[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/9] net/i40e: display Flow Director packet

Iremonger, Bernard bernard.iremonger at intel.com
Thu Jan 9 15:30:09 CET 2020


Hi Qi,

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> > > Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 6/9] net/i40e: display Flow Director packet
> > >
> > > Hi Bernard:
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Iremonger, Bernard <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 8:17 PM
> > > > To: dev at dpdk.org; Xing, Beilei <beilei.xing at intel.com>; Zhang, Qi
> > > > Z <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>; Doherty, Declan
> > > > <declan.doherty at intel.com>
> > > > Cc: Ananyev, Konstantin <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>; Byrne,
> > > > Stephen1 <stephen1.byrne at intel.com>; Zhang, Helin
> > > > <helin.zhang at intel.com>; Iremonger, Bernard
> > > > <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>
> > > > Subject: [PATCH v3 6/9] net/i40e: display Flow Director packet
> > > >
> > > > call rte_hexdump in i40e_flow_fdir_construct_pkt() in i40e_fdir.c
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_fdir.c | 4 +++-
> > > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_fdir.c
> > > > b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_fdir.c index
> > > > 3fa6297..78329d2 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_fdir.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_fdir.c
> > > > @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
> > > >  #include <rte_tcp.h>
> > > >  #include <rte_sctp.h>
> > > >  #include <rte_hash_crc.h>
> > > > +#include <rte_hexdump.h>
> > > >
> > > >  #include "i40e_logs.h"
> > > >  #include "base/i40e_type.h"
> > > > @@ -805,6 +806,7 @@ i40e_fdir_fill_eth_ip_head(const struct
> > > > rte_eth_fdir_input *fdir_input,
> > > >      fdir_input->flow_type);
> > > >  return -1;
> > > >  }
> > > > +rte_hexdump(stdout, NULL, raw_pkt, len);
> > >
> > > Why we need this? Does this just for debug?
> >
> > Useful to see the packet constructed by this function, otherwise no
> > visibility on what is happening.
> > Needed for debug.
> 
> But this may flush the screen if we create 1000 rules by script and it impact
> the rule programming performance, should this code only be called when
> debug mode is enabled?

Yes, probably better to call in debug mode only.
Will change in v4 patchset.

> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Qi
> > >
> > > >  return len;
> > > >  }
> > > >
> > > > @@ -954,7 +956,7 @@ i40e_fdir_construct_pkt(struct i40e_pf *pf,
> > > >   &fdir_input->flow_ext.flexbytes[dst],
> > > >   size * sizeof(uint16_t));
> > > >  }
> > > > -
> > > > +rte_hexdump(stdout, NULL, raw_pkt, len);
> > > >  return 0;
> > > >  }
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > 2.7.4
> > >
> >
 Regards,

 Bernard.

 



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