[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ip_frag: increase default value for config parameter

[Konstantin Ananyev]

Increase default value for config parameter RTE_LIBRTE_IP_FRAG_MAX_FRAG
from 4 to 8. This parameter controls maximum number of fragments per
packet in ip reassembly table. Increasing this value from 4 to 8 will
allow users to cover common case with jumbo packet size of 9KB and
fragments with default frame size (1500B).
As RTE_LIBRTE_IP_FRAG_MAX_FRAG is used in definition of public
structure (struct rte_ip_frag_death_row), this is an ABI change.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>
---
 config/rte_config.h                    | 2 +-
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/config/rte_config.h b/config/rte_config.h
index 1a66b42fcc..08e70af497 100644
--- a/config/rte_config.h
+++ b/config/rte_config.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 #define RTE_RAWDEV_MAX_DEVS 64
 
 /* ip_fragmentation defines */
-#define RTE_LIBRTE_IP_FRAG_MAX_FRAG 4
+#define RTE_LIBRTE_IP_FRAG_MAX_FRAG 8
 #undef RTE_LIBRTE_IP_FRAG_TBL_STAT
 
 /* rte_power defines */
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
index 502cc5ceb2..4d0f112b00 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
@@ -543,6 +543,14 @@ ABI Changes
 
 * eventdev: Re-arranged fields in ``rte_event_timer`` to remove holes.
 
+* Increase default value for config parameter ``RTE_LIBRTE_IP_FRAG_MAX_FRAG``
+  from ``4`` to ``8``. This parameter controls maximum number of fragments
+  per packet in ip reassembly table. Increasing this value from ``4`` to ``8``
+  will allow users to cover common case with jumbo packet size of ``9KB``
+  and fragments with default frame size ``(1500B)``.
+  As ``RTE_LIBRTE_IP_FRAG_MAX_FRAG`` is used in definition of
+  public structure ``rte_ip_frag_death_row``, this is an ABI change.
+
 
 Known Issues
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2.25.1