[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/4] compressdev: replace mbuf scatter gather flag

[Verma, Shally]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Pablo de Lara [mailto:pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com]
>Sent: 06 July 2018 10:58
>To: Verma, Shally <Shally.Verma at cavium.com>; Gupta, Ashish <Ashish.Gupta at cavium.com>; fiona.trahe at intel.com;
>lee.daly at intel.com
>Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
>Subject: [PATCH v5 3/4] compressdev: replace mbuf scatter gather flag
>
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>
>The current mbuf scatter gather feature flag is
>too ambiguous, as it is not clear if input and/or output
>buffers can be scatter gather mbufs or not.
>
>Therefore, three new flags will replace this flag:
>- RTE_COMP_FF_OOP_SGL_IN_SGL_OUT
>- RTE_COMP_FF_OOP_SGL_IN_FB_OUT
>- RTE_COMP_FF_OOP_LB_IN_SGL_OUT
>
>Note that out-of-place flat buffers is supported by default
>and in-place is not supported by the library.
>
>Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
>Acked-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe at intel.com>
>---
>
>v5:
>- Replaced left "Flat Buffer" with "Linear Buffer" (Shally)
>- Rephrased comment about new feature flags (Shally)
>
>v4:
>- Replaced FB (Flat Buffers) with LB (Linear Buffers) (Shally)
>- Add extra explanation on comments about Linear Buffers vs
>  Scatter-gather lists
>
>v3:
>- Replaced Out-of-place with OOP
>- Added new feature flags in default.ini
>
>v2:
>- Fixed typos
>- Rephrased comments
>
> doc/guides/compressdevs/features/default.ini | 34 +++++++++++++++-------------
> doc/guides/compressdevs/overview.rst         | 14 ++++++++++++
> doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst       |  6 +++++
> lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.c            |  8 +++++--
> lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h            | 31 +++++++++++++++++--------
> 5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>
...

>diff --git a/doc/guides/compressdevs/overview.rst b/doc/guides/compressdevs/overview.rst
>index d01c1a966..70bbe82b7 100644
>--- a/doc/guides/compressdevs/overview.rst
>+++ b/doc/guides/compressdevs/overview.rst
>@@ -16,3 +16,17 @@ Supported Feature Flags
>    - "Pass-through" feature flag refers to the ability of the PMD
>      to let input buffers pass-through it, copying the input to the output,
>      without making any modifications to it (no compression done).
>+
>+   - "OOP SGL In SGL Out" feature flag stands for
>+     "Out-of-place Scatter-gather list Input, Scatter-gater list Output",
>+     which means PMD supports different scatter-gather styled input and output buffers
>+     (i.e. both can consists of multiple segments).
>+
>+   - "OOP SGL In LB Out" feature flag stands for
>+     "Out-of-place Scatter-gather list Input, Linear Buffers Output",
>+     which means PMD supports input from scatter-gathered styled buffers, outputting linear buffers
>+     (i.e. single segment).
>+
>+   - "OOP LB In SGL Out" feature flag stands for
>+     "Out-of-place Linear Buffers Input, Scatter-gather list Output",
>+     which means PMD supports input from linear buffer, outputting scatter-gathered styled buffers.

....

>diff --git a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h
>index 5b513c77e..274b5eadf 100644
>--- a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h
>+++ b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h
>@@ -30,23 +30,34 @@ extern "C" {
> /**< Stateful compression is supported */
> #define RTE_COMP_FF_STATEFUL_DECOMPRESSION     (1ULL << 1)
> /**< Stateful decompression is supported */
>-#define        RTE_COMP_FF_MBUF_SCATTER_GATHER         (1ULL << 2)
>-/**< Scatter-gather mbufs are supported */
>-#define RTE_COMP_FF_ADLER32_CHECKSUM           (1ULL << 3)
>+#define RTE_COMP_FF_OOP_SGL_IN_SGL_OUT         (1ULL << 2)
>+/**< Out-of-place Scatter-gather (SGL) buffers,
>+ * with multiple segments, are supported in input and output
>+ */
>+#define RTE_COMP_FF_OOP_SGL_IN_LB_OUT          (1ULL << 3)
>+/**< Out-of-place Scatter-gather (SGL) buffers are supported
>+ * in input, combined with linear buffers (LB), with a
>+ * single segment, in output
>+ */
>+#define RTE_COMP_FF_OOP_LB_IN_SGL_OUT          (1ULL << 4)
>+/**< Out-of-place Scatter-gather (SGL) mbufs are supported
>+ * in output, combined with linear buffers (LB) in input
>+ */
[Shally] Similar rephrase here please.

Rest,
Acked-by: Shally Verma <shally.verma at caviumnetworks.com>

Thanks
Shally

>+#define RTE_COMP_FF_ADLER32_CHECKSUM           (1ULL << 5)
> /**< Adler-32 Checksum is supported */
>-#define RTE_COMP_FF_CRC32_CHECKSUM             (1ULL << 4)
>+#define RTE_COMP_FF_CRC32_CHECKSUM             (1ULL << 6)
> /**< CRC32 Checksum is supported */
>-#define RTE_COMP_FF_CRC32_ADLER32_CHECKSUM     (1ULL << 5)
>+#define RTE_COMP_FF_CRC32_ADLER32_CHECKSUM     (1ULL << 7)
> /**< Adler-32/CRC32 Checksum is supported */
>-#define RTE_COMP_FF_MULTI_PKT_CHECKSUM         (1ULL << 6)
>+#define RTE_COMP_FF_MULTI_PKT_CHECKSUM         (1ULL << 8)
> /**< Generation of checksum across multiple stateless packets is supported */
>-#define RTE_COMP_FF_SHA1_HASH                  (1ULL << 7)
>+#define RTE_COMP_FF_SHA1_HASH                  (1ULL << 9)
> /**< SHA1 Hash is supported */
>-#define RTE_COMP_FF_SHA2_SHA256_HASH           (1ULL << 8)
>+#define RTE_COMP_FF_SHA2_SHA256_HASH           (1ULL << 10)
> /**< SHA256 Hash of SHA2 family is supported */
>-#define RTE_COMP_FF_NONCOMPRESSED_BLOCKS       (1ULL << 9)
>+#define RTE_COMP_FF_NONCOMPRESSED_BLOCKS       (1ULL << 11)
> /**< Creation of non-compressed blocks using RTE_COMP_LEVEL_NONE is supported */
>-#define RTE_COMP_FF_SHAREABLE_PRIV_XFORM       (1ULL << 10)
>+#define RTE_COMP_FF_SHAREABLE_PRIV_XFORM       (1ULL << 12)
> /**< Private xforms created by the PMD can be shared
>  * across multiple stateless operations. If not set, then app needs
>  * to create as many priv_xforms as it expects to have stateless
>--
>2.14.4