From: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
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Subject: [PATCH net-next v8 9/9] io_uring/zcrx: document area chunking parameter
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 11:28:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <65585c411f066a0565880ef0a9843e244d511bcf.1767819709.git.asml.silence@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1767819709.git.asml.silence@gmail.com>
struct io_uring_zcrx_ifq_reg::rx_buf_len is used as a hint specifying
the kernel what buffer size it should use. Document the API and
limitations.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/networking/iou-zcrx.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/iou-zcrx.rst b/Documentation/networking/iou-zcrx.rst
index 54a72e172bdc..7f3f4b2e6cf2 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/iou-zcrx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/iou-zcrx.rst
@@ -196,6 +196,26 @@ Return buffers back to the kernel to be used again::
rqe->len = cqe->res;
IO_URING_WRITE_ONCE(*refill_ring.ktail, ++refill_ring.rq_tail);
+Area chunking
+-------------
+
+zcrx splits the memory area into fixed-length physically contiguous chunks.
+This limits the maximum buffer size returned in a single io_uring CQE. Users
+can provide a hint to the kernel to use larger chunks by setting the
+``rx_buf_len`` field of ``struct io_uring_zcrx_ifq_reg`` to the desired length
+during registration. If this field is set to zero, the kernel defaults to
+the system page size.
+
+To use larger sizes, the memory area must be backed by physically contiguous
+ranges whose sizes are multiples of ``rx_buf_len``. It also requires kernel
+and hardware support. If registration fails, users are generally expected to
+fall back to defaults by setting ``rx_buf_len`` to zero.
+
+Larger chunks don't give any additional guarantees about buffer sizes returned
+in CQEs, and they can vary depending on many factors like traffic pattern,
+hardware offload, etc. It doesn't require any application changes beyond zcrx
+registration.
+
Testing
=======
--
2.52.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-09 11:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-09 11:28 [PATCH net-next v8 0/9] Add support for providers with large rx buffer Pavel Begunkov
2026-01-09 11:28 ` [PATCH net-next v8 1/9] net: memzero mp params when closing a queue Pavel Begunkov
2026-01-09 11:28 ` [PATCH net-next v8 2/9] net: reduce indent of struct netdev_queue_mgmt_ops members Pavel Begunkov
2026-01-09 11:28 ` [PATCH net-next v8 3/9] net: add bare bone queue configs Pavel Begunkov
2026-01-09 11:28 ` [PATCH net-next v8 4/9] net: pass queue rx page size from memory provider Pavel Begunkov
2026-01-09 11:28 ` [PATCH net-next v8 5/9] eth: bnxt: store rx buffer size per queue Pavel Begunkov
2026-01-13 10:19 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-01-13 10:46 ` Pavel Begunkov
2026-01-09 11:28 ` [PATCH net-next v8 6/9] eth: bnxt: adjust the fill level of agg queues with larger buffers Pavel Begunkov
2026-01-13 10:27 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-01-13 10:41 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-01-13 10:42 ` Pavel Begunkov
2026-01-09 11:28 ` [PATCH net-next v8 7/9] eth: bnxt: support qcfg provided rx page size Pavel Begunkov
2026-01-14 3:36 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-01-15 17:10 ` Pavel Begunkov
2026-01-09 11:28 ` [PATCH net-next v8 8/9] selftests: iou-zcrx: test large chunk sizes Pavel Begunkov
2026-01-13 10:34 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-01-13 10:48 ` Pavel Begunkov
2026-01-09 11:28 ` Pavel Begunkov [this message]
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