[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/6] ixgbe: Get VF queue number

[Wodkowski, PawelX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Ouyang Changchun
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 6:59 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/6] ixgbe: Get VF queue number
> 
> Get the available Rx and Tx queue number when receiving
> IXGBE_VF_GET_QUEUES message from VF.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Changchun Ouyang <changchun.ouyang at intel.com>
> 
> changes in v5
>   - Add some 'FIX ME' comments for IXGBE_VF_TRANS_VLAN.
> 
> ---
>  lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c | 40
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c b/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
> index 495aff5..dbda9b5 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
> @@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
>  #include "ixgbe_ethdev.h"
> 
>  #define IXGBE_MAX_VFTA     (128)
> +#define IXGBE_VF_MSG_SIZE_DEFAULT 1
> +#define IXGBE_VF_GET_QUEUE_MSG_SIZE 5
> 
>  static inline uint16_t
>  dev_num_vf(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
> @@ -491,9 +493,41 @@ ixgbe_negotiate_vf_api(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
> uint32_t vf, uint32_t *msgbuf)
>  }
> 
>  static int
> +ixgbe_get_vf_queues(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t vf, uint32_t *msgbuf)
> +{
> +	struct ixgbe_vf_info *vfinfo =
> +		*IXGBE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_P_VFDATA(dev->data->dev_private);
> +	uint32_t default_q = vf * RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool;
> +
> +	/* Verify if the PF supports the mbox APIs version or not */
> +	switch (vfinfo[vf].api_version) {
> +	case ixgbe_mbox_api_20:
> +	case ixgbe_mbox_api_11:
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Notify VF of Rx and Tx queue number */
> +	msgbuf[IXGBE_VF_RX_QUEUES] = RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool;
> +	msgbuf[IXGBE_VF_TX_QUEUES] = RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool;

Are you sure this is good approach to pass nb_q_per_pool to VF as the number of 
available queues? What if PF does not use RSS nor DCB? Are thos queues always 
available in that case?

> +
> +	/* Notify VF of default queue */
> +	msgbuf[IXGBE_VF_DEF_QUEUE] = default_q;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * FIX ME if it needs fill msgbuf[IXGBE_VF_TRANS_VLAN]
> +	 * for VLAN strip or VMDQ_DCB or VMDQ_DCB_RSS
> +	 */
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +