[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/3] ethdev: new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring

[Billy McFall]

Add a new API to force free consumed buffers on Tx ring. API will return
the number of packets freed (0-n) or error code if feature not supported
(-ENOTSUP) or input invalid (-ENODEV).

Signed-off-by: Billy McFall <bmcfall at redhat.com>
---
 lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
index 9678179..ce662b6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -1150,6 +1150,9 @@ typedef uint32_t (*eth_rx_queue_count_t)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 typedef int (*eth_rx_descriptor_done_t)(void *rxq, uint16_t offset);
 /**< @internal Check DD bit of specific RX descriptor */
 
+typedef int (*eth_tx_done_cleanup_t)(void *txq, uint32_t free_cnt);
+/**< @internal Force mbufs to be from TX ring. */
+
 typedef void (*eth_rxq_info_get_t)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	uint16_t rx_queue_id, struct rte_eth_rxq_info *qinfo);
 
@@ -1467,6 +1470,7 @@ struct eth_dev_ops {
 	eth_rx_disable_intr_t      rx_queue_intr_disable;
 	eth_tx_queue_setup_t       tx_queue_setup;/**< Set up device TX queue.*/
 	eth_queue_release_t        tx_queue_release;/**< Release TX queue.*/
+	eth_tx_done_cleanup_t      tx_done_cleanup;/**< Free tx ring mbufs */
 	eth_dev_led_on_t           dev_led_on;    /**< Turn on LED. */
 	eth_dev_led_off_t          dev_led_off;   /**< Turn off LED. */
 	flow_ctrl_get_t            flow_ctrl_get; /**< Get flow control. */
@@ -2943,6 +2947,45 @@ rte_eth_tx_buffer(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t queue_id,
 }
 
 /**
+ * Request the driver to free mbufs currently cached by the driver. The
+ * driver will only free the mbuf if it is no longer in use. It is the
+ * application's responsibity to ensure rte_eth_tx_buffer_flush(..) is
+ * called if needed.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ *   The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
+ * @param queue_id
+ *   The index of the transmit queue through which output packets must be
+ *   sent.
+ *   The value must be in the range [0, nb_tx_queue - 1] previously supplied
+ *   to rte_eth_dev_configure().
+ * @param free_cnt
+ *   Maximum number of packets to free. Use 0 to indicate all possible packets
+ *   should be freed. Note that a packet may be using multiple mbufs.
+ * @return
+ *   Failure: < 0
+ *     -ENODEV: Invalid interface
+ *     -ENOTSUP: Driver does not support function
+ *   Success: >= 0
+ *     0-n: Number of packets freed. More packets may still remain in ring that
+ *     are in use.
+ */
+
+static inline int
+rte_eth_tx_done_cleanup(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t queue_id,  uint32_t free_cnt)
+{
+	struct rte_eth_dev *dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
+
+	/* Validate Input Data. Bail if not valid or not supported. */
+	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -ENODEV);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->tx_done_cleanup, -ENOTSUP);
+
+	/* Call driver to free pending mbufs. */
+	return (*dev->dev_ops->tx_done_cleanup)(dev->data->tx_queues[queue_id],
+			free_cnt);
+}
+
+/**
  * Configure a callback for buffered packets which cannot be sent
  *
  * Register a specific callback to be called when an attempt is made to send
-- 
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