[PATCH v4 net-next 00/21] nvme-tcp receive offloads

[Or Gerlitz]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 11:15 PM Boris Pismenny <borisp at mellanox.com> wrote:
> Changes since v3:
> =========================================
> * Use DDP_TCP ifdefs in iov_iter and skb iterators to minimize impact
> when compiled out (Christoph)
> * Simplify netdev references and reduce the use of
> get_netdev_for_sock (Sagi)
> * Avoid "static" in it's own line, move it one line down (Christoph)
> * Pass (queue, skb, *offset) and retrieve the pdu_seq in
> nvme_tcp_resync_response (Sagi)
> * Add missing assignment of offloading_netdev to null in offload_limits
> error case (Sagi)
> * Set req->offloaded = false once -- the lifetime rules are:
> set to false on cmd_setup / set to true when ddp setup succeeds (Sagi)
> * Replace pr_info_ratelimited with dev_info_ratelimited (Sagi)
> * Add nvme_tcp_complete_request and invoke it from two similar call
> sites (Sagi)
> * Introduce nvme_tcp_req_map_sg earlier in the series (Sagi)
> * Add nvme_tcp_consume_skb and put into it a hunk from
> nvme_tcp_recv_data to handle copy with and without offload

Sagi, Christoph,

Any further comments?

Or.





> Changes since v2:
> =========================================
> * Use skb->ddp_crc for copy offload to avoid skb_condense
> * Default mellanox driver support to no (experimental feature)
> * In iov_iter use non-ddp functions for kvec and iovec
> * Remove typecasting in nvme-tcp
>
> Changes since v1:
> =========================================
> * Rework iov_iter copy skip if src==dst to be less intrusive (David Ahern)
> * Add tcp-ddp documentation (David Ahern)
> * Refactor mellanox driver patches into more patches (Saeed Mahameed)
> * Avoid pointer casting (David Ahern)
> * Rename nvme-tcp offload flags (Shai Malin)
> * Update cover-letter according to the above
>
> Changes since RFC v1:
> =========================================
> * Split mlx5 driver patches to several commits
> * Fix nvme-tcp handling of recovery flows. In particular, move queue offlaod
>   init/teardown to the start/stop functions.