[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 0/5] kni: add IOVA=VA support

[Vamsi Krishna Attunuru]

Hi Ferruh,

Mempool related patch has been acked by Olivier. Could you please review the kni related patches and make sure that it will be merged in 19.11 release.

Regards,
Vamsi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vamsi Krishna Attunuru <vattunuru at marvell.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 10:39 AM
> To: Vamsi Krishna Attunuru <vattunuru at marvell.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: thomas at monjalon.net; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj at marvell.com>;
> olivier.matz at 6wind.com; ferruh.yigit at intel.com; anatoly.burakov at intel.com;
> arybchenko at solarflare.com; Kiran Kumar Kokkilagadda
> <kirankumark at marvell.com>
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 0/5] kni: add IOVA=VA support
> 
> @All, we are expecting to merge this in 19.11 release and if any one have
> comments please respond.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vamsi Krishna Attunuru
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 9:30 AM
> > To: vattunuru at marvell.com; dev at dpdk.org
> > Cc: thomas at monjalon.net; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
> > <jerinj at marvell.com>; olivier.matz at 6wind.com; ferruh.yigit at intel.com;
> > anatoly.burakov at intel.com; arybchenko at solarflare.com; Kiran Kumar
> > Kokkilagadda <kirankumark at marvell.com>
> > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 0/5] kni: add IOVA=VA support
> >
> > PING.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vattunuru at marvell.com <vattunuru at marvell.com>
> > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2019 11:43 AM
> > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > Cc: thomas at monjalon.net; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
> > <jerinj at marvell.com>; olivier.matz at 6wind.com; ferruh.yigit at intel.com;
> > anatoly.burakov at intel.com; arybchenko at solarflare.com; Kiran Kumar
> > Kokkilagadda <kirankumark at marvell.com>; Vamsi Krishna Attunuru
> > <vattunuru at marvell.com>
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 0/5] kni: add IOVA=VA support
> >
> > From: Vamsi Attunuru <vattunuru at marvell.com>
> >
> > ---
> > V10 Changes:
> > * Fixed function return code on failure when min_chunk_size > pg_sz.
> > * Marked new mempool populate routine as EXPERIMENTAL.
> >
> > V9 Changes:
> > * Used rte_mempool_ops_calc_mem_size() instead of default handler in
> > the new mempool populate routine.
> > * Check min_chunk_size and return values.
> > * Removed ethdev_info memset to '0' and moved pci dev_info populate
> > into
> > kni_dev_pci_addr_get() routine.
> > * Addressed misc. review comments.
> >
> > V8 Changes:
> > * Remove default mempool populate() routine changes.
> > * Add kni app specific mempool create & free routines.
> > * Add new mempool populate routine to allocate page-aligned memzones
> > with page size to make sure all mempool objects reside on a page.
> > * Update release notes and map files.
> >
> > V7 Changes:
> > * Removed previously proposed mempool flag and made those page
> > boundary checks default in mempool populate() except for the objects
> > size bigger than the size of page.
> > * Removed KNI example application related changes since pool related
> > requirement is taken care in mempool lib.
> > * All PCI dev related info is moved under rte_eal_iova_mode() == VA check.
> > * Added wrapper functions in KNI module to hide IOVA checks and make
> > address translation routines more readable.
> > * Updated IOVA mode checks that enforcing IOVA=PA mode when IOVA=VA
> > mode is enabled.
> >
> > V6 Changes:
> > * Added new mempool flag to ensure mbuf memory is not scattered across
> > page boundaries.
> > * Added KNI kernel module required PCI device information.
> > * Modified KNI example application to create mempool with new mempool
> > flag.
> >
> > V5 changes:
> > * Fixed build issue with 32b build
> >
> > V4 changes:
> > * Fixed build issues with older kernel versions
> > * This approach will only work with kernel above 4.4.0
> >
> > V3 Changes:
> > * Add new approach to work kni with IOVA=VA mode using
> > iommu_iova_to_phys API.
> >
> > Kiran Kumar K (1):
> >   kni: add IOVA=VA support in KNI module
> >
> > Vamsi Attunuru (4):
> >   mempool: populate mempool with the page sized chunks
> >   kni: add IOVA=VA support in KNI lib
> >   kni: add app specific mempool create and free routines
> >   kni: modify IOVA mode checks to support VA
> >
> >  doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst    |  8 ++
> >  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst            |  5 ++
> >  examples/kni/main.c                               |  5 +-
> >  kernel/linux/kni/compat.h                         |  4 +
> >  kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h                        |  4 +
> >  kernel/linux/kni/kni_misc.c                       | 71 ++++++++++++++---
> >  kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c                        | 59 ++++++++++----
> >  lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal.c                    |  4 +-
> >  lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/include/rte_kni_common.h |  8 ++
> >  lib/librte_kni/Makefile                           |  2 +
> >  lib/librte_kni/meson.build                        |  2 +
> >  lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c                          | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h                          | 48 ++++++++++++
> >  lib/librte_kni/rte_kni_version.map                |  2 +
> >  lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c                  | 69 ++++++++++++++++
> >  lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h                  | 20 +++++
> >  lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_version.map        |  1 +
> >  17 files changed, 378 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
> >
> > --
> > 2.8.4