From: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>
To: passt-dev@passt.top
Cc: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 00/13] vhost-user,udp: Handle multiple iovec entries per virtqueue element
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 10:47:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260309094744.1907754-1-lvivier@redhat.com> (raw)
Some virtio-net drivers (notably iPXE) provide descriptors where the
vnet header and the frame payload are in separate buffers, resulting in
two iovec entries per virtqueue element. Currently, the RX (host to
guest) path assumes a single iovec per element, which triggers:
ASSERTION FAILED in virtqueue_map_desc (virtio.c:403):
num_sg < max_num_sg
This series reworks the UDP vhost-user receive path to support multiple
iovec entries per element, fixing the iPXE crash.
This series only addresses the UDP path. TCP vhost-user will be
updated to use multi-iov elements in a subsequent series.
v2:
- add iov_truncate(), iov_memset()
- remove iov_tail_truncate() and iov_tail_zero_end()
- manage 802.3 minimum frame size
Laurent Vivier (13):
iov: Add iov_truncate() helper and use it in vu handlers
vhost-user: Centralise 802.3 frame padding in vu_collect() and
vu_flush()
vhost-user: Use ARRAY_SIZE(elem) instead of VIRTQUEUE_MAX_SIZE
udp_vu: Use iov_tail to manage virtqueue buffers
udp_vu: Move virtqueue management from udp_vu_sock_recv() to its
caller
iov: Add IOV_PUT_HEADER() to write header data back to iov_tail
udp: Pass iov_tail to udp_update_hdr4()/udp_update_hdr6()
udp_vu: Use iov_tail in udp_vu_prepare()
vu_common: Pass iov_tail to vu_set_vnethdr()
vu_common: Accept explicit iovec counts in vu_set_element()
vu_common: Accept explicit iovec count per element in vu_init_elem()
vu_common: Prepare to use multibuffer with guest RX
vhost-user,udp: Use 2 iovec entries per element
iov.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++
iov.h | 17 ++++-
tcp_vu.c | 73 +++++++++---------
udp.c | 72 +++++++++---------
udp_internal.h | 10 ++-
udp_vu.c | 197 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
vu_common.c | 127 +++++++++++++++++++------------
vu_common.h | 20 +++--
8 files changed, 356 insertions(+), 229 deletions(-)
--
2.53.0
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2026-03-09 9:47 Laurent Vivier [this message]
2026-03-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] iov: Add iov_truncate() helper and use it in vu handlers Laurent Vivier
2026-03-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] vhost-user: Centralise 802.3 frame padding in vu_collect() and vu_flush() Laurent Vivier
2026-03-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] vhost-user: Use ARRAY_SIZE(elem) instead of VIRTQUEUE_MAX_SIZE Laurent Vivier
2026-03-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] udp_vu: Use iov_tail to manage virtqueue buffers Laurent Vivier
2026-03-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] udp_vu: Move virtqueue management from udp_vu_sock_recv() to its caller Laurent Vivier
2026-03-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] iov: Add IOV_PUT_HEADER() to write header data back to iov_tail Laurent Vivier
2026-03-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] udp: Pass iov_tail to udp_update_hdr4()/udp_update_hdr6() Laurent Vivier
2026-03-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] udp_vu: Use iov_tail in udp_vu_prepare() Laurent Vivier
2026-03-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] vu_common: Pass iov_tail to vu_set_vnethdr() Laurent Vivier
2026-03-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] vu_common: Accept explicit iovec counts in vu_set_element() Laurent Vivier
2026-03-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] vu_common: Accept explicit iovec count per element in vu_init_elem() Laurent Vivier
2026-03-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] vu_common: Prepare to use multibuffer with guest RX Laurent Vivier
2026-03-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] vhost-user,udp: Use 2 iovec entries per element Laurent Vivier
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