[PATCH 4/4] net/ice: add AVX-512 context descriptor Tx path

Anurag Mandal anurag.mandal at intel.com
Mon Aug 24 12:21:54 CEST 2026


Added an AVX-512 context descriptor path for tunneled
outer IPv4 and UDP checksum offloads.

Signed-off-by: Anurag Mandal <anurag.mandal at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst      |   5 +-
 drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h          |   1 +
 drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.c            |  10 ++
 drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.h            |   3 +
 drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_avx512.c | 141 ++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 158 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst
index 8ce1875843..1239f1ab0d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ New Features
 
 * **Updated Intel ice driver.**
 
-  Added an AVX2 Tx path using context descriptors, allowing tunneled outer IPv4
-  and UDP checksum offloads without falling back to scalar Tx.
+  * Added AVX2 and AVX-512 context-descriptor Tx paths,
+    enabling outer IPv4 and UDP checksum offloads for
+    tunneled packets without falling back to scalar Tx.
 
 * **Updated Intel iavf driver.**
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h
index 0e74f8d776..00facd48bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ enum ice_tx_func_type {
 	ICE_TX_AVX2_CTX_OFFLOAD,
 	ICE_TX_AVX512,
 	ICE_TX_AVX512_OFFLOAD,
+	ICE_TX_AVX512_CTX_OFFLOAD,
 	ICE_TX_NEON,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.c
index 5ec0b4d1fd..a3ee235edf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.c
@@ -3583,6 +3583,16 @@ static const struct ci_tx_path_info ice_tx_path_infos[] = {
 		},
 		.pkt_prep = ice_prep_pkts
 	},
+	[ICE_TX_AVX512_CTX_OFFLOAD] = {
+		.pkt_burst = ice_xmit_pkts_vec_avx512_ctx_offload,
+		.info = "Context Offload Vector AVX512",
+		.features = {
+			.tx_offloads = ICE_TX_VECTOR_CTX_OFFLOAD_OFFLOADS,
+			.simd_width = RTE_VECT_SIMD_512,
+			.ctx_desc = true
+		},
+		.pkt_prep = ice_prep_pkts
+	},
 #endif
 #elif defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64)
 	[ICE_TX_NEON] = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.h
index 37e346fe39..7aef372136 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.h
@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ uint16_t ice_xmit_pkts_vec_avx512(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 uint16_t ice_xmit_pkts_vec_avx512_offload(void *tx_queue,
 					  struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 					  uint16_t nb_pkts);
+uint16_t ice_xmit_pkts_vec_avx512_ctx_offload(void *tx_queue,
+					     struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
+					     uint16_t nb_pkts);
 int ice_fdir_programming(struct ice_pf *pf, struct ice_fltr_desc *fdir_desc);
 int ice_tx_done_cleanup(void *txq, uint32_t free_cnt);
 int ice_get_monitor_addr(void *rx_queue, struct rte_power_monitor_cond *pmc);
diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_avx512.c b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_avx512.c
index 309ab9fca7..f598caef47 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_avx512.c
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_avx512.c
@@ -901,6 +901,147 @@ ice_vtx(volatile struct ci_tx_desc *txdp, struct rte_mbuf **pkt,
 	}
 }
 
+static inline void
+ice_ctx_vtx1(volatile struct ci_tx_desc *txdp, struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
+	     uint64_t flags, bool offload)
+{
+	uint64_t high_data_qw = CI_TX_DESC_DTYPE_DATA |
+			(flags << CI_TXD_QW1_CMD_S) |
+			((uint64_t)pkt->data_len << CI_TXD_QW1_TX_BUF_SZ_S);
+	const uint64_t low_ctx_qw = offload ? ice_txd_tunneling_ctx(pkt) : 0;
+
+	if (offload)
+		ice_txd_enable_offload(pkt, &high_data_qw);
+
+	const __m256i ctx_data_desc = _mm256_set_epi64x(high_data_qw,
+			rte_pktmbuf_iova(pkt), CI_TX_DESC_DTYPE_CTX, low_ctx_qw);
+
+	_mm256_store_si256(RTE_CAST_PTR(__m256i *, txdp), ctx_data_desc);
+}
+
+static inline void
+ice_ctx_vtx(volatile struct ci_tx_desc *txdp, struct rte_mbuf **pkt,
+	    uint16_t nb_pkts, uint64_t flags, bool offload)
+{
+	while (nb_pkts > 1) {
+		uint64_t high_data_qw1 = CI_TX_DESC_DTYPE_DATA |
+				(flags << CI_TXD_QW1_CMD_S) |
+				((uint64_t)pkt[1]->data_len << CI_TXD_QW1_TX_BUF_SZ_S);
+		uint64_t high_data_qw0 = CI_TX_DESC_DTYPE_DATA |
+				(flags << CI_TXD_QW1_CMD_S) |
+				((uint64_t)pkt[0]->data_len << CI_TXD_QW1_TX_BUF_SZ_S);
+		const uint64_t low_ctx_qw1 = offload ? ice_txd_tunneling_ctx(pkt[1]) : 0;
+		const uint64_t low_ctx_qw0 = offload ? ice_txd_tunneling_ctx(pkt[0]) : 0;
+
+		if (offload) {
+			ice_txd_enable_offload(pkt[1], &high_data_qw1);
+			ice_txd_enable_offload(pkt[0], &high_data_qw0);
+		}
+
+		const __m512i ctx_data_desc = _mm512_set_epi64(high_data_qw1,
+				rte_pktmbuf_iova(pkt[1]), CI_TX_DESC_DTYPE_CTX, low_ctx_qw1,
+				high_data_qw0, rte_pktmbuf_iova(pkt[0]),
+				CI_TX_DESC_DTYPE_CTX, low_ctx_qw0);
+
+		_mm512_storeu_si512(RTE_CAST_PTR(void *, txdp), ctx_data_desc);
+		txdp += 4;
+		pkt += 2;
+		nb_pkts -= 2;
+	}
+
+	if (nb_pkts)
+		ice_ctx_vtx1(txdp, *pkt, flags, offload);
+}
+
+static inline uint16_t
+ice_xmit_fixed_burst_vec_avx512_ctx(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
+				   uint16_t nb_pkts, bool offload)
+{
+	struct ci_tx_queue *txq = tx_queue;
+	volatile struct ci_tx_desc *txdp;
+	struct ci_tx_entry_vec *txep;
+	uint16_t n, nb_commit, nb_mbuf, tx_id;
+	const uint64_t flags = CI_TX_DESC_CMD_DEFAULT;
+	const uint64_t rs = CI_TX_DESC_CMD_RS | flags;
+
+	if (txq->nb_tx_free < txq->tx_free_thresh)
+		ci_tx_free_bufs_vec(txq, ice_tx_desc_done, true);
+
+	nb_commit = (uint16_t)RTE_MIN(txq->nb_tx_free,
+			(uint32_t)nb_pkts * 2);
+	nb_commit &= (uint16_t)~1;
+	if (unlikely(nb_commit == 0))
+		return 0;
+
+	nb_pkts = nb_commit >> 1;
+	tx_id = txq->tx_tail;
+	txdp = &txq->ci_tx_ring[tx_id];
+	txep = &txq->sw_ring_vec[tx_id >> 1];
+
+	txq->nb_tx_free = (uint16_t)(txq->nb_tx_free - nb_commit);
+	n = (uint16_t)(txq->nb_tx_desc - tx_id);
+
+	if (nb_commit >= n) {
+		nb_mbuf = n >> 1;
+		ci_tx_backlog_entry_vec(txep, tx_pkts, nb_mbuf);
+
+		ice_ctx_vtx(txdp, tx_pkts, nb_mbuf - 1, flags, offload);
+		tx_pkts += nb_mbuf - 1;
+		txdp += n - 2;
+		ice_ctx_vtx1(txdp, *tx_pkts++, rs, offload);
+
+		nb_commit = (uint16_t)(nb_commit - n);
+		txq->tx_next_rs = (uint16_t)(txq->tx_rs_thresh - 1);
+		tx_id = 0;
+		txdp = txq->ci_tx_ring;
+		txep = txq->sw_ring_vec;
+	}
+
+	nb_mbuf = nb_commit >> 1;
+	ci_tx_backlog_entry_vec(txep, tx_pkts, nb_mbuf);
+	ice_ctx_vtx(txdp, tx_pkts, nb_mbuf, flags, offload);
+	tx_id = (uint16_t)(tx_id + nb_commit);
+
+	if (tx_id > txq->tx_next_rs) {
+		txq->ci_tx_ring[txq->tx_next_rs].cmd_type_offset_bsz |=
+			rte_cpu_to_le_64((uint64_t)CI_TX_DESC_CMD_RS << CI_TXD_QW1_CMD_S);
+		txq->tx_next_rs = (uint16_t)(txq->tx_next_rs + txq->tx_rs_thresh);
+	}
+
+	txq->tx_tail = tx_id;
+	ICE_PCI_REG_WC_WRITE(txq->qtx_tail, txq->tx_tail);
+
+	return nb_pkts;
+}
+
+static inline uint16_t
+ice_xmit_pkts_vec_avx512_ctx_common(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
+				   uint16_t nb_pkts, bool offload)
+{
+	struct ci_tx_queue *txq = tx_queue;
+	uint16_t nb_tx = 0;
+
+	while (nb_pkts) {
+		const uint16_t num = RTE_MIN(nb_pkts, txq->tx_rs_thresh >> 1);
+		const uint16_t ret = ice_xmit_fixed_burst_vec_avx512_ctx(tx_queue,
+				&tx_pkts[nb_tx], num, offload);
+
+		nb_tx += ret;
+		nb_pkts -= ret;
+		if (ret < num)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return nb_tx;
+}
+
+uint16_t
+ice_xmit_pkts_vec_avx512_ctx_offload(void *tx_queue,
+		struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
+{
+	return ice_xmit_pkts_vec_avx512_ctx_common(tx_queue, tx_pkts, nb_pkts, true);
+}
+
 static __rte_always_inline uint16_t
 ice_xmit_fixed_burst_vec_avx512(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 				uint16_t nb_pkts, bool do_offload)
-- 
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