[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/9] rxq interrupt mode for virtio PMD
Yuanhan Liu
yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com
Fri Dec 30 07:57:09 CET 2016
On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 07:30:34AM +0000, Jianfeng Tan wrote:
> v2:
> - Add PCI queue/irq config ops.
> - Move rxq interrupt settings before sending DRIVER OK.
>
> Historically, virtio PMD can only be binded to igb_uio or
> uio_pci_generic, and not for vfio-pci. Besides, quote from
> http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-16.11/rel_notes/release_2_1.html:
> "Per queue RX interrupt events are only allowed in VFIO
> which supports multiple MSI-X vectors."
>
> As Linux starts to support vfio noiommu mode since 4.8.0, it's
> a good chance to enable rxq interrupt for virtio PMD.
This cover letter (as well as all the commit logs) lacks an _overall_
introducation of how the Rx interrupt works in virtio, say how things
are setup, etc.
--yliu
>
> How to test:
>
> Step 1, prepare a VM image with kernel version >= 4.8.0.
>
> Step 2, on the host, start a testpmd with a vhost port:
> $ testpmd -c 0x7 -m 1024 --vdev 'eth_vhost0,iface=/tmp/sock0,queues=2' \
> --no-pci -- -i --rxq=2 --txq=2 --nb-cores=2
>
> Step 3, boot the VM:
> $ qemu ... -chardev socket,id=chr1,path=/tmp/sock0 \
> -netdev vhost-user,id=net1,chardev=chr1,vhostforce,queues=2 \
> -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net1,mq=on,vectors=5 ...
>
> Step 4, start l3fwd-power in VM:
> $ l3fwd-power -c 0x3 -n 4 -- -p 1 -P --config="(0,0,1),(0,1,1)" --no-numa
>
> Step 5, send packets from testpmd on the host:
> $ start tx_first
>
> Then l3fwd-power outputs:
> L3FWD_POWER: lcore 1 is waked up from rx interrupt on port 0 queue 0
> L3FWD_POWER: lcore 1 is waked up from rx interrupt on port 0 queue 1
>
> Signed-off-by: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan at intel.com>
> Jianfeng Tan (9):
> net/virtio: fix rewriting LSC flag
> net/virtio: add Rx descriptor check
> net/virtio: add PCI ops for queue/irq binding
> net/virtio: add Rx queue intr enable/disable functions
> net/virtio: setup rxq interrupts
> net/virtio: unbind intr/eventfd when stop device
> net/virtio: unmapping queue/irq when close device
> examples/l3fwd: add parse-ptype option
> examples/l3fwd-power: fix not stop and close device
>
> drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c | 149 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.h | 3 +
> drivers/net/virtio/virtio_pci.c | 29 ++++++++
> drivers/net/virtio/virtio_pci.h | 5 ++
> drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c | 9 +++
> drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.c | 11 ---
> drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h | 24 +++++-
> examples/l3fwd-power/main.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++-
> 8 files changed, 282 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.7.4
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