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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Gregory Etelson <getelson@nvidia.com>,
	Ivan Malov <Ivan.Malov@oktetlabs.ru>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, matan@nvidia.com, rasland@nvidia.com,
	elibr@nvidia.com, ozsh@nvidia.com, asafp@nvidia.com,
	Eli Britstein <elibr@mellanox.com>, Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com>,
	Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>,
	Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>, Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>,
	Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
	Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/3] ethdev: tunnel offload model
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2021 10:42:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7994628.OkqbbpkKdt@thomas> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5dd2ef9d-dc87-3a0e-8bcd-c093f717222d@oktetlabs.ru>

02/03/2021 10:22, Ivan Malov:
> Hi Gregory, Eli,
> 
> On 16/10/2020 15:51, Gregory Etelson wrote:
>  > Applications wishing to offload tunneled traffic are required to use
>  > the rte_flow primitives, such as group, meta, mark, tag, and others to
>  > model their high-level objects.  The hardware model design for
> 
> As far as I understand, the model is an abstraction of sorts, and the 
> quoted lines provide examples of primitives which applications would 
> have to use if the model did not exist.
> 
> Looking at the implementation, I don't quite discern any means to let 
> the application query PMD-specific values of "rte_flow_attr". In 
> example, the PMD may need to enforce "transfer=1" both for the "tunnel 
> set" rule and for "tunnel match" one. What if "group" and "priority" 
> values also need to be implicitly controlled by the PMD for the tunnel 
> offload rules?
> 
> Have you considered adding an abstraction for "rte_flow_attr" in terms 
> of this model?
> 
>  > The first VXLAN packet that arrives matches the rule in group 0 and
>  > jumps to group 3.  In group 3 the packet will miss since there is no
> 
> This example considers jumping from group 0 to group 3. First of all, 
> it's unclear whether this model intentionally lets the application 
> choose group values freely (see my question above) or simply lacks an 
> interface to let the application use values enforced by the PMD (if 
> any). Secondly, given the fact that existing description of 
> "rte_flow_attr" does not shed any light on how groups are ordered by 
> default, when no JUMPs are configured (it only explains how priority 
> levels are ordered within the given group but not how groups are 
> ordered), it's unclear whether the model intentionally permits the 
> application to jump between arbitrary groups (in example, from 0 to 3) 
> and not necessarily between, say, 0 to 1. More to that, it's unclear 
> whether the model lets the application jump from, say, group 0 to the 
> very same group, 0 ("recirculation") or not. Or is the "recirculation" 
> is in fact the main scenario in the model? Could you please elaborate on 
> the model's expectations of groups?
> 
> Thank you.

Given the questions, I think the discussion should be concluded
(when done) with a patch updating the API description.
Thanks for the questions and clarifications to come :)





  reply	other threads:[~2021-03-02  9:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 95+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-25 16:03 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] " Gregory Etelson
2020-06-25 16:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] ethdev: allow negative values in flow rule types Gregory Etelson
2020-07-05 13:34   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-08-19 14:33     ` Gregory Etelson
2020-06-25 16:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] ethdev: tunnel offload model Gregory Etelson
     [not found]   ` <DB8PR05MB6761ED02BCD188771BDCDE64A86F0@DB8PR05MB6761.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com>
     [not found]     ` <38d3513f-1261-0fbc-7c56-f83ced61f97a@ashroe.eu>
2020-07-01  6:52       ` Gregory Etelson
2020-07-13  8:21         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-13 13:23           ` Gregory Etelson
2020-07-05 14:50   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-08-19 14:30     ` Gregory Etelson
2020-07-05 13:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] " Andrew Rybchenko
2020-09-08 20:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/4] Tunnel Offload API Gregory Etelson
2020-09-08 20:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] ethdev: allow negative values in flow rule types Gregory Etelson
2020-09-15  4:36     ` Ajit Khaparde
2020-09-15  8:46       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-09-15 10:27         ` Gregory Etelson
2020-09-16 17:21           ` Gregory Etelson
2020-09-17  6:49             ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-09-17  7:47               ` Ori Kam
2020-09-17 15:15                 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-09-17  7:56               ` Gregory Etelson
2020-09-17 15:18                 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-09-15  8:45     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-09-15 16:17       ` Gregory Etelson
2020-09-08 20:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] ethdev: tunnel offload model Gregory Etelson
2020-09-08 20:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] net/mlx5: implement tunnel offload API Gregory Etelson
2020-09-08 20:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/4] app/testpmd: support " Gregory Etelson
2020-09-15  4:47     ` Ajit Khaparde
2020-09-15 10:44       ` Gregory Etelson
2020-09-30  9:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/4] Tunnel Offload API Gregory Etelson
2020-09-30  9:18   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] ethdev: allow negative values in flow rule types Gregory Etelson
2020-10-04  5:40     ` Ajit Khaparde
2020-10-04  9:24       ` Gregory Etelson
2020-09-30  9:18   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/4] ethdev: tunnel offload model Gregory Etelson
2020-09-30  9:18   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/4] net/mlx5: implement tunnel offload API Gregory Etelson
2020-09-30  9:18   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/4] app/testpmd: add commands for " Gregory Etelson
2020-10-01  5:32     ` Ajit Khaparde
2020-10-01  9:05       ` Gregory Etelson
2020-10-04  5:40         ` Ajit Khaparde
2020-10-04  9:29           ` Gregory Etelson
2020-10-04 13:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/4] Tunnel Offload API Gregory Etelson
2020-10-04 13:50   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/4] ethdev: allow negative values in flow rule types Gregory Etelson
2020-10-14 23:40     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-04 13:50   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/4] ethdev: tunnel offload model Gregory Etelson
2020-10-06  9:47     ` Sriharsha Basavapatna
2020-10-07 12:36       ` Gregory Etelson
2020-10-14 17:23         ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16  9:15           ` Gregory Etelson
2020-10-14 23:55     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-04 13:50   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/4] net/mlx5: implement tunnel offload API Gregory Etelson
2020-10-04 13:50   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/4] app/testpmd: add commands for " Gregory Etelson
2020-10-04 13:59     ` Ori Kam
2020-10-14 17:25   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/4] Tunnel Offload API Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-15 12:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/3] " Gregory Etelson
2020-10-15 12:41   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/3] ethdev: allow negative values in flow rule types Gregory Etelson
2020-10-15 12:41   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/3] ethdev: tunnel offload model Gregory Etelson
2020-10-15 12:41   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/3] app/testpmd: add commands for tunnel offload API Gregory Etelson
2020-10-15 22:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/3] Tunnel Offload API Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16  8:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 " Gregory Etelson
2020-10-16  8:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/3] ethdev: allow negative values in flow rule types Gregory Etelson
2020-10-16  8:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/3] ethdev: tunnel offload model Gregory Etelson
2020-10-16  8:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/3] app/testpmd: add commands for tunnel offload API Gregory Etelson
2020-10-16 10:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/3] Tunnel Offload API Gregory Etelson
2020-10-16 10:33   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/3] ethdev: allow negative values in flow rule types Gregory Etelson
2020-10-16 10:33   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/3] ethdev: tunnel offload model Gregory Etelson
2020-10-16 10:34   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/3] app/testpmd: add commands for tunnel offload API Gregory Etelson
2020-10-16 12:10   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/3] Tunnel Offload API Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16 12:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 " Gregory Etelson
2020-10-16 12:51   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/3] ethdev: allow negative values in flow rule types Gregory Etelson
2020-10-16 12:51   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/3] ethdev: tunnel offload model Gregory Etelson
2020-10-16 15:41     ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-03-02  9:22     ` Ivan Malov
2021-03-02  9:42       ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2021-03-03 14:03         ` Ivan Malov
2021-03-04  6:35           ` Eli Britstein
2021-03-08 14:01       ` Gregory Etelson
2020-10-16 12:51   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/3] app/testpmd: add commands for tunnel offload API Gregory Etelson
2020-10-16 13:19   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/3] Tunnel Offload API Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16 14:20     ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-18 12:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: rename tunnel offload callbacks Gregory Etelson
2020-10-19  8:31   ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-19  9:56     ` Kinsella, Ray
2020-10-19 21:29       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-21  9:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: implement tunnel offload API Gregory Etelson
2020-10-22 16:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Gregory Etelson
2020-10-23 13:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] " Gregory Etelson
2020-10-23 13:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] " Gregory Etelson
2020-10-25 14:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] " Gregory Etelson
2020-10-25 15:01   ` Raslan Darawsheh
2020-10-27 16:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: tunnel offload code cleanup Gregory Etelson
2020-10-27 16:29   ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-27 17:16   ` Raslan Darawsheh
2020-10-28 12:33     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-28  4:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix tunnel flow destroy Gregory Etelson
2020-11-02 16:27   ` Raslan Darawsheh

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