[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8] ethdev: check Rx/Tx offloads

Dai, Wei wei.dai at intel.com
Wed May 9 14:45:12 CEST 2018


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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v8] ethdev: check Rx/Tx offloads
> 
> On 5/8/2018 11:05 AM, Wei Dai wrote:
> > This patch check if a input requested offloading is valid or not.
> > Any reuqested offloading must be supported in the device capabilities.
> > Any offloading is disabled by default if it is not set in the
> > parameter dev_conf->[rt]xmode.offloads to rte_eth_dev_configure( ) and
> > [rt]x_conf->offloads to rte_eth_[rt]x_queue_setup( ).
> > If any offloading is enabled in rte_eth_dev_configure( ) by
> > application, it is enabled on all queues no matter whether it is
> > per-queue or per-port type and no matter whether it is set or cleared
> > in [rt]x_conf->offloads to rte_eth_[rt]x_queue_setup( ).
> > If a per-queue offloading hasn't be enabled in rte_eth_dev_configure(
> > ), it can be enabled or disabled for individual queue in
> > ret_eth_[rt]x_queue_setup( ).
> > A new added offloading is the one which hasn't been enabled in
> > rte_eth_dev_configure( ) and is reuqested to be enabled in
> > rte_eth_[rt]x_queue_setup( ), it must be per-queue type, otherwise
> > return error.
> > The underlying PMD must be aware that the requested offloadings to PMD
> > specific queue_setup( ) function only carries those new added
> > offloadings of per-queue type.
> >
> > This patch can make above such checking in a common way in rte_ethdev
> > layer to avoid same checking in underlying PMD.
> >
> > This patch assumes that all PMDs in 18.05-rc2 have already converted
> > to offload API defined in 17.11 . It also assumes that all PMDs can
> > return correct offloading capabilities in rte_eth_dev_infos_get( ).
> >
> > In the beginning of [rt]x_queue_setup( ) of underlying PMD, add
> > offloads = [rt]xconf->offloads |
> > dev->data->dev_conf.[rt]xmode.offloads; to keep same as offload API
> > defined in 17.11 to avoid upper application broken due to offload API
> > change.
> > PMD can use the info that input [rt]xconf->offloads only carry the new
> > added per-queue offloads to do some optimization or some code change
> > on base of this patch.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wei Dai <wei.dai at intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
> >
> > ---
> > v8:
> > Revise PMD codes to comply with offload API in v7 update document
> >
> > v7:
> > Give the maximum freedom for upper application, only minimal checking
> > is performed in ethdev layer.
> > Only requested specific pure per-queue offloadings are input to
> > underlying PMD.
> >
> > v6:
> > No need enable an offload in queue_setup( ) if it has already been
> > enabled in dev_configure( )
> >
> > v5:
> > keep offload settings sent to PMD same as those from application
> >
> > v4:
> > fix a wrong description in git log message.
> >
> > v3:
> > rework according to dicision of offloading API in community
> >
> > v2:
> > add offloads checking in rte_eth_dev_configure( ).
> > check if a requested offloading is supported.
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst |  26 +++--
> >  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst  |   8 ++
> >  drivers/net/avf/avf_rxtx.c              |   5 +-
> >  drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c          |  17 ----
> >  drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c        |  50 +---------
> >  drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_ethdev.c          |  16 ----
> >  drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c        |  16 ----
> >  drivers/net/e1000/em_ethdev.c           |  19 ----
> >  drivers/net/e1000/em_rxtx.c             |  64 ++-----------
> >  drivers/net/e1000/igb_rxtx.c            |  64 ++-----------
> >  drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c            |  65 +------------
> >  drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_ops.c     |  81 ----------------
> >  drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c        |  82 ++--------------
> >  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c            |  58 ++----------
> >  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c        |  38 --------
> >  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c          |  66 ++-----------
> >  drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c             |  43 ++-------
> >  drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c             |  42 ++------
> >  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c          |  22 -----
> >  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c             |  50 ++--------
> >  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c             |  44 +--------
> >  drivers/net/mvpp2/mrvl_ethdev.c         |  97 +------------------
> >  drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c               | 163
> --------------------------------
> >  drivers/net/octeontx/octeontx_ethdev.c  |  72 +-------------
> >  drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c            |   9 +-
> >  drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c                |  42 ++------
> >  drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.h                |   3 +-
> >  drivers/net/sfc/sfc_tx.c                |  42 ++------
> >  drivers/net/sfc/sfc_tx.h                |   3 +-
> >  drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c           |  88 ++---------------
> >  drivers/net/thunderx/nicvf_ethdev.c     |  70 ++------------
> >  drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c        |   9 +-
> >  drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c    |  16 ----
> >  drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c      |   8 +-
> >  lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c          |  88 +++++++++++++++++
> >  35 files changed, 240 insertions(+), 1346 deletions(-)
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> 
> 
> Hi Wei,
> 
> Thanks for this patch. Lets wait one more day for PMD owners to test the
> patch, if there is no objection patch targets rc3 which is a few days away.

This patch is created on base of 18.05-rc2.
So it may fail to be applied to some -next repositories.



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