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authorSubbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@marvell.com>2022-02-23 00:09:12 +0530
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2022-02-23 20:33:05 -0800
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ethtool: add support to set/get completion queue event size
Add support to set completion queue event size via ethtool -G parameter and get it via ethtool -g parameter. ~ # ./ethtool -G eth0 cqe-size 512 ~ # ./ethtool -g eth0 Ring parameters for eth0: Pre-set maximums: RX: 1048576 RX Mini: n/a RX Jumbo: n/a TX: 1048576 Current hardware settings: RX: 256 RX Mini: n/a RX Jumbo: n/a TX: 4096 RX Buf Len: 2048 CQE Size: 128 Signed-off-by: Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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@@ -861,6 +861,7 @@ Kernel response contents:
``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX`` u32 size of TX ring
``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_BUF_LEN`` u32 size of buffers on the ring
``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TCP_DATA_SPLIT`` u8 TCP header / data split
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_CQE_SIZE`` u32 Size of TX/RX CQE
==================================== ====== ===========================
``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TCP_DATA_SPLIT`` indicates whether the device is usable with
@@ -885,6 +886,7 @@ Request contents:
``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_JUMBO`` u32 size of RX jumbo ring
``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX`` u32 size of TX ring
``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_BUF_LEN`` u32 size of buffers on the ring
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_CQE_SIZE`` u32 Size of TX/RX CQE
==================================== ====== ===========================
Kernel checks that requested ring sizes do not exceed limits reported by
@@ -892,6 +894,15 @@ driver. Driver may impose additional constraints and may not suspport all
attributes.
+``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_CQE_SIZE`` specifies the completion queue event size.
+Completion queue events(CQE) are the events posted by NIC to indicate the
+completion status of a packet when the packet is sent(like send success or
+error) or received(like pointers to packet fragments). The CQE size parameter
+enables to modify the CQE size other than default size if NIC supports it.
+A bigger CQE can have more receive buffer pointers inturn NIC can transfer
+a bigger frame from wire. Based on the NIC hardware, the overall completion
+queue size can be adjusted in the driver if CQE size is modified.
+
CHANNELS_GET
============