[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/16] mlx5: disable useless flows in promiscuous mode

Adrien Mazarguil adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com
Fri Oct 30 19:55:15 CET 2015


From: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com>

Only a single flow per hash RX queue is needed in promiscuous mode.
Disable others to free up hardware resources.

Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: Yaacov Hazan <yaacovh at mellanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c     |  5 +++++
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxmode.c  | 10 ++++++++++
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c     | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h    |  7 +++++++
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c |  6 +++---
 5 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c
index d3ab5b9..c7927c1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ priv_mac_addr_add(struct priv *priv, unsigned int mac_index,
 			(*mac)[3], (*mac)[4], (*mac)[5]
 		}
 	};
+	if (!priv_allow_flow_type(priv, HASH_RXQ_FLOW_TYPE_MAC))
+		goto end;
 	for (i = 0; (i != priv->hash_rxqs_n); ++i) {
 		ret = hash_rxq_mac_addr_add(&(*priv->hash_rxqs)[i], mac_index);
 		if (!ret)
@@ -420,6 +422,7 @@ priv_mac_addr_add(struct priv *priv, unsigned int mac_index,
 					      mac_index);
 		return ret;
 	}
+end:
 	BITFIELD_SET(priv->mac_configured, mac_index);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -439,6 +442,8 @@ priv_mac_addrs_enable(struct priv *priv)
 	unsigned int i;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!priv_allow_flow_type(priv, HASH_RXQ_FLOW_TYPE_MAC))
+		return 0;
 	for (i = 0; (i != priv->hash_rxqs_n); ++i) {
 		ret = hash_rxq_mac_addrs_add(&(*priv->hash_rxqs)[i]);
 		if (!ret)
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxmode.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxmode.c
index 7794608..f7de1b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxmode.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxmode.c
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ priv_promiscuous_enable(struct priv *priv)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	if (!priv_allow_flow_type(priv, HASH_RXQ_FLOW_TYPE_PROMISC))
+		return 0;
 	for (i = 0; (i != priv->hash_rxqs_n); ++i) {
 		struct hash_rxq *hash_rxq = &(*priv->hash_rxqs)[i];
 		int ret;
@@ -147,6 +149,10 @@ mlx5_promiscuous_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	ret = priv_promiscuous_enable(priv);
 	if (ret)
 		ERROR("cannot enable promiscuous mode: %s", strerror(ret));
+	else {
+		priv_mac_addrs_disable(priv);
+		priv_allmulticast_disable(priv);
+	}
 	priv_unlock(priv);
 }
 
@@ -196,6 +202,8 @@ mlx5_promiscuous_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	priv_lock(priv);
 	priv->promisc_req = 0;
 	priv_promiscuous_disable(priv);
+	priv_mac_addrs_enable(priv);
+	priv_allmulticast_enable(priv);
 	priv_unlock(priv);
 }
 
@@ -266,6 +274,8 @@ priv_allmulticast_enable(struct priv *priv)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	if (!priv_allow_flow_type(priv, HASH_RXQ_FLOW_TYPE_ALLMULTI))
+		return 0;
 	for (i = 0; (i != priv->hash_rxqs_n); ++i) {
 		struct hash_rxq *hash_rxq = &(*priv->hash_rxqs)[i];
 		int ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
index d46fc13..bdd5429 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
@@ -539,6 +539,35 @@ priv_destroy_hash_rxqs(struct priv *priv)
 }
 
 /**
+ * Check whether a given flow type is allowed.
+ *
+ * @param priv
+ *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param type
+ *   Flow type to check.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   Nonzero if the given flow type is allowed.
+ */
+int
+priv_allow_flow_type(struct priv *priv, enum hash_rxq_flow_type type)
+{
+	/* Only FLOW_TYPE_PROMISC is allowed when promiscuous mode
+	 * has been requested. */
+	if (priv->promisc_req)
+		return (type == HASH_RXQ_FLOW_TYPE_PROMISC);
+	switch (type) {
+	case HASH_RXQ_FLOW_TYPE_PROMISC:
+		return !!priv->promisc_req;
+	case HASH_RXQ_FLOW_TYPE_ALLMULTI:
+		return !!priv->allmulti_req;
+	case HASH_RXQ_FLOW_TYPE_MAC:
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
  * Allocate RX queue elements with scattered packets support.
  *
  * @param rxq
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h
index 651eb95..dc23f4f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h
@@ -159,6 +159,12 @@ struct ind_table_init {
 	unsigned int hash_types_n;
 };
 
+enum hash_rxq_flow_type {
+	HASH_RXQ_FLOW_TYPE_MAC,
+	HASH_RXQ_FLOW_TYPE_PROMISC,
+	HASH_RXQ_FLOW_TYPE_ALLMULTI,
+};
+
 struct hash_rxq {
 	struct priv *priv; /* Back pointer to private data. */
 	struct ibv_qp *qp; /* Hash RX QP. */
@@ -223,6 +229,7 @@ size_t hash_rxq_flow_attr(const struct hash_rxq *, struct ibv_flow_attr *,
 			  size_t);
 int priv_create_hash_rxqs(struct priv *);
 void priv_destroy_hash_rxqs(struct priv *);
+int priv_allow_flow_type(struct priv *, enum hash_rxq_flow_type);
 void rxq_cleanup(struct rxq *);
 int rxq_rehash(struct rte_eth_dev *, struct rxq *);
 int rxq_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *, struct rxq *, uint16_t, unsigned int,
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c
index 233c0d8..68e00a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ mlx5_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	DEBUG("%p: allocating and configuring hash RX queues", (void *)dev);
 	err = priv_create_hash_rxqs(priv);
 	if (!err)
-		err = priv_mac_addrs_enable(priv);
-	if (!err && priv->promisc_req)
 		err = priv_promiscuous_enable(priv);
-	if (!err && priv->allmulti_req)
+	if (!err)
+		err = priv_mac_addrs_enable(priv);
+	if (!err)
 		err = priv_allmulticast_enable(priv);
 	if (!err)
 		priv->started = 1;
-- 
2.1.0



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