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* [dpdk-dev] [RFC 0/3] ethdev: datapath-focused flow rules management
@ 2021-10-06  4:48 Alexander Kozyrev
  2021-10-06  4:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] ethdev: introduce flow pre-configuration hints Alexander Kozyrev
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From: Alexander Kozyrev @ 2021-10-06  4:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dev
  Cc: thomas, orika, ivan.malov, andrew.rybchenko, ferruh.yigit,
	mohammad.abdul.awal, qi.z.zhang, jerinj, ajit.khaparde

The current flow rules insertion mechanism assumes applications
manage flow rules lifecycle in the control path. The flow rules
creation/destruction is performed synchronously and under a lock.
But for applications doing this job as part of the datapath, any
blocking operations are not desirable as they cause delay in the
packet processing.

These patches optimize a datapath-focused flow rules management
approach based on four main concepts:

1. Pre-configuration hints.
In order to reduce the overhead of the flow rules management, the
application may provide some hints at the initialization phase about
flow rules characteristics to be used. The configuration funtion
pre-allocates all the needed resources inside a PMD/HW beforehand and
these resources are used at a later stage without costly allocations.

2. Flow grouping using templates.
Unlike current stage where each flow rule is treated as independent entity,
new approach can leverage application knowledge about common patterns in
most of flows. Similar flows are grouped toghether using templates to enable
better resource management inside the PMD/HW.

3. Queue-based flow management.
Flow rules creation/destruction is done by using lockless flow queues.
The application configures number of queues during the initialization stage.
Then create/destroy operations are enqueued without any lock.

4. Asynchronous operations.
There is a way to spare the datapath from waiting for the flow rule
creation/destruction. Adopting an asynchronous queue-based approach,
the packet processing can continue with handling next packets while
inserting/deleting a flow rule inside the hardware. The application
is expected to poll for results later to see if the flow rule is
successfully inserted/deleted or not.

Example on how to use this approach. Init stage consists from the resources
preallocation, item and action templates definition and corresponding tables
create. All these steps should be done before a device is started:

rte_eth_dev_configure();
rte_flow_configure(port_id, number_of_flow_queues, max_num_of_counters);
rte_flow_item_template_create(port_id, items("eth/ipv4/udp"));
rte_flow_action_template_create(port_id, actions("counter/set_tp_src"));
rte_flow_table_create(port_id, item_template, action_template);
rte_eth_dev_start();

The packet processing can start once all the resources are preallocated.
Flow rules creation/destruction jobs are enqueued as a part of the packet
handling logic. These jobs are then flushed to the PMD/HW and their status
is beign rquested via the dequeue API as a method to ensure flow rules
are successfully created/destroyed.

rte_eth_rx_burst();
for (every received packet in the burts) {
  if (flow rule needs to be created) {
    rte_flow_q_flow_create(port_id, flow_queue_id, table_id,
        item_template_id, items("eth/ipv4 is 1.1.1.1/udp"),
         action_template_id, actions("counter/set_tp_src is 5555"));
  } else {flow rule needs tp be destroyed) {
    rte_flow_q_flow_destroy(port_id, flow_queue_id, flow_rule_id);
  }
  rte_flow_q_flush(port_id, flow_queue_id);
  rte_flow_q_dequeue(port_id, flow_queue_id, &result);
}

Signed-off-by: Alexander Kozyrev <akozyrev@nvidia.com>
Suggested-by: Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com>

Alexander Kozyrev (3):
  ethdev: introduce flow pre-configuration hints
  ethdev: add flow item/action templates
  ethdev: add async queue-based flow rules operations

 lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h | 626 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 626 insertions(+)

-- 
2.18.2


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2022-02-09 21:37 ` [PATCH v4 00/10] ethdev: datapath-focused flow rules management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-09 21:38   ` [PATCH v4 01/10] ethdev: introduce flow pre-configuration hints Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-09 21:38   ` [PATCH v4 02/10] ethdev: add flow item/action templates Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-09 21:38   ` [PATCH v4 03/10] ethdev: bring in async queue-based flow rules operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-09 21:38   ` [PATCH v4 04/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow configuration Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-10  9:32     ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-02-09 21:38   ` [PATCH v4 05/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow template management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-09 21:38   ` [PATCH v4 06/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow table management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-09 21:38   ` [PATCH v4 07/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow queue flow operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-09 21:53     ` Ori Kam
2022-02-09 21:38   ` [PATCH v4 08/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow push operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-09 21:38   ` [PATCH v4 09/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow pull operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-09 21:38   ` [PATCH v4 10/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow queue indirect actions Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-10 16:00   ` [PATCH v4 00/10] ethdev: datapath-focused flow rules management Ferruh Yigit
2022-02-10 16:12     ` Asaf Penso
2022-02-10 16:33       ` Suanming Mou
2022-02-10 18:04     ` Ajit Khaparde
2022-02-11 10:22     ` Ivan Malov
2022-02-11 10:48     ` Jerin Jacob
2022-02-11  2:26   ` [PATCH v5 " Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-11  2:26     ` [PATCH v5 01/10] ethdev: introduce flow pre-configuration hints Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-11 10:16       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-11 18:47         ` Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-16 13:03           ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-16 22:17             ` Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-17 10:35               ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-17 10:57                 ` Ori Kam
2022-02-17 11:04                   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-11  2:26     ` [PATCH v5 02/10] ethdev: add flow item/action templates Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-11 11:27       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-11 22:25         ` Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-16 13:14           ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-16 14:18             ` Ori Kam
2022-02-17 10:44               ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-17 11:11                 ` Ori Kam
2022-02-11  2:26     ` [PATCH v5 03/10] ethdev: bring in async queue-based flow rules operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-11 12:42       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-12  2:19         ` Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-12  9:25           ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-02-16 22:49             ` Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-17  8:18               ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-02-17 11:02                 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-16 13:34           ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-16 14:53             ` Ori Kam
2022-02-17 10:52               ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-17 11:08                 ` Ori Kam
2022-02-17 14:16                   ` Ori Kam
2022-02-17 14:34                     ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-02-16 15:15             ` Ori Kam
2022-02-17 11:10               ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-17 11:19                 ` Ori Kam
2022-02-11  2:26     ` [PATCH v5 04/10] app/testpmd: add flow engine configuration Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-11  2:26     ` [PATCH v5 05/10] app/testpmd: add flow template management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-11  2:26     ` [PATCH v5 06/10] app/testpmd: add flow table management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-11  2:26     ` [PATCH v5 07/10] app/testpmd: add async flow create/destroy operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-11  2:26     ` [PATCH v5 08/10] app/testpmd: add flow queue push operation Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-11  2:26     ` [PATCH v5 09/10] app/testpmd: add flow queue pull operation Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-11  2:26     ` [PATCH v5 10/10] app/testpmd: add async indirect actions creation/destruction Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-12  4:19     ` [PATCH v6 00/10] ethdev: datapath-focused flow rules management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-12  4:19       ` [PATCH v6 01/10] ethdev: introduce flow pre-configuration hints Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-12  4:19       ` [PATCH v6 02/10] ethdev: add flow item/action templates Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-12  4:19       ` [PATCH v6 03/10] ethdev: bring in async queue-based flow rules operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-12  4:19       ` [PATCH v6 04/10] app/testpmd: add flow engine configuration Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-12  4:19       ` [PATCH v6 05/10] app/testpmd: add flow template management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-12  4:19       ` [PATCH v6 06/10] app/testpmd: add flow table management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-12  4:19       ` [PATCH v6 07/10] app/testpmd: add async flow create/destroy operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-12  4:19       ` [PATCH v6 08/10] app/testpmd: add flow queue push operation Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-12  4:19       ` [PATCH v6 09/10] app/testpmd: add flow queue pull operation Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-12  4:19       ` [PATCH v6 10/10] app/testpmd: add async indirect actions creation/destruction Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-19  4:11       ` [PATCH v7 00/10] ethdev: datapath-focused flow rules management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-19  4:11         ` [PATCH v7 01/11] ethdev: introduce flow engine configuration Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-19  4:11         ` [PATCH v7 02/11] ethdev: add flow item/action templates Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-19  4:11         ` [PATCH v7 03/11] ethdev: bring in async queue-based flow rules operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-19  4:11         ` [PATCH v7 04/11] ethdev: bring in async indirect actions operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-19  4:11         ` [PATCH v7 05/11] app/testpmd: add flow engine configuration Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-19  4:11         ` [PATCH v7 06/11] app/testpmd: add flow template management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-19  4:11         ` [PATCH v7 07/11] app/testpmd: add flow table management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-19  4:11         ` [PATCH v7 08/11] app/testpmd: add async flow create/destroy operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-19  4:11         ` [PATCH v7 09/11] app/testpmd: add flow queue push operation Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-19  4:11         ` [PATCH v7 10/11] app/testpmd: add flow queue pull operation Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-19  4:11         ` [PATCH v7 11/11] app/testpmd: add async indirect actions operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-20  3:43         ` [PATCH v8 00/10] ethdev: datapath-focused flow rules management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-20  3:43           ` [PATCH v8 01/11] ethdev: introduce flow engine configuration Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21  9:47             ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-21  9:52               ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-21 12:53                 ` Ori Kam
2022-02-21 14:33                   ` Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 14:53                   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-21 15:49                     ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-02-20  3:44           ` [PATCH v8 02/11] ethdev: add flow item/action templates Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 10:57             ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-21 13:12               ` Ori Kam
2022-02-21 15:05                 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-21 15:43                   ` Ori Kam
2022-02-21 15:14                 ` Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-20  3:44           ` [PATCH v8 03/11] ethdev: bring in async queue-based flow rules operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 14:49             ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-21 15:35               ` Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-20  3:44           ` [PATCH v8 04/11] ethdev: bring in async indirect actions operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-20  3:44           ` [PATCH v8 05/11] app/testpmd: add flow engine configuration Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-20  3:44           ` [PATCH v8 06/11] app/testpmd: add flow template management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-20  3:44           ` [PATCH v8 07/11] app/testpmd: add flow table management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-20  3:44           ` [PATCH v8 08/11] app/testpmd: add async flow create/destroy operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-20  3:44           ` [PATCH v8 09/11] app/testpmd: add flow queue push operation Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-20  3:44           ` [PATCH v8 10/11] app/testpmd: add flow queue pull operation Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-20  3:44           ` [PATCH v8 11/11] app/testpmd: add async indirect actions operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 23:02           ` [PATCH v9 00/11] ethdev: datapath-focused flow rules management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 23:02             ` [PATCH v9 01/11] ethdev: introduce flow engine configuration Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 23:02             ` [PATCH v9 02/11] ethdev: add flow item/action templates Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 23:02             ` [PATCH v9 03/11] ethdev: bring in async queue-based flow rules operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 23:02             ` [PATCH v9 04/11] ethdev: bring in async indirect actions operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 23:02             ` [PATCH v9 05/11] app/testpmd: add flow engine configuration Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 23:02             ` [PATCH v9 06/11] app/testpmd: add flow template management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 23:02             ` [PATCH v9 07/11] app/testpmd: add flow table management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 23:02             ` [PATCH v9 08/11] app/testpmd: add async flow create/destroy operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 23:02             ` [PATCH v9 09/11] app/testpmd: add flow queue push operation Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 23:02             ` [PATCH v9 10/11] app/testpmd: add flow queue pull operation Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-21 23:02             ` [PATCH v9 11/11] app/testpmd: add async indirect actions operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-23  3:02             ` [PATCH v10 00/11] ethdev: datapath-focused flow rules management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-23  3:02               ` [PATCH v10 01/11] ethdev: introduce flow engine configuration Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-24  8:22                 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-23  3:02               ` [PATCH v10 02/11] ethdev: add flow item/action templates Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-24  8:34                 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-23  3:02               ` [PATCH v10 03/11] ethdev: bring in async queue-based flow rules operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-24  8:35                 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-23  3:02               ` [PATCH v10 04/11] ethdev: bring in async indirect actions operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-24  8:37                 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2022-02-23  3:02               ` [PATCH v10 05/11] app/testpmd: add flow engine configuration Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-23  3:02               ` [PATCH v10 06/11] app/testpmd: add flow template management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-23  3:02               ` [PATCH v10 07/11] app/testpmd: add flow table management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-23  3:02               ` [PATCH v10 08/11] app/testpmd: add async flow create/destroy operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-23  3:02               ` [PATCH v10 09/11] app/testpmd: add flow queue push operation Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-23  3:02               ` [PATCH v10 10/11] app/testpmd: add flow queue pull operation Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-23  3:02               ` [PATCH v10 11/11] app/testpmd: add async indirect actions operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-24 13:07               ` [PATCH v10 00/11] ethdev: datapath-focused flow rules management Ferruh Yigit
2022-02-24 13:13                 ` Ferruh Yigit
2022-02-24 13:14                   ` Raslan Darawsheh
2022-02-22 16:41           ` [PATCH v8 00/10] " Ferruh Yigit
2022-02-22 16:49             ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-06  4:48 [dpdk-dev] [RFC 0/3] " Alexander Kozyrev
2021-10-06  4:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] ethdev: introduce flow pre-configuration hints Alexander Kozyrev
2021-10-13  4:11   ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-10-13 13:15     ` Ori Kam
2021-10-31 17:27       ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-11-01 10:40         ` Ori Kam
2021-10-06  4:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] ethdev: add flow item/action templates Alexander Kozyrev
2021-10-06 17:24   ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-13  1:25     ` Alexander Kozyrev
2021-10-13  2:26       ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-10-13  2:38         ` Alexander Kozyrev
2021-10-13 11:25       ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-06  4:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] ethdev: add async queue-based flow rules operations Alexander Kozyrev
2021-10-06 16:24   ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-13  1:10     ` Alexander Kozyrev
2021-10-13  4:57   ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-10-13 13:17     ` Ori Kam
2022-01-18 15:30 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] ethdev: datapath-focused flow rules management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-01-18 15:30   ` [PATCH v2 01/10] ethdev: introduce flow pre-configuration hints Alexander Kozyrev
2022-01-24 14:36     ` Jerin Jacob
2022-01-24 17:35       ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-01-24 17:46         ` Jerin Jacob
2022-01-24 18:08           ` Bruce Richardson
2022-01-25  1:14             ` Alexander Kozyrev
2022-01-25 15:58             ` Ori Kam
2022-01-25 18:09               ` Bruce Richardson
2022-01-25 18:14                 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-01-26  9:45                   ` Ori Kam
2022-01-26 10:52                     ` Bruce Richardson
2022-01-26 11:21                       ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-01-26 12:19                         ` Ori Kam
2022-01-26 13:41                           ` Bruce Richardson
2022-01-26 15:12                             ` Ori Kam
2022-01-24 17:40       ` Ajit Khaparde
2022-01-25  1:28         ` Alexander Kozyrev
2022-01-25 18:44           ` Jerin Jacob
2022-01-26 22:02             ` Alexander Kozyrev
2022-01-27  9:34               ` Jerin Jacob
2022-01-18 15:30   ` [PATCH v2 02/10] ethdev: add flow item/action templates Alexander Kozyrev
2022-01-18 15:30   ` [PATCH v2 03/10] ethdev: bring in async queue-based flow rules operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-01-18 15:30   ` [PATCH v2 04/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow configure Alexander Kozyrev
2022-01-18 15:33   ` [v2,05/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow item/action template Alexander Kozyrev
2022-01-18 15:34   ` [v2,06/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow table Alexander Kozyrev
2022-01-18 15:35   ` [v2,07/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow queue create flow Alexander Kozyrev
2022-01-18 15:35   ` [v2,08/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow queue drain Alexander Kozyrev
2022-01-18 15:36   ` [v2,09/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow queue dequeue Alexander Kozyrev
2022-01-18 15:37   ` [v2,10/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow queue indirect action Alexander Kozyrev
2022-01-19  7:16   ` [PATCH v2 00/10] ethdev: datapath-focused flow rules management Suanming Mou
2022-01-24 15:10     ` Ori Kam
2022-02-06  3:25   ` [PATCH v3 " Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-06  3:25     ` [PATCH v3 01/10] ethdev: introduce flow pre-configuration hints Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-07 13:15       ` Ori Kam
2022-02-07 14:52       ` Jerin Jacob
2022-02-07 17:59         ` Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-07 18:24           ` Jerin Jacob
2022-02-06  3:25     ` [PATCH v3 02/10] ethdev: add flow item/action templates Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-07 13:16       ` Ori Kam
2022-02-06  3:25     ` [PATCH v3 03/10] ethdev: bring in async queue-based flow rules operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-07 13:18       ` Ori Kam
2022-02-08 10:56       ` Jerin Jacob
2022-02-08 14:11         ` Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-08 15:23           ` Ivan Malov
2022-02-09  5:40             ` Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-08 17:36           ` Jerin Jacob
2022-02-09  5:50           ` Jerin Jacob
2022-02-06  3:25     ` [PATCH v3 04/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow configuration Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-07 13:19       ` Ori Kam
2022-02-06  3:25     ` [PATCH v3 05/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow template management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-07 13:20       ` Ori Kam
2022-02-06  3:25     ` [PATCH v3 06/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow table management Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-07 13:22       ` Ori Kam
2022-02-06  3:25     ` [PATCH v3 07/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow queue flow operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-07 13:21       ` Ori Kam
2022-02-06  3:25     ` [PATCH v3 08/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow push operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-07 13:22       ` Ori Kam
2022-02-06  3:25     ` [PATCH v3 09/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow pull operations Alexander Kozyrev
2022-02-07 13:23       ` Ori Kam
2022-02-06  3:25     ` [PATCH v3 10/10] app/testpmd: implement rte flow queue indirect actions Alexander Kozyrev
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