From: Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@intel.com>
To: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
Cc: yliu@fridaylinux.org, maxime.coquelin@redhat.com, dev@dpdk.org,
antonio.fischetti@intel.com, stable@dpdk.org, "Kavanagh,
Mark B" <mark.b.kavanagh@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] net/virtio: fix vector Rx break caused by rxq flushing
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 10:30:34 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171208023034.4f5u3fujmupraaia@debian-xvivbkq> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9407e2ce-8b2b-9a9d-a493-1757609184a9@redhat.com>
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 04:00:57PM +0000, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> On 12/07/2017 05:30 AM, Tiwei Bie wrote:
> > The vector Rx will be broken if backend has consumed all
> > the descs in the avail ring before the device is started.
> > Because in current implementation, vector Rx will return
> > immediately without refilling the avail ring if the used
> > ring is empty. So we have to refill the avail ring after
> > flushing the elements in the used ring for vector Rx.
> >
> > Besides, vector Rx has a different ring layout assumption
> > and mbuf management. So we need to handle it differently.
> >
>
> Hi Tiwei, does the issue only occur with the vector rx? How about if the
> simple rx is used because VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF is set?
Hi Kevin,
Yes, you are right! The issue only occurs with the vector
Rx. The vector Rx (i.e. the simple Rx) won't be used if
VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF is set.
Best regards,
Tiwei Bie
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-08 2:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20171207053059.19487-1-tiwei.bie@intel.com>
2017-12-07 5:30 ` [dpdk-stable] " Tiwei Bie
2017-12-07 9:14 ` Maxime Coquelin
2017-12-07 9:30 ` Fischetti, Antonio
2017-12-07 18:10 ` Fischetti, Antonio
2017-12-07 16:00 ` [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] " Kevin Traynor
2017-12-08 2:30 ` Tiwei Bie [this message]
2017-12-08 10:17 ` Kevin Traynor
2017-12-07 5:30 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 2/5] net/virtio: fix typo in LRO support Tiwei Bie
2017-12-07 9:15 ` Maxime Coquelin
[not found] ` <20171211051332.31888-1-tiwei.bie@intel.com>
2017-12-11 5:13 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2 1/4] net/virtio: fix vector Rx break caused by rxq flushing Tiwei Bie
2017-12-11 5:13 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2 2/4] net/virtio: fix typo in LRO support Tiwei Bie
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