On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 5:31 PM Wu Zongyong
<wuzongy...@linux.alibaba.com> wrote:
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> linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org
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> Subject: Should we call vdpa_config_ops->get_vq_num_{max,min} with a
> virtqueue index?
> Reply-To: Wu Zongyong <wuzongy...@linux.alibaba.com>
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> Hi jason,
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> AFAIK, a virtio device may have multiple virtqueues of diffrent sizes.
> It is okay for modern devices with the vdpa_config_ops->get_vq_num_max
> implementation with a static number currently since modern devices can
> reset the queue size. But for legacy-virtio based devices, we cannot
> allocate correct sizes for these virtqueues since it is not supported to
> negotiate the queue size with harware.
>
> So as the title said, I wonder is it neccessary to add a new parameter
> `index` to vdpa_config_ops->get_vq_num_{max,min} to help us get the size
> of a dedicated virtqueue.
I've posted something like this in the past here:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CACycT3tMd750PQ0mgqCjHnxM4RmMcx2+Eo=2rbs2e2w3qpj...@mail.gmail.com/
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> Or we can introduce a new callback like get_config_vq_num?
>
> What do you think?
If you wish, you can carry on my work. We can start by reusing the
current ops, if it doesn't work, we can use new.
Thanks
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> Thanks
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