[dpdk-dev] [RFC 2/2] net/i40e: update requested queue pair num check for rounding

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Mon Mar 11 13:35:48 CET 2019


On 3/11/2019 2:18 AM, Zhang, Qi Z wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kevin Traynor [mailto:ktraynor at redhat.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 12:31 AM
>> To: Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
>> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>; Yan, Zhirun
>> <zhirun.yan at intel.com>
>> Subject: [RFC 2/2] net/i40e: update requested queue pair num check for
>> rounding
>>
>> Since rounding up the requested queue pairs to allow the vf to request a
>> non-aligned number was added, it may happen that the requested number is
>> less than the available num of queues but the rounded up number is greater. In
>> this case, it is not caught with the usual checks but later when there is a reset and
>> failed setup.
>>
>> By rounding earlier the checks can be done before a failed reset occurs, and a
>> rounded max amount of available queues can be returned to the vf.
>>
>> Cc: zhirun.yan at intel.com
>> Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
> 
> Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel.
> 

These were checkpatch warnings because of whitespace (spaces before tabs), fixed
while merging to next-net.



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