[dpdk-dev] [RFC] ethdev: add a field for rte_eth_rxq_info

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:48:54 +0800
Chengchang Tang <tangchengchang at huawei.com> wrote:

> In common practice, PMD configure the rx_buf_size according to the data
> room size of the object in mempool. But in fact the final value is related
> to the specifications of hw, and its values will affect the number of
> fragments in recieving pkts.
> 
> At present, we seem to have no way to espose relevant information to upper
> layer users.
> 
> Add a field named rx_bufsize in rte_eth_rxq_info to indicate the buffer
> size used in recieving pkts for hw.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chengchang Tang <tangchengchang at huawei.com>
> ---
>  lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> index 0f6d053..82b7e98 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> @@ -1306,6 +1306,7 @@ struct rte_eth_rxq_info {
>  	struct rte_eth_rxconf conf; /**< queue config parameters. */
>  	uint8_t scattered_rx;       /**< scattered packets RX supported. */
>  	uint16_t nb_desc;           /**< configured number of RXDs. */
> +	uint16_t rx_bufsize;        /**< size of RX buffer. */
>  } __rte_cache_min_aligned;
> 
>  /**
> --
> 2.7.4
> 

Will have to wait until 20.11 as it is an ABI change.