[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] app/testpmd: retain original FDIR mode when configuring DCB

Wei Hu (Xavier) huwei013 at chinasoftinc.com
Thu Sep 24 04:41:32 CEST 2020


Hi, Ajit Khaparde

On 2020/9/23 15:14, Wei Hu (Xavier) wrote:
> Hi, Ajit Khaparde
>
> On 2020/9/22 13:15, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 7:16 PM Wei Hu (Xavier)
>> <huwei013 at chinasoftinc.com> wrote:
>>> From: Huisong Li <lihuisong at huawei.com>
>>>
>>> Sometimes, we have to start testpmd application with 
>>> --pkt-filter-mode to
>>> test flow table feature. When using 'port config 0 dcb vt off 4 pfc on'
>>> command, the dcb information are configured in init_port_dcb_config
>>> function by get_eth_dcb_conf function, And then 
>>> rte_eth_dev_configure API
>>> function will be called to re-configure PMD driver.
>>>
>>> The values of rxmode and txmode in rte_eth_conf struct used to 
>>> configure
>>> PMD driver, come from the current values maintained in testpmd. 
>>> However,
>>> the fdir_conf.mode in rte_eth_conf struct is not set, which may 
>>> cause that
>>> some PMD driver cannot test the flow table feature when multiple TCs 
>>> are
>>> enabled.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 1a572499beb6 ("app/testpmd: setup DCB forwarding based on 
>>> traffic class")
>>> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong at huawei.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Wei Hu (Xavier) <xavier.huwei at huawei.com>
>>> ---
>>>   app/test-pmd/testpmd.c | 1 +
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
>>> index 73543bb..19bf972 100644
>>> --- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
>>> +++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
>>> @@ -3521,6 +3521,7 @@ init_port_dcb_config(portid_t pid,
>>>
>>>          port_conf.rxmode = rte_port->dev_conf.rxmode;
>>>          port_conf.txmode = rte_port->dev_conf.txmode;
>>> +       port_conf.fdir_conf.mode = rte_port->dev_conf.fdir_conf.mode;
>> This is probably not necessary. FDIR is due for deprecation [1].
>> https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.html
>
> Thanks your for pointing out it, this patch is really necessary.
>
Sorry, it is a typo.

This patch is not really necessary.


Thanks, Xavier

>
> Thanks, Xavier
>
>>>          /*set configuration of DCB in vt mode and DCB in non-vt mode*/
>>>          retval = get_eth_dcb_conf(pid, &port_conf, dcb_mode, 
>>> num_tcs, pfc_en);
>>> -- 
>>> 2.9.5
>>>


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