[RFC PATCH 09/27] net/idpf: refactor context descriptor handling

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Fri Dec 19 18:25:26 CET 2025


move all context descriptor handling to a single function, as with the
ice driver.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/intel/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx.c | 61 +++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/intel/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx.c
index 11d6848430..9219ad9047 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx.c
@@ -845,37 +845,36 @@ idpf_calc_context_desc(uint64_t flags)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* set TSO context descriptor
+/* set TSO context descriptor, returns 0 if no context needed, 1 if context set
  */
-static inline void
-idpf_set_splitq_tso_ctx(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
+static inline uint16_t
+idpf_set_tso_ctx(uint64_t ol_flags, struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
 			union ci_tx_offload tx_offload,
-			volatile union idpf_flex_tx_ctx_desc *ctx_desc)
+			uint64_t *qw0, uint64_t *qw1)
 {
-	uint16_t cmd_dtype;
+	uint16_t cmd_dtype = IDPF_TX_DESC_DTYPE_FLEX_TSO_CTX | IDPF_TX_FLEX_CTX_DESC_CMD_TSO;
+	uint16_t tso_segsz = mbuf->tso_segsz;
 	uint32_t tso_len;
 	uint8_t hdr_len;
 
+	if (idpf_calc_context_desc(ol_flags) == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* TSO context descriptor setup */
 	if (tx_offload.l4_len == 0) {
 		TX_LOG(DEBUG, "L4 length set to 0");
-		return;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
-	hdr_len = tx_offload.l2_len +
-		tx_offload.l3_len +
-		tx_offload.l4_len;
-	cmd_dtype = IDPF_TX_DESC_DTYPE_FLEX_TSO_CTX |
-		IDPF_TX_FLEX_CTX_DESC_CMD_TSO;
+	hdr_len = tx_offload.l2_len + tx_offload.l3_len + tx_offload.l4_len;
 	tso_len = mbuf->pkt_len - hdr_len;
 
-	ctx_desc->tso.qw1.cmd_dtype = rte_cpu_to_le_16(cmd_dtype);
-	ctx_desc->tso.qw0.hdr_len = hdr_len;
-	ctx_desc->tso.qw0.mss_rt =
-		rte_cpu_to_le_16((uint16_t)mbuf->tso_segsz &
-				 IDPF_TXD_FLEX_CTX_MSS_RT_M);
-	ctx_desc->tso.qw0.flex_tlen =
-		rte_cpu_to_le_32(tso_len &
-				 IDPF_TXD_FLEX_CTX_MSS_RT_M);
+	*qw0 = rte_cpu_to_le_32(tso_len & IDPF_TXD_FLEX_CTX_MSS_RT_M) |
+	       ((uint64_t)rte_cpu_to_le_16(tso_segsz & IDPF_TXD_FLEX_CTX_MSS_RT_M) << 32) |
+	       ((uint64_t)hdr_len << 48);
+	*qw1 = rte_cpu_to_le_16(cmd_dtype);
+
+	return 1;
 }
 
 RTE_EXPORT_INTERNAL_SYMBOL(idpf_dp_splitq_xmit_pkts)
@@ -933,7 +932,8 @@ idpf_dp_splitq_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 		tx_offload.l4_len = tx_pkt->l4_len;
 		tx_offload.tso_segsz = tx_pkt->tso_segsz;
 		/* Calculate the number of context descriptors needed. */
-		nb_ctx = idpf_calc_context_desc(ol_flags);
+		uint64_t cd_qw0, cd_qw1;
+		nb_ctx = idpf_set_tso_ctx(ol_flags, tx_pkt, tx_offload, &cd_qw0, &cd_qw1);
 
 		/* Calculate the number of TX descriptors needed for
 		 * each packet. For TSO packets, use ci_calc_pkt_desc as
@@ -950,12 +950,10 @@ idpf_dp_splitq_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 
 		/* context descriptor */
 		if (nb_ctx != 0) {
-			volatile union idpf_flex_tx_ctx_desc *ctx_desc =
-				(volatile union idpf_flex_tx_ctx_desc *)&txr[tx_id];
+			uint64_t *ctx_desc = RTE_CAST_PTR(uint64_t *, &txr[tx_id]);
 
-			if ((ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_SEG) != 0)
-				idpf_set_splitq_tso_ctx(tx_pkt, tx_offload,
-							ctx_desc);
+			ctx_desc[0] = cd_qw0;
+			ctx_desc[1] = cd_qw1;
 
 			tx_id++;
 			if (tx_id == txq->nb_tx_desc)
@@ -1388,7 +1386,8 @@ idpf_dp_singleq_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 		tx_offload.l4_len = tx_pkt->l4_len;
 		tx_offload.tso_segsz = tx_pkt->tso_segsz;
 		/* Calculate the number of context descriptors needed. */
-		nb_ctx = idpf_calc_context_desc(ol_flags);
+		uint64_t cd_qw0, cd_qw1;
+		nb_ctx = idpf_set_tso_ctx(ol_flags, tx_pkt, tx_offload, &cd_qw0, &cd_qw1);
 
 		/* The number of descriptors that must be allocated for
 		 * a packet. For TSO packets, use ci_calc_pkt_desc as
@@ -1431,9 +1430,7 @@ idpf_dp_singleq_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 
 		if (nb_ctx != 0) {
 			/* Setup TX context descriptor if required */
-			volatile union idpf_flex_tx_ctx_desc *ctx_txd =
-				(volatile union idpf_flex_tx_ctx_desc *)
-				&txr[tx_id];
+			uint64_t *ctx_txd = RTE_CAST_PTR(uint64_t *, &txr[tx_id]);
 
 			txn = &sw_ring[txe->next_id];
 			RTE_MBUF_PREFETCH_TO_FREE(txn->mbuf);
@@ -1442,10 +1439,8 @@ idpf_dp_singleq_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 				txe->mbuf = NULL;
 			}
 
-			/* TSO enabled */
-			if ((ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_SEG) != 0)
-				idpf_set_splitq_tso_ctx(tx_pkt, tx_offload,
-							ctx_txd);
+			ctx_txd[0] = cd_qw0;
+			ctx_txd[1] = cd_qw1;
 
 			txe->last_id = tx_last;
 			tx_id = txe->next_id;
-- 
2.51.0



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