doc: add information to update dma entry limit
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VFIO module provides configurable dma_entry_limit
parameter to store the DMA entries. By default this
is 64K and if we are using --no-huge, we shall need
to increase the value of dma_entry_limit. Add
commands in linux_gsg document to change the
dma_entry_limit.
Signed-off-by: Nipun Gupta <nipun.gupta@amd.com>
---
doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
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05/07/2023 12:53, Nipun Gupta:
> VFIO module provides configurable dma_entry_limit
> parameter to store the DMA entries. By default this
> is 64K and if we are using --no-huge, we shall need
> to increase the value of dma_entry_limit. Add
> commands in linux_gsg document to change the
> dma_entry_limit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nipun Gupta <nipun.gupta@amd.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
> index 2cec1ebede..b729bb38a8 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
> @@ -180,6 +180,21 @@ VFIO module parameter ``dma_entry_limit`` with a default value of 64K.
> When application is out of DMA entries, these limits need to be adjusted to
> increase the allowed limit.
>
> +When ``no-huge`` parameter is used, the page size used is of smaller size of
I would add "--" to have the full option "--no-huge".
By the way, this is an "option" in the shell language :-)
> +``4K`` or ``64K`` and we shall need to increase ``dma_entry_limit``.
> +To update the ``dma_entry_limit``, ``vfio_iommu_type1`` has to be loaded with
> +additional module parameter:
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> + modprobe vfio_iommu_type1 dma_entry_limit=512000
> +
> +Alternatively, one can also change this value in an already loaded kernel module:
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> + echo 512000 > /sys/module/vfio_iommu_type1/parameters/dma_entry_limit
That looks good, thank you.
@@ -180,6 +180,21 @@ VFIO module parameter ``dma_entry_limit`` with a default value of 64K.
When application is out of DMA entries, these limits need to be adjusted to
increase the allowed limit.
+When ``no-huge`` parameter is used, the page size used is of smaller size of
+``4K`` or ``64K`` and we shall need to increase ``dma_entry_limit``.
+To update the ``dma_entry_limit``, ``vfio_iommu_type1`` has to be loaded with
+additional module parameter:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ modprobe vfio_iommu_type1 dma_entry_limit=512000
+
+Alternatively, one can also change this value in an already loaded kernel module:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ echo 512000 > /sys/module/vfio_iommu_type1/parameters/dma_entry_limit
+
Creating Virtual Functions using vfio-pci
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~