[dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/3] eventdev: allow for event devices requiring maintenance
Mattias Rönnblom
mattias.ronnblom at ericsson.com
Wed Apr 8 19:56:53 CEST 2020
Extend Eventdev API to allow for event devices which require various
forms of internal processing to happen, even when events are not
enqueued to or dequeued from a port.
Signed-off-by: Mattias Rönnblom <mattias.ronnblom at ericsson.com>
---
lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_pmd.h | 14 ++++++
2 files changed, 79 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
index 226f352ad..d69150792 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
@@ -289,6 +289,15 @@ struct rte_event;
* single queue to each port or map a single queue to many port.
*/
+#define RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_REQUIRES_MAINT (1ULL << 9)
+/**< Event device requires calls to rte_event_maintain() during
+ * periods when neither rte_event_dequeue_burst() nor
+ * rte_event_enqueue_burst() are called on a port. This will allow the
+ * event device to perform internal processing, such as flushing
+ * buffered events, return credits to a global pool, or process
+ * signaling related to load balancing.
+ */
+
/* Event device priority levels */
#define RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_HIGHEST 0
/**< Highest priority expressed across eventdev subsystem
@@ -1226,6 +1235,9 @@ typedef uint16_t (*event_dequeue_burst_t)(void *port, struct rte_event ev[],
uint16_t nb_events, uint64_t timeout_ticks);
/**< @internal Dequeue burst of events from port of a device */
+typedef void (*maintain_t)(void *port);
+/**< @internal Maintains a port */
+
typedef uint16_t (*event_tx_adapter_enqueue)(void *port,
struct rte_event ev[], uint16_t nb_events);
/**< @internal Enqueue burst of events on port of a device */
@@ -1301,6 +1313,8 @@ struct rte_eventdev {
/**< Pointer to PMD dequeue function. */
event_dequeue_burst_t dequeue_burst;
/**< Pointer to PMD dequeue burst function. */
+ event_maintain_t maintain;
+ /**< Maintains an event port. */
event_tx_adapter_enqueue_same_dest txa_enqueue_same_dest;
/**< Pointer to PMD eth Tx adapter burst enqueue function with
* events destined to same Eth port & Tx queue.
@@ -1634,6 +1648,57 @@ rte_event_dequeue_burst(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t port_id, struct rte_event ev[],
timeout_ticks);
}
+/**
+ * Maintain an event device.
+ *
+ * This function is only relevant for event devices which has the
+ * RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_REQUIRES_MAINT flag set. Such devices requires
+ * the application to call rte_event_maintain() on a port during periods
+ * which it is neither enqueuing nor dequeuing events from this
+ * port. No port may be left unattended.
+ *
+ * An event device's rte_event_maintain() is a low overhead function. In
+ * situations when rte_event_maintain() must be called, the application
+ * should do so often.
+ *
+ * rte_event_maintain() may be called on event devices which hasn't
+ * set RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_REQUIRES_MAINT flag, in which case it is a
+ * no-operation.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ * The identifier of the device.
+ * @param port_id
+ * The identifier of the event port.
+ * @return
+ * - 0 on success.
+ * - -ENOTSUP if the device doesn't have RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_REQUIRES_MAINT set
+ * - -EINVAL if *dev_id* or *port_id* is invalid
+ *
+ * @see RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_REQUIRES_MAINT
+ */
+static inline void
+rte_event_maintain(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t port_id)
+{
+ struct rte_eventdev *dev = &rte_eventdevs[dev_id];
+ event_maintain_t fn;
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_EVENTDEV_DEBUG
+ if (dev_id >= RTE_EVENT_MAX_DEVS || !rte_eventdevs[dev_id].attached) {
+ rte_errno = EINVAL;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (port_id >= dev->data->nb_ports) {
+ rte_errno = EINVAL;
+ return;
+ }
+#endif
+ fn = *dev->maintain;
+
+ if (fn != NULL)
+ fn(dev->data->ports[port_id]);
+}
+
/**
* Link multiple source event queues supplied in *queues* to the destination
* event port designated by its *port_id* with associated service priority
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_pmd.h b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_pmd.h
index d118b9e5b..327e4a2ac 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_pmd.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_pmd.h
@@ -364,6 +364,20 @@ typedef int (*eventdev_port_unlinks_in_progress_t)(struct rte_eventdev *dev,
typedef int (*eventdev_dequeue_timeout_ticks_t)(struct rte_eventdev *dev,
uint64_t ns, uint64_t *timeout_ticks);
+/**
+ * Maintains an event port for RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_REQUIRES_MAINT devices.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ * Event device pointer
+ * @param port_id
+ * Event port index
+ *
+ * @return
+ * Returns 0 on success.
+ *
+ */
+typedef int (*eventdev_maintain_t)(struct rte_eventdev *dev, uint8_t port_id);
+
/**
* Dump internal information
*
--
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