[RFC PATCH 04/14] net/i40e: use the same Rx path across process types

[Bruce Richardson]

On Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 12:49:09PM +0000, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> In the interest of simplicity, let the primary process select the Rx
> path to be used by all processes using the given device.
> 
> The many logs which report individual Rx path selections have been
> consolidated into one single log
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h |  20 +++-
>  drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c   | 168 ++++++++++++---------------
>  2 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h
> index 44864292d0..308039c363 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h
> @@ -1226,6 +1226,22 @@ struct i40e_vsi_vlan_pvid_info {
>  #define I40E_MBUF_CHECK_F_TX_SEGMENT     (1ULL << 2)
>  #define I40E_MBUF_CHECK_F_TX_OFFLOAD     (1ULL << 3)
>  
> +enum i40e_rx_func_type {
> +	I40E_RX_DEFAULT,
> +	I40E_RX_BULK_ALLOC,
> +	I40E_RX_SCATTERED,
> +	I40E_RX_SSE,
> +	I40E_RX_AVX2,
> +	I40E_RX_SSE_SCATTERED,
> +	I40E_RX_AVX2_SCATTERED,
> +	I40E_RX_AVX512,
> +	I40E_RX_AVX512_SCATTERED,
> +	I40E_RX_NEON,
> +	I40E_RX_NEON_SCATTERED,
> +	I40E_RX_ALTIVEC,
> +	I40E_RX_ALTIVEC_SCATTERED,
> +};
> +

As with previous patch, I'd suggest working out what the most logical order
for these elements is, and using that. Having AVX2 and SSE interleaved
seems a bit strange.

Otherwise:

Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>