Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel+bounces-34151-linux.lists.archive=gmail.com@vger.kernel.org designates 2604:1380:4601:e00::3 as permitted sender) client-ip=2604:1380:4601:e00::3;
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:49:38 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: mhklinux@outlook.com
Cc: haiyangz@microsoft.com, wei.liu@kernel.org, decui@microsoft.com,
	davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
	pabeni@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] hv_netvsc: Calculate correct ring size when
 PAGE_SIZE is not 4 Kbytes
Message-ID: <20240122204938.GG126470@kernel.org>
References: <20240122162028.348885-1-mhklinux@outlook.com>
Precedence: bulk
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20240122162028.348885-1-mhklinux@outlook.com>

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 08:20:28AM -0800, mhkelley58@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>
> 
> Current code in netvsc_drv_init() incorrectly assumes that PAGE_SIZE
> is 4 Kbytes, which is wrong on ARM64 with 16K or 64K page size. As a
> result, the default VMBus ring buffer size on ARM64 with 64K page size
> is 8 Mbytes instead of the expected 512 Kbytes. While this doesn't break
> anything, a typical VM with 8 vCPUs and 8 netvsc channels wastes 120
> Mbytes (8 channels * 2 ring buffers/channel * 7.5 Mbytes/ring buffer).
> 
> Unfortunately, the module parameter specifying the ring buffer size
> is in units of 4 Kbyte pages. Ideally, it should be in units that
> are independent of PAGE_SIZE, but backwards compatibility prevents
> changing that now.
> 
> Fix this by having netvsc_drv_init() hardcode 4096 instead of using
> PAGE_SIZE when calculating the ring buffer size in bytes. Also
> use the VMBUS_RING_SIZE macro to ensure proper alignment when running
> with page size larger than 4K.
> 
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.15.x
> Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>

Hi Michael,

As a bug fix this probably warrants a fixes tag.
Perhaps this is appropriate?

Fixes: 450d7a4b7ace ("Staging: hv: ring parameter")

..