[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] add Tx prepare support for bonding device

[Min Hu (Connor)]

在 2021/4/30 14:26, Chengchang Tang 写道:
> Hi，all
> Any comments？
> 
> On 2021/4/23 17:46, Chengchang Tang wrote:
>> This patch set add Tx prepare for bonding device.
>>
>> Currently, the bonding driver has not implemented the callback of
>> rte_eth_tx_prepare function. Therefore, the TX prepare function of the
>> slave devices will never be invoked. When hardware offloading such as
>> CKSUM and TSO are enabled for some drivers, tx_prepare needs to be used
>> to adjust packets (for example, set correct pseudo packet headers).
>> Otherwise, related offloading fails and even packets are sent
>> incorrectly. Due to this limitation, the bonded device cannot use these
>> HW offloading in the Tx direction.
>>
>> Because packet sending algorithms are numerous and complex in bond PMD,
>> it is hard to design the callback for rte_eth_tx_prepare. In this
>> patchset, the tx_prepare callback of bonding PMD is not implemented.
>> Instead, rte_eth_tx_prepare has been called in tx_burst callback. In
>> this way, all tx_offloads can be processed correctly for all NIC devices.
>> It is the responsibility of the slave PMDs to decide when the real
>> tx_prepare needs to be used. If tx_prepare is not required in some cases,
>> then slave PMDs tx_prepare pointer should be NULL and rte_eth_tx_prepare()
>> will be just a NOOP. That is, the effectiveness and security of tx_prepare
>> and its impact on performance depend on the design of slave PMDs.
>>
>> And configuring Tx offloading for bonding is also added in this patchset.
>> This solves the problem that we need to configure slave devices one by one
>> when configuring Tx offloading.
>>
>> Chengchang Tang (2):
>>    net/bonding: support Tx prepare for bonding
>>    net/bonding: support configuring Tx offloading for bonding
>>
>>   drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond.h     |  1 -
>>   drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>>   2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
Acked-by: Min Hu (Connor) <humin29 at huawei.com>
>> --
>> 2.7.4
>>
>>
>> .
>>
> 
> .
>