 21.11)
>
>
>
> *External email: Use caution opening links or attachments*
>
>
>
> I'm using a Nutanix virtual machine to run a DPDK(Version 21.11)-based
> application.
> Application is failing during rte_eth_dev_configure . For our application,
> RSS support is required.
>
> eth_config.rxmode.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_RSS;
> static uint8_t hashKey[] = {
>             0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A,
>             0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A,
>             0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A,
>             0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A,
>             0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A,
>         };
>
>         eth_config.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_key = hashKey;
>         eth_config.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_key_len = sizeof(hashKey);
> eth_config.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf = 260
>
>
>
> With the aforementioned RSS configuration, the application is not coming
> up. The same application runs without any issues on a VMware virtual
> machine.
>
> When I set
>
>     eth_config.rxmode.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_NONE
> eth_config.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf = 0
>
> Application starts working fine. Since we need RSS support for our
> application I cannot set eth_config.rxmode.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_NONE.
>
> I looked at the DPDK 21.11 release notes, and it mentions that virtio_net
> supports RSS support.
>
>
> In this application traffic is tapped to capture port. I have also created
> two queues using ACLI comments.
>
> <acropolis> vm.nic_create nutms1-ms type=kNetworkFunctionNic
> network_function_nic_type=kTap queues=2
>
> <acropolis> vm.nic_get testvm
> xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx {
>   mac_addr: "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx"
>   network_function_nic_type: "kTap"
>   network_type: "kNativeNetwork"
>   queues: 2
>   type: "kNetworkFunctionNic"
>   uuid: "9c26c704-bcb3-4483-bdaf-4b64bb9233ef"
> }
>
>
> Additionally, I've turned on dpdk logging. PFB the dpdk log's output.
>
> EAL: PCI device 0000:00:05.0 on NUMA socket 0
> EAL:   probe driver: 1af4:1000 net_virtio
> EAL: Probe PCI driver: net_virtio (1af4:1000) device: 0000:00:05.0 (socket
> 0)
> EAL:   PCI memory mapped at 0x940000000
> EAL:   PCI memory mapped at 0x940001000
> virtio_read_caps(): [98] skipping non VNDR cap id: 11
> virtio_read_caps(): [84] cfg type: 5, bar: 0, offset: 0000, len: 0
> virtio_read_caps(): [70] cfg type: 2, bar: 4, offset: 3000, len: 4096
> virtio_read_caps(): [60] cfg type: 4, bar: 4, offset: 2000, len: 4096
> virtio_read_caps(): [50] cfg type: 3, bar: 4, offset: 1000, len: 4096
> virtio_read_caps(): [40] cfg type: 1, bar: 4, offset: 0000, len: 4096
> virtio_read_caps(): found modern virtio pci device.
> virtio_read_caps(): common cfg mapped at: 0x940001000
> virtio_read_caps(): device cfg mapped at: 0x940003000
> virtio_read_caps(): isr cfg mapped at: 0x940002000
> virtio_read_caps(): notify base: 0x940004000, notify off multiplier: 4
> vtpci_init(): modern virtio pci detected.
> virtio_ethdev_negotiate_features(): guest_features before negotiate =
> 8000005f10ef8028
> virtio_ethdev_negotiate_features(): host_features before negotiate =
> 130ffffa7
> virtio_ethdev_negotiate_features(): features after negotiate = 110ef8020
> virtio_init_device(): PORT MAC: 50:6B:8D:A9:09:62
> virtio_init_device(): link speed = -1, duplex = 1
> virtio_init_device(): config->max_virtqueue_pairs=2
> virtio_init_device(): config->status=1
> virtio_init_device(): PORT MAC: 50:6B:8D:A9:09:62
> virtio_init_queue(): setting up queue: 0 on NUMA node 0
> virtio_init_queue(): vq_size: 256
> virtio_init_queue(): vring_size: 10244, rounded_vring_size: 12288
> virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_mem: 0x7fffab000
> virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_virt_mem: 0x17ffab000
> virtio_init_vring():  >>
> modern_setup_queue(): queue 0 addresses:
> modern_setup_queue():    desc_addr: 7fffab000
> modern_setup_queue():    aval_addr: 7fffac000
> modern_setup_queue():    used_addr: 7fffad000
> modern_setup_queue():    notify addr: 0x940004000 (notify offset: 0)
> virtio_init_queue(): setting up queue: 1 on NUMA node 0
> virtio_init_queue(): vq_size: 256
> virtio_init_queue(): vring_size: 10244, rounded_vring_size: 12288
> virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_mem: 0x7fffa6000
> virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_virt_mem: 0x17ffa6000
> virtio_init_vring():  >>
> modern_setup_queue(): queue 1 addresses:
> modern_setup_queue():    desc_addr: 7fffa6000
> modern_setup_queue():    aval_addr: 7fffa7000
> modern_setup_queue():    used_addr: 7fffa8000
> modern_setup_queue():    notify addr: 0x940004004 (notify offset: 1)
> virtio_init_queue(): setting up queue: 2 on NUMA node 0
> virtio_init_queue(): vq_size: 256
> virtio_init_queue(): vring_size: 10244, rounded_vring_size: 12288
> virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_mem: 0x7fff98000
> virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_virt_mem: 0x17ff98000
> virtio_init_vring():  >>
> modern_setup_queue(): queue 2 addresses:
> modern_setup_queue():    desc_addr: 7fff98000
> modern_setup_queue():    aval_addr: 7fff99000
> modern_setup_queue():    used_addr: 7fff9a000
> modern_setup_queue():    notify addr: 0x940004008 (notify offset: 2)
> virtio_init_queue(): setting up queue: 3 on NUMA node 0
> virtio_init_queue(): vq_size: 256
> virtio_init_queue(): vring_size: 10244, rounded_vring_size: 12288
> virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_mem: 0x7fff93000
> virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_virt_mem: 0x17ff93000
> virtio_init_vring():  >>
> modern_setup_queue(): queue 3 addresses:
> modern_setup_queue():    desc_addr: 7fff93000
> modern_setup_queue():    aval_addr: 7fff94000
> modern_setup_queue():    used_addr: 7fff95000
> modern_setup_queue():    notify addr: 0x94000400c (notify offset: 3)
> virtio_init_queue(): setting up queue: 4 on NUMA node 0
> virtio_init_queue(): vq_size: 64
> virtio_init_queue(): vring_size: 4612, rounded_vring_size: 8192
> virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_mem: 0x7fff87000
> virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_virt_mem: 0x17ff87000
> virtio_init_vring():  >>
> modern_setup_queue(): queue 4 addresses:
> modern_setup_queue():    desc_addr: 7fff87000
> modern_setup_queue():    aval_addr: 7fff87400
> modern_setup_queue():    used_addr: 7fff88000
> modern_setup_queue():    notify addr: 0x940004010 (notify offset: 4)
> eth_virtio_pci_init(): port 0 vendorID=0x1af4 deviceID=0x1000
> EAL: Module /sys/module/vfio not found! error 2 (No such file or directory)
> EAL: lib.telemetry log level changed from disabled to debug
> TELEMETRY: Attempting socket bind to path
> '/var/run/dpdk/rte/dpdk_telemetry.v2'
> TELEMETRY: Initial bind to socket '/var/run/dpdk/rte/dpdk_telemetry.v2'
> failed.
> TELEMETRY: Attempting unlink and retrying bind
> TELEMETRY: Socket creation and binding ok
> TELEMETRY: Telemetry initialized ok
> TELEMETRY: No legacy callbacks, legacy socket not created
> [Wed Jul 26 04:44:42 2023][ms_dpi: 28098] DPDK Initialised
> [Wed Jul 26 04:44:42 2023][ms_dpi: 28098] Finished DPDK logging session
>
>
> The following result is produced when testpmd runs the RSS configuration
> command.
>
> testpmd> port config all rss all
> Port 0 modified RSS hash function based on hardware
> support,requested:0x17f83fffc configured:0
> Multi-queue RSS mode isn't enabled.
> Configuration of RSS hash at ethernet port 0 failed with error (95):
> Operation not supported.
>
>
> Any suggestions on how to enable RSS support in this situation would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you for your assistance.
>