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From: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
To: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, matan@mellanox.com, rasland@mellanox.com,
	bernard.iremonger@intel.com, thomas@mellanox.net
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/2] mbuf: introduce accurate packet Tx scheduling
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2020 17:23:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200707152304.GL5869@platinum> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1594133832-12785-1-git-send-email-viacheslavo@mellanox.com>

On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 02:57:11PM +0000, Viacheslav Ovsiienko wrote:
> There is the requirement on some networks for precise traffic timing
> management. The ability to send (and, generally speaking, receive)
> the packets at the very precisely specified moment of time provides
> the opportunity to support the connections with Time Division
> Multiplexing using the contemporary general purpose NIC without involving
> an auxiliary hardware. For example, the supporting of O-RAN Fronthaul
> interface is one of the promising features for potentially usage of the
> precise time management for the egress packets.
> 
> The main objective of this RFC is to specify the way how applications
> can provide the moment of time at what the packet transmission must be
> started and to describe in preliminary the supporting this feature from
> mlx5 PMD side.
> 
> The new dynamic timestamp field is proposed, it provides some timing
> information, the units and time references (initial phase) are not
> explicitly defined but are maintained always the same for a given port.
> Some devices allow to query rte_eth_read_clock() that will return
> the current device timestamp. The dynamic timestamp flag tells whether
> the field contains actual timestamp value. For the packets being sent
> this value can be used by PMD to schedule packet sending.
> 
> After PKT_RX_TIMESTAMP flag and fixed timestamp field deprecation
> and obsoleting, these dynamic flag and field will be used to manage
> the timestamps on receiving datapath as well.
> 
> When PMD sees the "rte_dynfield_timestamp" set on the packet being sent
> it tries to synchronize the time of packet appearing on the wire with
> the specified packet timestamp. If the specified one is in the past it
> should be ignored, if one is in the distant future it should be capped
> with some reasonable value (in range of seconds). These specific cases
> ("too late" and "distant future") can be optionally reported via
> device xstats to assist applications to detect the time-related
> problems.
> 
> There is no any packet reordering according timestamps is supposed,
> neither within packet burst, nor between packets, it is an entirely
> application responsibility to generate packets and its timestamps
> in desired order. The timestamps can be put only in the first packet
> in the burst providing the entire burst scheduling.
> 
> PMD reports the ability to synchronize packet sending on timestamp
> with new offload flag:
> 
> This is palliative and is going to be replaced with new eth_dev API
> about reporting/managing the supported dynamic flags and its related
> features. This API would break ABI compatibility and can't be introduced
> at the moment, so is postponed to 20.11.
> 
> For testing purposes it is proposed to update testpmd "txonly"
> forwarding mode routine. With this update testpmd application generates
> the packets and sets the dynamic timestamps according to specified time
> pattern if it sees the "rte_dynfield_timestamp" is registered.
> 
> The new testpmd command is proposed to configure sending pattern:
> 
> set tx_times <burst_gap>,<intra_gap>
> 
> <intra_gap> - the delay between the packets within the burst
>               specified in the device clock units. The number
>               of packets in the burst is defined by txburst parameter
> 
> <burst_gap> - the delay between the bursts in the device clock units
> 
> As the result the bursts of packet will be transmitted with specific
> delays between the packets within the burst and specific delay between
> the bursts. The rte_eth_get_clock is supposed to be engaged to get the
> current device clock value and provide the reference for the timestamps.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
> ---
>  v1->v4:
>     - dedicated dynamic Tx timestamp flag instead of shared with Rx
>     - Doxygen-style comment
>     - comments update
> 
> ---
>  lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c |  1 +
>  lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h |  4 ++++
>  lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_dyn.h | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> index 8e10a6f..02157d5 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> @@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ struct rte_eth_xstats_name_off {
>  	RTE_TX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(UDP_TNL_TSO),
>  	RTE_TX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(IP_TNL_TSO),
>  	RTE_TX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(OUTER_UDP_CKSUM),
> +	RTE_TX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(SEND_ON_TIMESTAMP),
>  };
>  
>  #undef RTE_TX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR
> diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> index a49242b..6f6454c 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> @@ -1178,6 +1178,10 @@ struct rte_eth_conf {
>  /** Device supports outer UDP checksum */
>  #define DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_UDP_CKSUM  0x00100000
>  
> +/** Device supports send on timestamp */
> +#define DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_SEND_ON_TIMESTAMP 0x00200000
> +
> +
>  #define RTE_ETH_DEV_CAPA_RUNTIME_RX_QUEUE_SETUP 0x00000001
>  /**< Device supports Rx queue setup after device started*/
>  #define RTE_ETH_DEV_CAPA_RUNTIME_TX_QUEUE_SETUP 0x00000002
> diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_dyn.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_dyn.h
> index 96c3631..7e9f7d2 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_dyn.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_dyn.h
> @@ -250,4 +250,35 @@ int rte_mbuf_dynflag_lookup(const char *name,
>  #define RTE_MBUF_DYNFIELD_METADATA_NAME "rte_flow_dynfield_metadata"
>  #define RTE_MBUF_DYNFLAG_METADATA_NAME "rte_flow_dynflag_metadata"
>  
> +/**
> + * The timestamp dynamic field provides some timing information, the
> + * units and time references (initial phase) are not explicitly defined
> + * but are maintained always the same for a given port. Some devices allow4

allow4 -> allow

> + * to query rte_eth_read_clock() that will return the current device
> + * timestamp. The dynamic Tx timestamp flag tells whether the field contains
> + * actual timestamp value. For the packets being sent this value can be
> + * used by PMD to schedule packet sending.
> + *
> + * After PKT_RX_TIMESTAMP flag and fixed timestamp field deprecation
> + * and obsoleting, the dedicated Rx timestamp flag is supposed to be
> + * introduced and the shared dynamic timestamp field will be used
> + * to handle the timestamps on receiving datapath as well.
> + */
> +#define RTE_MBUF_DYNFIELD_TIMESTAMP_NAME "rte_dynfield_timestamp"
> +
> +/**
> + * When PMD sees the RTE_MBUF_DYNFLAG_TX_TIMESTAMP_NAME flag set on the
> + * packet being sent it tries to synchronize the time of packet appearing
> + * on the wire with the specified packet timestamp. If the specified one
> + * is in the past it should be ignored, if one is in the distant future
> + * it should be capped with some reasonable value (in range of seconds).
> + *
> + * There is no any packet reordering according to timestamps is supposed,
> + * neither for packet within the burst, nor for the whole bursts, it is
> + * an entirely application responsibility to generate packets and its
> + * timestamps in desired order. The timestamps might be put only in
> + * the first packet in the burst providing the entire burst scheduling.
> + */
> +#define RTE_MBUF_DYNFLAG_TX_TIMESTAMP_NAME "rte_dynflag_tx_timestamp"
> +

Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-07-07 15:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-10  6:38 [dpdk-dev] [RFC] mbuf: " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-06-10 13:33 ` Harman Kalra
2020-06-10 15:16   ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-06-17 15:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Harman Kalra
2020-07-01 15:46       ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-07-01 15:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] mbuf: introduce " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-01 15:36   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] app/testpmd: add send scheduling test capability Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-07 11:50   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] mbuf: introduce accurate packet Tx scheduling Olivier Matz
2020-07-07 12:46     ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-07-07 12:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-07 12:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] app/testpmd: add send scheduling test capability Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-07 13:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] mbuf: introduce accurate packet Tx scheduling Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-07 13:08   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] app/testpmd: add send scheduling test capability Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-07 14:32   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] mbuf: introduce accurate packet Tx scheduling Olivier Matz
2020-07-07 14:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-07 14:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/2] app/testpmd: add send scheduling test capability Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-07 15:23   ` Olivier Matz [this message]
2020-07-08 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/2] mbuf: introduce accurate packet Txscheduling Morten Brørup
2020-07-08 14:54     ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-07-08 15:27       ` Morten Brørup
2020-07-08 15:51         ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-07-08 15:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] mbuf: introduce accurate packet Tx scheduling Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-08 15:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/2] app/testpmd: add send scheduling test capability Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-08 16:05   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] mbuf: introduce accurate packet Tx scheduling Slava Ovsiienko
2020-07-09 12:26   ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-09 12:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-09 12:36   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/2] app/testpmd: add send scheduling test capability Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-09 23:58     ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-07-10 12:41       ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-07-09 23:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/2] mbuf: introduce accurate packet Tx scheduling Ferruh Yigit
2020-07-10 12:32     ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-07-10 12:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-10 12:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/2] app/testpmd: add send scheduling test capability Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-10 15:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/2] mbuf: introduce accurate packet Tx scheduling Slava Ovsiienko
2020-07-10 22:07     ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-07-15  6:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/17] net/mlx5: " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/17] common/mlx5: update common part to support packet pacing Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/17] net/mlx5: introduce send scheduling devargs Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/17] net/mlx5: fix UAR lock sharing for multiport devices Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/17] net/mlx5: introduce shared UAR resource Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/17] net/mlx5: create clock queue for packet pacing Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/17] net/mlx5: create rearm " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/17] net/mlx5: create Tx queues with DevX Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/17] net/mlx5: allocate packet pacing context Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/17] net/mlx5: introduce clock queue service routine Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/17] net/mlx5: prepare Tx queue structures to support timestamp Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/17] net/mlx5: convert timestamp to completion index Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/17] net/mlx5: prepare Tx datapath to support sheduling Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 13/17] net/mlx5: add scheduling support to send routine template Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 14/17] net/mlx5: add read device clock support Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 15/17] net/mlx5: provide the send scheduling error statistics Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 16/17] common/mlx5: add register access DevX routine Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-15  6:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 17/17] net/mlx5: convert Rx timestamps in realtime format Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/17] net/mlx5: introduce accurate packet Tx scheduling Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 01/17] common/mlx5: update common part to support packet pacing Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 02/17] net/mlx5: introduce send scheduling devargs Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 03/17] net/mlx5: fix UAR lock sharing for multiport devices Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 04/17] net/mlx5: introduce shared UAR resource Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 05/17] net/mlx5: create clock queue for packet pacing Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 06/17] net/mlx5: create rearm " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 07/17] net/mlx5: create Tx queues with DevX Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-20 14:18     ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-07-20 15:25       ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-07-21 11:35         ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 08/17] net/mlx5: allocate packet pacing context Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 09/17] net/mlx5: introduce clock queue service routine Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 10/17] net/mlx5: prepare Tx queue structures to support timestamp Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 11/17] net/mlx5: convert timestamp to completion index Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 12/17] net/mlx5: prepare Tx datapath to support sheduling Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 13/17] net/mlx5: add scheduling support to send routine template Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 14/17] net/mlx5: add read device clock support Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 15/17] net/mlx5: provide the send scheduling error statistics Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 16/17] common/mlx5: add register access DevX routine Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16  8:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 17/17] net/mlx5: convert Rx timestamps in realtime format Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-16 20:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/17] net/mlx5: introduce accurate packet Tx scheduling Raslan Darawsheh
2020-07-17 14:28 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] net/mlx5: fix compilation issue with missing DevX event Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-17 14:28   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] net/mlx5: fix compilation issue with atomic128 exchange Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-17 15:08     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-17 15:15       ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-07-17 14:28   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] common/mlx5: fix DevX register access opcode Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-07-17 15:05     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-17 15:11       ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-07-17 15:19         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-17 15:23           ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-07-17 15:59             ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-18 13:38   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] net/mlx5: fix compilation issue with missing DevX event Raslan Darawsheh

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