[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE

[Wang, Xiao W]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bie, Tiwei
> Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 7:23 PM
> To: Wang, Xiao W <xiao.w.wang at intel.com>
> Cc: yliu at fridaylinux.org; dev at dpdk.org; stephen at networkplumber.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE
> 
> On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 06:02:08AM -0800, Xiao Wang wrote:
> [...]
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
> > index 6a24fde..7313bdd 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
> > @@ -1100,3 +1100,84 @@
> >
> >  	return nb_tx;
> >  }
> > +
> > +uint16_t
> > +virtio_inject_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t
> nb_pkts)
> > +{
> > +	struct virtnet_tx *txvq = tx_queue;
> > +	struct virtqueue *vq = txvq->vq;
> > +	struct virtio_hw *hw = vq->hw;
> > +	uint16_t hdr_size = hw->vtnet_hdr_size;
> > +	uint16_t nb_used, nb_tx = 0;
> > +
> > +	if (unlikely(nb_pkts < 1))
> > +		return nb_pkts;
> > +
> > +	PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "%d packets to xmit", nb_pkts);
> > +	nb_used = VIRTQUEUE_NUSED(vq);
> > +
> > +	virtio_rmb();
> > +	if (likely(nb_used > vq->vq_nentries - vq->vq_free_thresh))
> > +		virtio_xmit_cleanup(vq, nb_used);
> > +
> > +	for (nb_tx = 0; nb_tx < nb_pkts; nb_tx++) {
> > +		struct rte_mbuf *txm = tx_pkts[nb_tx];
> > +		int can_push = 0, use_indirect = 0, slots, need;
> > +
> > +		/* optimize ring usage */
> > +		if ((vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT) ||
> > +					vtpci_with_feature(hw,
> VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1)) &&
> > +			rte_mbuf_refcnt_read(txm) == 1 &&
> > +			RTE_MBUF_DIRECT(txm) &&
> > +			txm->nb_segs == 1 &&
> > +			rte_pktmbuf_headroom(txm) >= hdr_size &&
> > +			rte_is_aligned(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(txm, char *),
> > +				__alignof__(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf)))
> > +			can_push = 1;
> > +		else if (vtpci_with_feature(hw,
> VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC) &&
> > +			 txm->nb_segs < VIRTIO_MAX_TX_INDIRECT)
> > +			use_indirect = 1;
> > +
> > +		/* How many main ring entries are needed to this Tx?
> > +		 * any_layout => number of segments
> > +		 * indirect   => 1
> > +		 * default    => number of segments + 1
> > +		 */
> > +		slots = use_indirect ? 1 : (txm->nb_segs + !can_push);
> > +		need = slots - vq->vq_free_cnt;
> > +
> > +		/* Positive value indicates it need free vring descriptors */
> > +		if (unlikely(need > 0)) {
> > +			nb_used = VIRTQUEUE_NUSED(vq);
> > +			virtio_rmb();
> > +			need = RTE_MIN(need, (int)nb_used);
> > +
> > +			virtio_xmit_cleanup(vq, need);
> > +			need = slots - vq->vq_free_cnt;
> > +			if (unlikely(need > 0)) {
> > +				PMD_TX_LOG(ERR,
> > +						"No free tx descriptors to
> transmit");
> > +				break;
> > +			}
> > +		}
> > +
> > +		/* Enqueue Packet buffers */
> > +		virtqueue_enqueue_xmit(txvq, txm, slots, use_indirect,
> can_push);
> > +
> > +		txvq->stats.bytes += txm->pkt_len;
> > +		virtio_update_packet_stats(&txvq->stats, txm);
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	txvq->stats.packets += nb_tx;
> > +
> > +	if (likely(nb_tx)) {
> > +		vq_update_avail_idx(vq);
> > +
> > +		if (unlikely(virtqueue_kick_prepare(vq))) {
> > +			virtqueue_notify(vq);
> > +			PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "Notified backend after xmit");
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	return nb_tx;
> > +}
> 
> Simple Tx has some special assumptions and setups of the txq.
> Basically the current implementation of virtio_inject_pkts()
> is a mirror of virtio_xmit_pkts(). So when simple Tx function
> is chosen, calling virtio_inject_pkts() could cause problems.

I will have a static mbuf ** pointer for rarp packets in next version, which can also avoid code duplication.

BRs,
Xiao