RE: [PATCH] RDMA/mana_ib: Use v2 version of cfg_rx_steer_req to enable RX coalescing

[Haiyang Zhang]

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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/mana_ib: Use v2 version of cfg_rx_steer_req to
> enable RX coalescing
> 
> On Sun, May 07, 2023 at 09:39:27PM +0000, Haiyang Zhang wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> > > To: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx>; Ajay Sharma
> > > <sharmaajay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; KY
> > > Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Haiyang Zhang
> <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > Wei Liu <wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>; David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric
> > > Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> Paolo
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> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/mana_ib: Use v2 version of cfg_rx_steer_req
> to
> > > enable RX coalescing
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 05, 2023 at 11:51:48AM -0700, longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > wrote:
> > > > From: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > With RX coalescing, one CQE entry can be used to indicate multiple
> packets
> > > > on the receive queue. This saves processing time and PCI bandwidth over
> > > > the CQ.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/infiniband/hw/mana/qp.c |  5 ++++-
> > > >  include/net/mana/mana.h         | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> > > >  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > Why didn't you change mana_cfg_vport_steering() too?
> >
> > The mana_cfg_vport_steering() is for mana_en (Enthernet) driver, not the
> > mana_ib driver.
> >
> > The changes for mana_en will be done in a separate patch together with
> > changes for mana_en RX code patch to support multiple packets / CQE.
> 
> I'm aware of the difference between mana_en and mana_ib.
> 
> The change you proposed doesn't depend on "support multiple packets /
> CQE."
> and works perfectly with one packet/CQE also, does it?

No.
If we add the following setting to the mana_en / mana_cfg_vport_steering(),
the NIC may put multiple packets in one CQE, so we need to have the changes
for mana_en RX code path to support multiple packets / CQE.
+	req->cqe_coalescing_enable = true;

So we plan to set this cqe_coalescing_enable, and the changes for mana_en 
RX code path to support multiple packets / CQE in another patch.

Thanks,
- Haiyang