[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/7] eventdev: introduce event vector Rx capability

pbhagavatula at marvell.com pbhagavatula at marvell.com
Sat Feb 20 23:09:51 CET 2021


From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>

Introduce event ethernet Rx adapter event vector capability.

If an event eth Rx adapter has the capability of
RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_CAP_EVENT_VECTOR then a given Rx queue
can be configured to enable event vectorization by passing the
flag RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_QUEUE_EVENT_VECTOR to
rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf::rx_queue_flags while configuring
Rx adapter through rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_add.

The max vector size, vector timeout define the vector size and
mempool used for allocating vector event are configured through
rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_add. The element size of the element
in the vector pool should be equal to
    sizeof(struct rte_event_vector) + (vector_sz * sizeof(uintptr_t))

Application can use `rte_event_get_event_vector_memory_footprint`
to get the element size before creating the vector mempool
rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf::vector_mp.

The Rx adapter would be responsible for vectorizing the mbufs
based on the flow, the vector limits configured by the application
and add the vector event of mbufs to the event queue set via
rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf::ev::queue_id.
It should also mark rte_event_vector::union_valid and fill
rte_event_vector::port, rte_event_vector::queue.

Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
---
 .../prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst  | 38 +++++++++++
 .../rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h                | 66 +++++++++++++++++++
 lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h            | 30 ++++++++-
 lib/librte_eventdev/version.map               |  1 +
 4 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst
index cb44ce0e4..735ea2439 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst
@@ -186,3 +186,41 @@ the event buffer fill level is low. The
 ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_cb_register()`` function allow the application
 to register a callback that selects which packets to enqueue to the event
 device.
+
+Rx event vectorization
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The event devices, ethernet device pairs which support the capability
+``RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_CAP_EVENT_VECTOR`` can aggregate packets based on
+flow characteristics and generate a ``rte_event`` containing ``rte_event_vector``
+whose event type is either ``RTE_EVENT_TYPE_ETHDEV_VECTOR`` or
+``RTE_EVENT_TYPE_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_VECTOR``.
+The aggregation size and timeout are configurable at a queue level and the
+maximum, minimum vector sizes and timeouts vary based on the device capability
+and can be queried using ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits_get``.
+The Rx adapter additionally might include useful data such as ethernet device
+port and queue identifier in the ``rte_event_vector::port`` and
+``rte_event_vector::queue`` and mark ``rte_event_vector::attr_valid`` as true.
+
+A loop processing ``rte_event_vector`` containing mbufs is shown below.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+        event = rte_event_dequeue_burst(event_dev, event_port, &event,
+                                        1, 0);
+        if (!event)
+                continue;
+
+        switch (ev.event_type) {
+        case RTE_EVENT_TYPE_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_VECTOR:
+        case RTE_EVENT_TYPE_ETHDEV_VECTOR:
+                struct rte_mbufs **mbufs;
+
+                mbufs = (struct rte_mbufs **)ev[i].vec->mbufs;
+                for (i = 0; i < ev.vec->nb_elem; i++) {
+                        // Process each mbuf.
+                }
+        break;
+        case ...
+        ...
+        }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h
index 21bb1e54c..4bdb38f08 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ extern "C" {
 /**< This flag indicates the flow identifier is valid
  * @see rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf::rx_queue_flags
  */
+#define RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_QUEUE_EVENT_VECTOR	0x2
+/**< This flag indicates that mbufs arriving on the queue need to be vectorized
+ * @see rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf::rx_queue_flags
+ */
 
 /**
  * Adapter configuration structure that the adapter configuration callback
@@ -167,6 +171,33 @@ struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf {
 	 * The event adapter sets ev.event_type to RTE_EVENT_TYPE_ETHDEV in the
 	 * enqueued event.
 	 */
+	uint16_t vector_sz;
+	/**<
+	 * Indicates the maximum number for mbufs to combine and form a vector.
+	 * Should be within
+	 * @see rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits::min_vector_sz
+	 * @see rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits::max_vector_sz
+	 * Valid when RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_QUEUE_EVENT_VECTOR flag is set in
+	 * @see rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf::rx_queue_flags
+	 */
+	uint64_t vector_timeout_ns;
+	/**<
+	 * Indicates the maximum number of nanoseconds to wait for receiving
+	 * mbufs. Should be within vectorization limits of the
+	 * adapter
+	 * @see rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits::min_vector_ns
+	 * @see rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits::max_vector_ns
+	 * Valid when RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_QUEUE_EVENT_VECTOR flag is set in
+	 * @see rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf::rx_queue_flags
+	 */
+	struct rte_mempool *vector_mp;
+	/**<
+	 * Indicates the mempool that should be used for allocating
+	 * rte_event_vector container.
+	 * Should be created by using `rte_event_vector_pool_create`.
+	 * Valid when RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_QUEUE_EVENT_VECTOR flag is set in
+	 * @see rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf::rx_queue_flags.
+	 */
 };
 
 /**
@@ -199,6 +230,20 @@ struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stats {
 	/**< Received packet count for interrupt mode Rx queues */
 };
 
+/**
+ * A structure used to retrieve eth rx adapter vector limits.
+ */
+struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits {
+	uint16_t min_sz;
+	/**< Minimum vector limit configurable. */
+	uint16_t max_sz;
+	/**< Maximum vector limit configurable. */
+	uint64_t min_timeout_ns;
+	/**< Minimum vector timeout configurable. */
+	uint64_t max_timeout_ns;
+	/**< Maximum vector timeout configurable. */
+};
+
 /**
  *
  * Callback function invoked by the SW adapter before it continues
@@ -467,6 +512,27 @@ int rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_cb_register(uint8_t id, uint16_t eth_dev_id,
 					 rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_cb_fn cb_fn,
 					 void *cb_arg);
 
+/**
+ * Retrieve vector limits for a given event dev and eth dev pair.
+ * @see rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *  Event device identifier.
+ * @param eth_port_id
+ *  Port identifier of the ethernet device.
+ * @param [out] limits
+ *  A pointer to rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits structure that has to
+ * be filled.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  - 0: Success.
+ *  - <0: Error code on failure.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits_get(
+	uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t eth_port_id,
+	struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits *limits);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
index ff6cb3e6a..1cf3efa2d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
@@ -919,9 +919,27 @@ rte_event_dev_close(uint8_t dev_id);
  * Event vector structure.
  */
 struct rte_event_vector {
-	uint64_t nb_elem : 16;
+	uint16_t nb_elem;
 	/**< Number of elements in this event vector. */
-	uint64_t rsvd : 48;
+	uint16_t rsvd : 15;
+	uint16_t attr_valid : 1;
+	/**< Indicates that the below union attributes have valid information.
+	 */
+	union {
+		/* Used by Rx adapter.
+		 * Indicats that all the elements in this vector belong to same
+		 * port and queue pair when originating from Rx adapter, valid
+		 * only when event type is ETHDEV_VECTOR or
+		 * ETH_RX_ADAPTER_VECTOR.
+		 */
+		struct {
+			uint16_t port;
+			/* Ethernet device port id. */
+			uint16_t queue;
+			/* Ethernet device queue id. */
+		};
+	};
+	/**< Union to hold common attributes of the vector array. */
 	uint64_t impl_opaque;
 	union {
 		struct rte_mbuf *mbufs[0];
@@ -1019,8 +1037,14 @@ struct rte_event_vector {
  *		// Classify and handle event.
  *	}
  */
+#define RTE_EVENT_TYPE_ETHDEV_VECTOR                                           \
+	(RTE_EVENT_TYPE_VECTOR | RTE_EVENT_TYPE_ETHDEV)
+/**< The event vector generated from ethdev subsystem */
 #define RTE_EVENT_TYPE_CPU_VECTOR (RTE_EVENT_TYPE_VECTOR | RTE_EVENT_TYPE_CPU)
 /**< The event vector generated from cpu for pipelining. */
+#define RTE_EVENT_TYPE_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_VECTOR                                   \
+	(RTE_EVENT_TYPE_VECTOR | RTE_EVENT_TYPE_ETH_RX_ADAPTER)
+/**< The event vector generated from eth Rx adapter. */
 
 #define RTE_EVENT_TYPE_MAX              0x10
 /**< Maximum number of event types */
@@ -1165,6 +1189,8 @@ struct rte_event {
  * @see struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf::ev
  * @see struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf::rx_queue_flags
  */
+#define RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_CAP_EVENT_VECTOR	0x8
+/**< Adapter supports event vectorization per ethdev. */
 
 /**
  * Retrieve the event device's ethdev Rx adapter capabilities for the
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/version.map b/lib/librte_eventdev/version.map
index a070ef56e..34c1c830e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/version.map
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 
 	#added in 21.05
 	rte_event_vector_pool_create;
+	rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits_get;
 };
 
 INTERNAL {
-- 
2.17.1



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