[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] examples/l3fwd: fix jumbo packet drop issue

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Fri Aug 13 10:42:09 CEST 2021


On 8/13/2021 5:48 AM, Rohit Raj wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 5:01 PM
>> To: Rohit Raj <rohit.raj at nxp.com>
>> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Nipun Gupta <nipun.gupta at nxp.com>; Hemant Agrawal
>> <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>; Sachin Saxena <sachin.saxena at nxp.com>;
>> Vanshika Shukla <vanshika.shukla at nxp.com>
>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] examples/l3fwd: fix jumbo packet drop
>> issue
>>
>> On 7/27/2021 10:25 AM, rohit.raj at nxp.com wrote:
>>> From: Rohit Raj <rohit.raj at nxp.com>
>>>
>>> l3fwd uses mbufs with 2KB data size. If we enable jumbo packets, it is
>>> not able to store packets with size greater than 2KB, hence these
>>> packets are dropped.
>>>
>>> This patch fixes this issue by enabling scatter for jumbo packet, if
>>> it is supported by NIC.
>>>
>>> If scatter is not supported by NIC and max jumbo packet length is
>>> greater than default mbuf data size, then application exits with
>>> proper error message.
>>>
>>> Fixes: f68aad7904f ("examples/l3fwd: update")
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Rohit Raj <rohit.raj at nxp.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sachin Saxena <sachin.saxena at nxp.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Vanshika Shukla <vanshika.shukla at nxp.com>
>>> ---
>>>  examples/l3fwd/main.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/main.c b/examples/l3fwd/main.c index
>>> 4cb800aa15..6aaaa8ecb5 100644
>>> --- a/examples/l3fwd/main.c
>>> +++ b/examples/l3fwd/main.c
>>> @@ -1035,6 +1035,20 @@ l3fwd_poll_resource_setup(void)
>>>                               "Error during getting device (port %u) info: %s\n",
>>>                               portid, strerror(-ret));
>>>
>>> +             /* Enable Receive side SCATTER, if supported by NIC,
>>> +              * when jumbo packet is enabled.
>>> +              */
>>> +             if (local_port_conf.rxmode.offloads &
>>> +                             DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_JUMBO_FRAME){
>>> +                     if (dev_info.rx_offload_capa & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER)
>>> +                             local_port_conf.rxmode.offloads |=
>>> +                                             DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER;
>>> +                     else if (local_port_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len >
>>> +                                     RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_DATAROOM)
>>> +                             rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
>>> +                                     "Max packet length greater than
>>> + default MBUF size\n");
>>
>> This is a configuration set by application. So application is failing itself because
>> of configuration it sets, seems odd.
>>
>> I guess the jumbo frame can be enabled when user provides '--enable-jumbo'
>> argument. What do you think adding above check where that argument is
>> parsed. 
> 
> We need to check if hardware supports Rx scatter. To do this, we need to get Rx
> capability. Hence, this is a better place to perform this check.
> 

Got it.

There is already a patch [1] that I am trying to update the 'max_rx_pkt_len'
usage and remove OFFLOAD_JUMBO_FRAME flag [2] etc.. Those touch to the same
piece of code, can you please check them?

After those patches, your update can be put into 'config_port_max_pkt_len()' I
think. Can you be OK to wait them to merged first and make you patch on top of it?

[1]
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20210722172113.3236450-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com/

[2]
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20210722172113.3236450-4-ferruh.yigit@intel.com/

>>
>> Btw, no need to enable scattered Rx if the packets fits into buffer, so above
>> check can be done slightly different:
>>
>> if (max_rx_pkt_len > buffer_size)
>>         if (OFFLOAD_SCATTER supported)
>>                 enable OFFLOAD_SCATTER
>>         else
>>                 fail
> 
> Agreed. I will do this in next version of the patch.
> 
>>
>>
>>> +             }
>>> +
>>>               if (dev_info.tx_offload_capa & DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE)
>>>                       local_port_conf.txmode.offloads |=
>>>                               DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE;
>>>
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