[spp] [PATCH 5/6] docs: add spp_pcap into document of explanation

[x-fn-spp at sl.ntt-tx.co.jp]

From: Hideyuki Yamashita <yamashita.hideyuki at po.ntt-tx.co.jp>

Add spp_pcap into document of explanation.

Signed-off-by: Hideyuki Yamashita <yamashita.hideyuki at po.ntt-tx.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Naoki Takada <takada.naoki at lab.ntt.co.jp>
---
 docs/guides/spp_vf/explain/functions_pcap.rst | 144 ++++++++++++++++++
 docs/guides/spp_vf/explain/index.rst          |   1 +
 2 files changed, 145 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/guides/spp_vf/explain/functions_pcap.rst

diff --git a/docs/guides/spp_vf/explain/functions_pcap.rst b/docs/guides/spp_vf/explain/functions_pcap.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c3f624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/guides/spp_vf/explain/functions_pcap.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright(c) 2019 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
+
+.. _spp_pcap_explain:
+
+spp_pcap
+========
+
+The following sections provide some explanation of the code.
+
+Initializing
+------------
+
+A manager thread of ``spp_pcap`` initialize eal by ``rte_eal_init()``.
+Then each of component threads are launched by
+``rte_eal_remote_launch()``.
+
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    /* spp_pcap.c */
+    int ret_dpdk = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
+
+    /* Start worker threads of classifier and forwarder */
+    RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE(lcore_id) {
+        g_core_info[lcore_id].core[0].num = 1;
+        g_pcap_info[lcore_id].thread_no = thread_no++;
+        rte_eal_remote_launch(slave_main, NULL, lcore_id);
+    }
+
+
+Main function of slave thread
+-----------------------------
+
+``slave_main()`` is called from ``rte_eal_remote_launch()``.
+It call ``pcap_proc_receive()`` or ``pcap_proc_write()``
+depending on the core assignment.
+``pcap_proc_write();`` provides function for ``receive``,
+and ``pcap_proc_write();`` provides function for ``write``.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    /* spp_pcap.c */
+        int ret = SPP_RET_OK;
+        unsigned int lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
+        enum spp_core_status status = SPP_CORE_STOP;
+        struct pcap_mng_info *pcap_info = &g_pcap_info[lcore_id];
+
+        if (pcap_info->thread_no == 0) {
+                RTE_LOG(INFO, PCAP, "Core[%d] Start recive.\n", lcore_id);
+                pcap_info->type = TYPE_RECIVE;
+        } else {
+                RTE_LOG(INFO, PCAP, "Core[%d] Start write(%d).\n",
+                                        lcore_id, pcap_info->thread_no);
+                pcap_info->type = TYPE_WRITE;
+        }
+        RTE_LOG(INFO, PCAP, "Core[%d] Start.\n", lcore_id);
+        set_core_status(lcore_id, SPP_CORE_IDLE);
+
+        while ((status = spp_get_core_status(lcore_id)) !=
+                        SPP_CORE_STOP_REQUEST) {
+
+                if (pcap_info->type == TYPE_RECIVE)
+                        ret = pcap_proc_receive(lcore_id);
+                else
+                        ret = pcap_proc_write(lcore_id);
+                if (unlikely(ret != SPP_RET_OK)) {
+                        RTE_LOG(ERR, PCAP, "Core[%d] Thread Error.\n",
+                                                                lcore_id);
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+
+Receive Pakcet
+--------------
+
+``pcap_proc_receive()`` is the function to realize
+receiving incoming packets. This function is called in the while loop and
+receive packets. Everytime it receves packet via ``spp_eth_rx_burst()``, then
+it enqueue those packet into the ring using ``rte_ring_enqueue_bulk()``.
+Those packets are trnsfered to ``write`` cores via the ring.
+
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+        /* spp_pcap.c */
+        /* Receive packets */
+        rx = &g_pcap_option.port_cap;
+
+        nb_rx = spp_eth_rx_burst(rx->dpdk_port, 0, bufs, MAX_PKT_BURST);
+        if (unlikely(nb_rx == 0))
+                return SPP_RET_OK;
+
+        /* Write ring packets */
+
+        nb_tx = rte_ring_enqueue_bulk(write_ring, (void *)bufs, nb_rx, NULL);
+
+        /* Discard remained packets to release mbuf */
+
+        if (unlikely(nb_tx < nb_rx)) {
+                for (buf = nb_tx; buf < nb_rx; buf++)
+                        rte_pktmbuf_free(bufs[buf]);
+        }
+
+        return SPP_RET_OK;
+
+
+Write Packet
+------------
+
+In ``pcap_proc_write()``, it dequeue packets from ring.Then it writes to
+storage after data compression using LZ4 libraries. ``compress_file_packet``
+is the function to write packet with LZ4. LZ4 is lossless compression
+algorithm, providing compression speed > 500 MB/s per core, scalable with
+multi-cores CPU. It features an extremely fast decoder, with speed in multiple
+GB/s per core, typically reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems.
+Please see details in
+`LZ4
+<https://github.com/lz4/lz4>`_
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+        /* Read packets */
+        nb_rx =  rte_ring_dequeue_bulk(read_ring, (void *)bufs, MAX_PKT_BURST,
+                                                                        NULL);
+        if (unlikely(nb_rx == 0))
+                return SPP_RET_OK;
+
+        for (buf = 0; buf < nb_rx; buf++) {
+                mbuf = bufs[buf];
+                rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mbuf, void *));
+                if (compress_file_packet(&g_pcap_info[lcore_id], mbuf)
+                                                        != SPP_RET_OK) {
+                        RTE_LOG(ERR, PCAP, "capture file write error: "
+                                "%d (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+                        ret = SPP_RET_NG;
+                        info->status = SPP_CAPTURE_IDLE;
+                        compress_file_operation(info, CLOSE_MODE);
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+        for (buf = nb_rx; buf < nb_rx; buf++)
+                rte_pktmbuf_free(bufs[buf]);
+        return ret;
diff --git a/docs/guides/spp_vf/explain/index.rst b/docs/guides/spp_vf/explain/index.rst
index 3f56936..d5d108f 100644
--- a/docs/guides/spp_vf/explain/index.rst
+++ b/docs/guides/spp_vf/explain/index.rst
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ Explanation
 
    functions_vf
    functions_mirror
+   functions_pcap
-- 
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