[PATCH v2] net/idpf: fix Tx of large mbuf segments

[Medvedkin, Vladimir]

Acked-by: Vladimir Medvedkin <vladimir.medvedkin at intel.com>

On 7/1/2026 9:23 AM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> When TSO is enabled, and we get a packet to transmit where an individual
> mbuf segment is longer than 16k, we need to split that segment across
> multiple Tx descriptors. This support is present in the single-queue
> mode of idpf - since it shares common code with the other Intel drivers
> -  but was missing from the splitq path.
>
> This patch adds the proper data path handling. Previous work ensured
> that the descriptor count calculation took over-sized segments into
> account but the actual descriptor writing part was overlooked.
>
> Fixes: 770f4dfe0f79 ("net/idpf: support basic Tx data path")
> Fixes: 2904020f8313 ("net/intel: add common function to calculate needed descs")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> ---
> V2: change check for number of free descriptor slots to use the correct
>      count, rather than just the number of mbuf segments passed
> ---
>   drivers/net/intel/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/intel/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx.c
> index a123d969ee..2c87e02c98 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/intel/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/intel/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx.c
> @@ -952,9 +952,6 @@ idpf_dp_splitq_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
>   				idpf_split_tx_free(txq->complq);
>   		}
>   
> -		if (txq->nb_tx_free < tx_pkt->nb_segs)
> -			break;
> -
>   		cmd_dtype = 0;
>   		ol_flags = tx_pkt->ol_flags;
>   		tx_offload.l2_len = tx_pkt->l2_len;
> @@ -976,6 +973,9 @@ idpf_dp_splitq_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
>   		else
>   			nb_used = tx_pkt->nb_segs + nb_ctx;
>   
> +		if (txq->nb_tx_free < nb_used)
> +			break;
> +
>   		if (ol_flags & CI_TX_CKSUM_OFFLOAD_MASK)
>   			cmd_dtype = IDPF_TXD_FLEX_FLOW_CMD_CS_EN;
>   
> @@ -994,16 +994,43 @@ idpf_dp_splitq_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
>   		uint16_t first_sw_id = sw_id;
>   
>   		do {
> +			uint16_t slen = tx_pkt->data_len;
> +			rte_iova_t buf_dma_addr = rte_mbuf_data_iova(tx_pkt);
> +
> +			/* Split segment across multiple descriptors if needed
> +			 * for TSO packets where segment exceeds max buf size.
> +			 */
> +			while ((ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_SEG) &&
> +					unlikely(slen > CI_MAX_DATA_PER_TXD)) {
> +				txd = &txr[tx_id];
> +				txn = &sw_ring[txe->next_id];
> +				txe->mbuf = NULL;
> +
> +				txd->buf_addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(buf_dma_addr);
> +				txd->qw1.cmd_dtype = cmd_dtype |
> +					IDPF_TX_DESC_DTYPE_FLEX_FLOW_SCHE;
> +				txd->qw1.rxr_bufsize = CI_MAX_DATA_PER_TXD;
> +				txd->qw1.compl_tag = sw_id;
> +
> +				buf_dma_addr += CI_MAX_DATA_PER_TXD;
> +				slen -= CI_MAX_DATA_PER_TXD;
> +
> +				tx_id++;
> +				if (tx_id == txq->nb_tx_desc)
> +					tx_id = 0;
> +				sw_id = txe->next_id;
> +				txe = txn;
> +			}
> +
>   			txd = &txr[tx_id];
>   			txn = &sw_ring[txe->next_id];
>   			txe->mbuf = tx_pkt;
>   
>   			/* Setup TX descriptor */
> -			txd->buf_addr =
> -				rte_cpu_to_le_64(rte_mbuf_data_iova(tx_pkt));
> -			cmd_dtype |= IDPF_TX_DESC_DTYPE_FLEX_FLOW_SCHE;
> -			txd->qw1.cmd_dtype = cmd_dtype;
> -			txd->qw1.rxr_bufsize = tx_pkt->data_len;
> +			txd->buf_addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(buf_dma_addr);
> +			txd->qw1.cmd_dtype = cmd_dtype |
> +				IDPF_TX_DESC_DTYPE_FLEX_FLOW_SCHE;
> +			txd->qw1.rxr_bufsize = slen;
>   			txd->qw1.compl_tag = sw_id;
>   			tx_id++;
>   			if (tx_id == txq->nb_tx_desc)

-- 
Regards,
Vladimir