[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] ethdev: add max burst size to device info

[Thomas Monjalon]

12/12/2017 11:05, Nikhil Agarwal:
> Currently, if the  rte_eth_rx_burst() function returns a value less than
> *nb_pkts*, the application will assume that no more packets are present.
> 
> Some of the hw queue based hardware can only support smaller burst for RX
> and TX and thus break the expectation of the rx_burst API.
> 
> This patch adds support to provide the maximum burst size that can be
> supported by a given PMD. The dev_info is being memset to '0' in
> rte_ethdev library. The value of '0' indicates that any value for burst
> size can be supported i.e. no change for existing PMDs.
> 
> The application can now use the lowest available max_burst_size value
> for rte_eth_rx_burst.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nikhil Agarwal <nikhil.agarwal at linaro.org>
> ---
> @@ -1047,6 +1047,7 @@ struct rte_eth_dev_info {
>  	/** Configured number of rx/tx queues */
>  	uint16_t nb_rx_queues; /**< Number of RX queues. */
>  	uint16_t nb_tx_queues; /**< Number of TX queues. */
> +	uint16_t max_burst_size; /**< MAX burst size, 0 for no limit. */
>  };

What is the status of this proposal?

Recently, the preferred tuning have been added by
	"ethdev: support PMD-tuned Tx/Rx parameters"
	http://dpdk.org/commit/3be82f5cc5