[PATCH 0/6] Extend and set event queue attributes at runtime

[Van Haaren, Harry]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 7:50 PM
> To: Shijith Thotton <sthotton at marvell.com>; Van Haaren, Harry
> <harry.van.haaren at intel.com>; Jayatheerthan, Jay
> <jay.jayatheerthan at intel.com>; Carrillo, Erik G <erik.g.carrillo at intel.com>;
> Gujjar, Abhinandan S <abhinandan.gujjar at intel.com>; McDaniel, Timothy
> <timothy.mcdaniel at intel.com>; Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>;
> Nipun Gupta <nipun.gupta at nxp.com>; mattias.ronnblom
> <mattias.ronnblom at ericsson.com>; Ray Kinsella <mdr at ashroe.eu>
> Cc: dpdk-dev <dev at dpdk.org>; Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>; Pavan
> Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>; Liang Ma <liangma at liangbit.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extend and set event queue attributes at runtime
> 
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 6:42 PM Shijith Thotton <sthotton at marvell.com> wrote:
> >
> > This series adds support for setting event queue attributes at runtime
> > and adds two new event queue attributes weight and affinity. Eventdev
> > capability RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_RUNTIME_QUEUE_ATTR is added to expose
> the
> > capability to set attributes at runtime and rte_event_queue_attr_set()
> > API is used to set the attributes.
> >
> > Attributes weight and affinity are not yet added to rte_event_queue_conf
> > structure to avoid ABI break and will be added in 22.11. Till then, PMDs
> > using the new attributes are expected to manage them.

When the new attributes are added to queue_conf structure in 22.11, will the attr_get() function have any real use?

If the attr_get() function is not useful post 22.11 (aka, returns const-integers?), we should consider if waiting
for ABI-break in 22.11 is a better solution as it doesn't add public API/ABI functions that only have limited time value..?

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> + @Van Haaren, Harry  @Jayatheerthan, Jay  @Erik Gabriel Carrillo
> @Gujjar, Abhinandan S  @McDaniel, Timothy  @Hemant Agrawal  @Nipun
> Gupta  @Mattias Rönnblom  @lingma @Ray Kinsella

Thanks for flagging Jerin, indeed I hadn't looked at this patchset yet.

From event/sw point of view, the new runtime queue attribute capability is not
available, so the feature flag will not be set.

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Some code comments inline on the impl patches comping up. Regards, -Harry