[PATCH v12] net/iavf: add diagnostic support in TX path

[Bruce Richardson]

On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 09:55:14AM +0000, Mingjin Ye wrote:
> Implemented a Tx wrapper to perform a thorough check on mbufs,
> categorizing and counting invalid cases by types for diagnostic
> purposes. The count of invalid cases is accessible through xstats_get.
> 
> Also, the devarg option "mbuf_check" was introduced to configure the
> diagnostic parameters to enable the appropriate diagnostic features.
> 
> supported cases: mbuf, size, segment, offload.
>  1. mbuf: check for corrupted mbuf.
>  2. size: check min/max packet length according to hw spec.
>  3. segment: check number of mbuf segments not exceed hw limitation.
>  4. offload: check any unsupported offload flag.
> 
> parameter format: "mbuf_check=<case>" or "mbuf_check=[<case1>,<case2>]"
> eg: dpdk-testpmd -a 0000:81:01.0,mbuf_check=[mbuf,size] -- -i
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mingjin Ye <mingjinx.ye at intel.com>
> ---
Carrying ack from v11:

Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>

Patch applied, with some minor rework of the docs, to dpdk-next-net-intel.

Thanks,
/Bruce