[PATCH v7] net/i40e: add diagnostic support in Tx path

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 10:17:47AM +0000, Mingjin Ye wrote:
> Implemented a Tx wrapper to perform a thorough check on mbufs,
> categorizing and counting invalid cases by type 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 limits.
>  4. offload: Check for use of an unsupported offload flag.
> 
> parameter format: "mbuf_check=<case>" or "mbuf_check=[<case1>,<case2>]"
> eg: dpdk-testpmd -a 0000:87:00.0,mbuf_check=[mbuf,size] -- -i
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mingjin Ye <mingjinx.ye at intel.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel with some indentation and whitespace
cleanup.

Thanks,
/Bruce