From: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org
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Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/7] ethdev: copy ethdev 'fast' API into separate structure
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 14:55:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211004135603.20593-4-konstantin.ananyev@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211004135603.20593-1-konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
Copy public function pointers (rx_pkt_burst(), etc.) and related
pointers to internal data from rte_eth_dev structure into a
separate flat array. That array will remain in a public header.
The intention here is to make rte_eth_dev and related structures internal.
That should allow future possible changes to core eth_dev structures
to be transparent to the user and help to avoid ABI/API breakages.
The plan is to keep minimal part of data from rte_eth_dev public,
so we still can use inline functions for 'fast' calls
(like rte_eth_rx_burst(), etc.) to avoid/minimize slowdown.
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
---
lib/ethdev/ethdev_private.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
lib/ethdev/ethdev_private.h | 7 +++++
lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev_core.h | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 131 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/ethdev/ethdev_private.c b/lib/ethdev/ethdev_private.c
index 012cf73ca2..3eeda6e9f9 100644
--- a/lib/ethdev/ethdev_private.c
+++ b/lib/ethdev/ethdev_private.c
@@ -174,3 +174,55 @@ rte_eth_devargs_parse_representor_ports(char *str, void *data)
RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "wrong representor format: %s\n", str);
return str == NULL ? -1 : 0;
}
+
+static uint16_t
+dummy_eth_rx_burst(__rte_unused void *rxq,
+ __rte_unused struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
+ __rte_unused uint16_t nb_pkts)
+{
+ RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "rx_pkt_burst for unconfigured port\n");
+ rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static uint16_t
+dummy_eth_tx_burst(__rte_unused void *txq,
+ __rte_unused struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
+ __rte_unused uint16_t nb_pkts)
+{
+ RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "tx_pkt_burst for unconfigured port\n");
+ rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void
+eth_dev_fp_ops_reset(struct rte_eth_fp_ops *fpo)
+{
+ static void *dummy_data[RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT];
+ static const struct rte_eth_fp_ops dummy_ops = {
+ .rx_pkt_burst = dummy_eth_rx_burst,
+ .tx_pkt_burst = dummy_eth_tx_burst,
+ .rxq = {.data = dummy_data, .clbk = dummy_data,},
+ .txq = {.data = dummy_data, .clbk = dummy_data,},
+ };
+
+ *fpo = dummy_ops;
+}
+
+void
+eth_dev_fp_ops_setup(struct rte_eth_fp_ops *fpo,
+ const struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+ fpo->rx_pkt_burst = dev->rx_pkt_burst;
+ fpo->tx_pkt_burst = dev->tx_pkt_burst;
+ fpo->tx_pkt_prepare = dev->tx_pkt_prepare;
+ fpo->rx_queue_count = dev->rx_queue_count;
+ fpo->rx_descriptor_status = dev->rx_descriptor_status;
+ fpo->tx_descriptor_status = dev->tx_descriptor_status;
+
+ fpo->rxq.data = dev->data->rx_queues;
+ fpo->rxq.clbk = (void **)(uintptr_t)dev->post_rx_burst_cbs;
+
+ fpo->txq.data = dev->data->tx_queues;
+ fpo->txq.clbk = (void **)(uintptr_t)dev->pre_tx_burst_cbs;
+}
diff --git a/lib/ethdev/ethdev_private.h b/lib/ethdev/ethdev_private.h
index 3724429577..40333e7651 100644
--- a/lib/ethdev/ethdev_private.h
+++ b/lib/ethdev/ethdev_private.h
@@ -26,4 +26,11 @@ eth_find_device(const struct rte_eth_dev *_start, rte_eth_cmp_t cmp,
/* Parse devargs value for representor parameter. */
int rte_eth_devargs_parse_representor_ports(char *str, void *data);
+/* reset eth 'fast' API to dummy values */
+void eth_dev_fp_ops_reset(struct rte_eth_fp_ops *fpo);
+
+/* setup eth 'fast' API to ethdev values */
+void eth_dev_fp_ops_setup(struct rte_eth_fp_ops *fpo,
+ const struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
+
#endif /* _ETH_PRIVATE_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
index 424bc260fa..036c82cbfb 100644
--- a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
static const char *MZ_RTE_ETH_DEV_DATA = "rte_eth_dev_data";
struct rte_eth_dev rte_eth_devices[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+/* public 'fast' API */
+struct rte_eth_fp_ops rte_eth_fp_ops[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+
/* spinlock for eth device callbacks */
static rte_spinlock_t eth_dev_cb_lock = RTE_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER;
@@ -578,6 +581,8 @@ rte_eth_dev_release_port(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
rte_eth_dev_callback_process(eth_dev,
RTE_ETH_EVENT_DESTROY, NULL);
+ eth_dev_fp_ops_reset(rte_eth_fp_ops + eth_dev->data->port_id);
+
rte_spinlock_lock(ð_dev_shared_data->ownership_lock);
eth_dev->state = RTE_ETH_DEV_UNUSED;
@@ -1788,6 +1793,9 @@ rte_eth_dev_start(uint16_t port_id)
(*dev->dev_ops->link_update)(dev, 0);
}
+ /* expose selection of PMD rx/tx function */
+ eth_dev_fp_ops_setup(rte_eth_fp_ops + port_id, dev);
+
rte_ethdev_trace_start(port_id);
return 0;
}
@@ -1810,6 +1818,9 @@ rte_eth_dev_stop(uint16_t port_id)
return 0;
}
+ /* point rx/tx functions to dummy ones */
+ eth_dev_fp_ops_reset(rte_eth_fp_ops + port_id);
+
dev->data->dev_started = 0;
ret = (*dev->dev_ops->dev_stop)(dev);
rte_ethdev_trace_stop(port_id, ret);
@@ -4568,6 +4579,14 @@ rte_eth_mirror_rule_reset(uint16_t port_id, uint8_t rule_id)
return eth_err(port_id, (*dev->dev_ops->mirror_rule_reset)(dev, rule_id));
}
+RTE_INIT(eth_dev_init_fp_ops)
+{
+ uint32_t i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(rte_eth_fp_ops); i++)
+ eth_dev_fp_ops_reset(rte_eth_fp_ops + i);
+}
+
RTE_INIT(eth_dev_init_cb_lists)
{
uint16_t i;
@@ -4736,6 +4755,14 @@ rte_eth_dev_probing_finish(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
if (dev == NULL)
return;
+ /*
+ * for secondary process, at that point we expect device
+ * to be already 'usable', so shared data and all function pointers
+ * for 'fast' devops have to be setup properly inside rte_eth_dev.
+ */
+ if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_SECONDARY)
+ eth_dev_fp_ops_setup(rte_eth_fp_ops + dev->data->port_id, dev);
+
rte_eth_dev_callback_process(dev, RTE_ETH_EVENT_NEW, NULL);
dev->state = RTE_ETH_DEV_ATTACHED;
diff --git a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev_core.h b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev_core.h
index 948c0b71c1..fe47a660c7 100644
--- a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev_core.h
+++ b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev_core.h
@@ -53,6 +53,51 @@ typedef int (*eth_rx_descriptor_status_t)(void *rxq, uint16_t offset);
typedef int (*eth_tx_descriptor_status_t)(void *txq, uint16_t offset);
/**< @internal Check the status of a Tx descriptor */
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Structure used to hold opaque pointernals to internal ethdev RX/TXi
+ * queues data.
+ * The main purpose to expose these pointers at all - allow compiler
+ * to fetch this data for 'fast' ethdev inline functions in advance.
+ */
+struct rte_ethdev_qdata {
+ void **data;
+ /**< points to array of internal queue data pointers */
+ void **clbk;
+ /**< points to array of queue callback data pointers */
+};
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * 'fast' ethdev funcions and related data are hold in a flat array.
+ * one entry per ethdev.
+ */
+struct rte_eth_fp_ops {
+
+ /** first 64B line */
+ eth_rx_burst_t rx_pkt_burst;
+ /**< PMD receive function. */
+ eth_tx_burst_t tx_pkt_burst;
+ /**< PMD transmit function. */
+ eth_tx_prep_t tx_pkt_prepare;
+ /**< PMD transmit prepare function. */
+ eth_rx_queue_count_t rx_queue_count;
+ /**< Get the number of used RX descriptors. */
+ eth_rx_descriptor_status_t rx_descriptor_status;
+ /**< Check the status of a Rx descriptor. */
+ eth_tx_descriptor_status_t tx_descriptor_status;
+ /**< Check the status of a Tx descriptor. */
+ uintptr_t reserved[2];
+
+ /** second 64B line */
+ struct rte_ethdev_qdata rxq;
+ struct rte_ethdev_qdata txq;
+ uintptr_t reserved2[4];
+
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+extern struct rte_eth_fp_ops rte_eth_fp_ops[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+
/**
* @internal
--
2.26.3
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Thread overview: 112+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-20 16:28 [dpdk-dev] [RFC 0/7] hide eth dev related structures Konstantin Ananyev
2021-08-20 16:28 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/7] eth: move ethdev 'burst' API into separate structure Konstantin Ananyev
2021-08-20 16:28 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 2/7] eth: make drivers to use new API for Rx Konstantin Ananyev
2021-09-06 18:41 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-09-14 14:28 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-08-20 16:28 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 3/7] eth: make drivers to use new API for Tx Konstantin Ananyev
2021-08-20 16:28 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 4/7] eth: make drivers to use new API for Tx prepare Konstantin Ananyev
2021-08-20 16:28 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 5/7] eth: make drivers to use new API to obtain descriptor status Konstantin Ananyev
2021-08-20 16:28 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 6/7] eth: make drivers to use new API for Rx queue count Konstantin Ananyev
2021-08-20 16:28 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 7/7] eth: hide eth dev related structures Konstantin Ananyev
2021-08-26 12:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 0/7] " Jerin Jacob
2021-09-06 18:09 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-09-14 13:33 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-09-15 9:45 ` Jerin Jacob
2021-09-22 15:08 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-09-27 16:14 ` Jerin Jacob
2021-09-28 9:37 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-09-22 14:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 0/5] " Konstantin Ananyev
2021-09-22 14:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/5] ethdev: allocate max space for internal queue array Konstantin Ananyev
2021-09-22 14:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 2/5] ethdev: change input parameters for rx_queue_count Konstantin Ananyev
2021-09-23 5:51 ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-09-22 14:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 3/5] ethdev: copy ethdev 'burst' API into separate structure Konstantin Ananyev
2021-09-23 5:58 ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-09-27 18:01 ` Jerin Jacob
2021-09-28 9:42 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-09-22 14:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 4/5] ethdev: make burst functions to use new flat array Konstantin Ananyev
2021-09-22 14:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 5/5] ethdev: hide eth dev related structures Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-01 14:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/7] " Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-01 14:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/7] ethdev: allocate max space for internal queue array Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-01 16:48 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-01 14:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/7] ethdev: change input parameters for rx_queue_count Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-01 14:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/7] ethdev: copy ethdev 'fast' API into separate structure Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-01 14:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/7] ethdev: make burst functions to use new flat array Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-01 16:46 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-01 17:40 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-04 8:46 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-04 9:20 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-04 10:13 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-04 11:17 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-01 14:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/7] ethdev: add API to retrieve multiple ethernet addresses Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-01 14:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/7] ethdev: remove legacy Rx descriptor done API Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-01 14:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/7] ethdev: hide eth dev related structures Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-01 16:53 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-01 17:04 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-01 17:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/7] " Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-04 13:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 " Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-04 13:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/7] ethdev: allocate max space for internal queue array Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-05 12:09 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-05 16:45 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-05 16:49 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-05 12:21 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-04 13:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/7] ethdev: change input parameters for rx_queue_count Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-04 13:55 ` Konstantin Ananyev [this message]
2021-10-05 13:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/7] ethdev: copy ethdev 'fast' API into separate structure Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-05 16:41 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-05 16:48 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-05 17:04 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-04 13:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/7] ethdev: make burst functions to use new flat array Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-05 9:54 ` David Marchand
2021-10-05 10:13 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-04 13:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/7] ethdev: add API to retrieve multiple ethernet addresses Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-05 13:13 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-05 16:35 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-05 16:45 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-05 17:12 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-05 17:41 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-04 13:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/7] ethdev: remove legacy Rx descriptor done API Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-05 13:14 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-05 16:21 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-04 13:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/7] ethdev: hide eth dev related structures Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-05 10:04 ` David Marchand
2021-10-05 10:43 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-05 11:37 ` David Marchand
2021-10-05 15:57 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-05 13:24 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-05 16:19 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-05 16:25 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-06 16:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/7] " Ali Alnubani
2021-10-06 17:26 ` Ali Alnubani
2021-10-07 11:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 " Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-07 11:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/7] ethdev: remove legacy Rx descriptor done API Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-07 11:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/7] ethdev: allocate max space for internal queue array Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-11 9:20 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-11 16:25 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-11 17:15 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-11 23:06 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-12 5:47 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-07 11:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/7] ethdev: change input parameters for rx_queue_count Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-11 8:06 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-12 17:59 ` Hyong Youb Kim (hyonkim)
2021-10-07 11:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/7] ethdev: copy fast-path API into separate structure Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-09 12:05 ` fengchengwen
2021-10-11 1:18 ` fengchengwen
2021-10-11 8:39 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-11 15:24 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-11 8:35 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-11 15:15 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-11 8:25 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-11 16:52 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-11 17:22 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-07 11:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/7] ethdev: make fast-path functions to use new flat array Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-11 9:02 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-11 15:47 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-11 17:03 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-07 11:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/7] ethdev: add API to retrieve multiple ethernet addresses Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-11 9:09 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-07 11:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 7/7] ethdev: hide eth dev related structures Konstantin Ananyev
2021-10-11 9:20 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-11 15:54 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2021-10-11 17:04 ` Andrew Rybchenko
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