[PATCH v4] graph: expose node context as pointers

[Jerin Jacob]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 10:11 PM Robin Jarry <rjarry at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> In some cases, the node context data is used to store two pointers
> because the data is larger than the reserved 16 bytes. Having to define
> intermediate structures just to be able to cast is tedious. Add helper
> inline functions to cast the node context to opaque pointers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robin Jarry <rjarry at redhat.com>
> ---
>
> Notes:
>     v4:
>
>     * Replaced the unnamed union with helper inline functions.
>
>     v3:
>
>     * Added __extension__ to the unnamed struct inside the union.
>     * Fixed C++ header checks.
>     * Replaced alignas() with an explicit static_assert.
>
>  lib/graph/rte_graph_worker_common.h | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 54 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker_common.h b/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker_common.h
> index 36d864e2c14e..f54f65598193 100644
> --- a/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker_common.h
> +++ b/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker_common.h
> @@ -130,6 +130,60 @@ struct __rte_cache_aligned rte_node {
>         alignas(RTE_CACHE_LINE_MIN_SIZE) struct rte_node *nodes[]; /**< Next nodes. */
>  };
>
> +/**
> + * Cast the first 8 bytes of node context as an opaque pointer.
> + *
> + * @param node
> + *   Pointer to the node object.
> + *
> + * @return
> + *   The opaque pointer value.
> + */
> +static inline void *rte_node_ctx_ptr1_get(struct rte_node *node)

New line after void*. Same for all new functions.

With that change:

Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>



> +{
> +       return ((void **)node->ctx)[0];
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * Cast the last 8 bytes of node context as an opaque pointer.
> + *
> + * @param node
> + *   Pointer to the node object.
> + *
> + * @return
> + *   The opaque pointer value.
> + */
> +static inline void *rte_node_ctx_ptr2_get(struct rte_node *node)
> +{
> +       return ((void **)node->ctx)[1];
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * Set the first 8 bytes of node context to an opaque pointer value.
> + *
> + * @param node
> + *   Pointer to the node object.
> + * @param ptr
> + *   The opaque pointer value.
> + */
> +static inline void rte_node_ctx_ptr1_set(struct rte_node *node, void *ptr)
> +{
> +       ((void **)node->ctx)[0] = ptr;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * Set the last 8 bytes of node context to an opaque pointer value.
> + *
> + * @param node
> + *   Pointer to the node object.
> + * @param ptr
> + *   The opaque pointer value.
> + */
> +static inline void rte_node_ctx_ptr2_set(struct rte_node *node, void *ptr)
> +{
> +       ((void **)node->ctx)[1] = ptr;
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * @internal
>   *
> --
> 2.44.0
>