[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: change calculating inline room for Tx

[Nélio Laranjeiro]

Hi Yongseok,

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 10:46:51AM -0700, Yongseok Koh wrote:
> Current implementation is error-prone if the max inline size
> (txq->max_inilne) is decoupled from txq->inline_en and becomes zero. If it
> becomes zero, HW can crash due to WQ overflow.

By reading this log, it seems more to be a fix, no?

> Signed-off-by: Yongseok Koh <yskoh at mellanox.com>
> Acked-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c | 12 +++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
> index 2e208bf96..6254228a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
> @@ -499,6 +499,8 @@ mlx5_tx_burst(void *dpdk_txq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
>  	unsigned int j = 0;
>  	unsigned int k = 0;
>  	unsigned int max;
> +	unsigned int max_inline = txq->max_inline;

Cannot it be declared as const too?  Seems it is only read in the whole
Tx burst function, as it a chance to be update in the middle?

> +	const unsigned int inline_en = !!max_inline && txq->inline_en;
>  	uint16_t max_wqe;
>  	unsigned int comp;
>  	volatile struct mlx5_wqe_v *wqe = NULL;
> @@ -685,14 +687,14 @@ mlx5_tx_burst(void *dpdk_txq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
>  			}
>  		}
>  		/* Inline if enough room. */
> -		if (txq->inline_en || tso) {
> +		if (inline_en || tso) {
>  			uintptr_t end = (uintptr_t)
>  				(((uintptr_t)txq->wqes) +
>  				 (1 << txq->wqe_n) * MLX5_WQE_SIZE);
> -			unsigned int max_inline = txq->max_inline *
> -						  RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE -
> -						  (pkt_inline_sz - 2);
> -			uintptr_t addr_end = (addr + max_inline) &
> +			unsigned int inline_room = max_inline *
> +						   RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE -
> +						   (pkt_inline_sz - 2);
> +			uintptr_t addr_end = (addr + inline_room) &
>  					     ~(RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1);
>  			unsigned int copy_b = (addr_end > addr) ?
>  				RTE_MIN((addr_end - addr), length) :
> -- 
> 2.11.0

Thanks,

-- 
Nélio Laranjeiro
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