[Accel-config] Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add API to get wq occupancy

Dave Jiang <dave.jiang at intel.com> Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:03:43 -0700
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On 8/11/2021 9:52 AM, Luck, Tony wrote:
>> Adds API to get wq occupancy attribute and include in wq listing.
> What do we mean by "occupancy"? To me that sounds like "how many of the available slots in the WQ are in use?"
Correct.
>
> Does the h/w provide that information? It seems like it would be transient (i.e. the device will process descriptors
> and change the value almost as fast as it can be read).
>
Yes the hw provides that. And yes it's transient. user library people 
wanted to use that as a way to guesstimate flow control I believe.