[EXTERNAL] [PATCH v4 1/1] dmadev: support priority configuration

[Anoob Joseph]

Hi Vamsi,

Please see below.

Thanks,
Anoob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vamsi Krishna Attunuru <vattunuru at marvell.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2024 6:46 PM
> To: Anoob Joseph <anoobj at marvell.com>; thomas at monjalon.net;
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> Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH v4 1/1] dmadev: support priority
> configuration
> 
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Anoob Joseph <anoobj at marvell.com>
> >Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2024 6:37 PM
> >To: Vamsi Krishna Attunuru <vattunuru at marvell.com>;
> >thomas at monjalon.net; fengchengwen at huawei.com;
> >bruce.richardson at intel.com; mb at smartsharesystems.com
> >Cc: dev at dpdk.org; kevin.laatz at intel.com; Jerin Jacob
> ><jerinj at marvell.com>; conor.walsh at intel.com; Gowrishankar
> Muthukrishnan
> ><gmuthukrishn at marvell.com>; Vidya Sagar Velumuri
> ><vvelumuri at marvell.com>; g.singh at nxp.com; sachin.saxena at oss.nxp.com;
> >hemant.agrawal at nxp.com; Vamsi Krishna Attunuru
> <vattunuru at marvell.com>;
> >Amit Prakash Shukla <amitprakashs at marvell.com>
> >Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH v4 1/1] dmadev: support priority
> >configuration
> >
> >Hi Vamsi,
> >
> >Looks good overall. Minor nit inline.
> >
> >With the change, Acked-by: Anoob Joseph <anoobj at marvell.com>
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Anoob
> >
> >> From: Vamsi Attunuru <mailto:vattunuru at marvell.com>
> >>
> >> Some DMA controllers offer the ability to configure priority level
> >> for the hardware command queues, allowing for the prioritization of
> >> DMA command execution based on queue importance.
> >>
> >> This patch introduces the necessary fields in the dmadev structures
> >> to retrieve information about the hardware-supported priority levels
> >> and to enable priority configuration from the application.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Vamsi Attunuru <mailto:vattunuru at marvell.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Amit Prakash Shukla <mailto:amitprakashs at marvell.com>
> >> ---
> >> V4 changes:
> >> * Rebased onto the latest
> >>
> >> V3 changes:
> >> * Corrected patch title
> >>
> >> V2 changes:
> >> * Reverted removed text from release_24_11.rst
> >>
> >> V1 changes:
> >> * Added trace support
> >> * Added new capability flag
> >>
> >> Deprecation notice:
> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__patches.dpdk.org
> >> _
> >> project_dpdk_patch_20240730144612.2132848-2D1-2Damitprakashs-
> >40marvell
> >>
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> >>
> >> * Assuming we do not anticipate any advanced scheduling schemes for
> >> dmadev queues,  this patch is intended to support a strict priority scheme.
> >>
> >> doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst |  8 ++++++++
> >> lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.c                | 15 +++++++++++++++
> >> lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.h                | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> >> lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev_trace.h          |  2 ++
> >> 4 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
> >>
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >> --- a/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.h
> >> +++ b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.h
> >> @@ -268,6 +268,16 @@ int16_t rte_dma_next_dev(int16_t start_dev_id);
> >> #define RTE_DMA_CAPA_OPS_COPY_SG	RTE_BIT64(33)
> >> /** Support fill operation. */
> >> #define RTE_DMA_CAPA_OPS_FILL		RTE_BIT64(34)
> >> +/** Support strict prioritization at DMA HW channel level
> >> + *
> >> + * If device supports HW channel prioritization then application
> >> +could
> >> + * assign fixed priority to the DMA HW channel using 'priority'
> >> +field in
> >
> >[Anoob] Do we need to mention HW? Should we just use "DMA channel"?
> >Here and in other places.
> 
> [vamsi] It's mainly to differentiate between vchan(kind of sw channel) and hw
> channel.

[Anoob] Okay. So the feature is specific to HW channels, right? Looks good in that case.

Acked-by: Anoob Joseph <anoobj at marvell.com>