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From: Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>
To: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>,
	Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	"pbhagavatula@marvell.com" <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>,
	"ferruh.yigit@intel.com" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
	"jerinj@marvell.com" <jerinj@marvell.com>,
	John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>,
	Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>,
	Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>,
	"david.marchand@redhat.com" <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
	"ktraynor@redhat.com" <ktraynor@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] ethdev: add flow action type update as an offload
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 16:37:56 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AM4PR05MB34252A069BDF48DCD1F7F5FBDB7E0@AM4PR05MB3425.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8f5caa1c-7a13-f2f2-a391-792a78da454f@solarflare.com>



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 1:31 PM
> To: Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>; Thomas Monjalon
> <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; pbhagavatula@marvell.com; ferruh.yigit@intel.com;
> jerinj@marvell.com; John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Marko
> Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>; Adrien Mazarguil
> <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>; david.marchand@redhat.com;
> ktraynor@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] ethdev: add flow action type update as an
> offload
> 

[Snip]

> >
> > Yes but like I said in Mellanox PMD for example we supported the mark only
> on non-transfer flows until this release.
> > so when the user set mark on transfer flow it was invalid. (in transfer flow if
> we have a miss we send the packet back to the Rx
> > port so the application can understand on which table the miss happened)
> > In this version we added the support for mark also in transfer (E-Switch)
> flows.
> > So my question before this release what should the PMD report? What should
> the PMD report after this release?
> >
> > Your idea was our first thought when adding the Tx meta, in that case the
> meta was always set in application
> > so we thought that this offload will enable us better function selection, but as
> you know we removed this capability
> > since it is not correct any more.
> >
> >
> >
> >> The above also highlights problems of the meta vs mark design. They are
> very
> >> similar and there is no any good definition of the difference and rules
> >> which
> >> one should be used/supported in which conditions.
> >>
> >
> > Mark and Meta are exactly the same, the meta is just another value that the
> application can use.
> > This is why both should act the same.
> >
> > And maybe this is the wining argument, the rte_flow validation approach was
> used and accepted for the meta.
> > So lets try it also with the mark. (please also remember that we didn't have
> this mark until now to somehow the
> > PMD worked 😊)
> >
> > Like I said before, I understand your approach, and each one of them has its
> own advantages and draw backs.
> > Lets start using the rte_flow approach and see how it goes, I promise you that
> if I see that it doesn't scale or cause more
> > issues I will be first one to submit changes.
> 
> I tend to say OK, let's try. However, it must be documented
> in MARK action that if an application wants to use it, a rule
> with the action must be validated before device start.

I agree to add this to the rte_flow mark action documation.

> PMD may use the attempt as an indication from the application
> that it would like to use flow mark even if the validation
> fails. 

No if the PMD uses this validation as hint it should return success and 
use the correct PMD.

Ori, please, suggest formalized pattern and actions
> specification to use if application wants to utilize
> validation result as a criteria to enable/disable flow
> marks usage. 

I can’t do that, it depends on the application, the most basic is just "pattern eth actions mark / queue" .
In some cases where you need it for E-Switch if should be something like "transfer  items port / eth / actions mark"

> What should be done if patterns to use and set
> of actions together with MARK are not known in advance.

I think that the application knows which kind of traffic it expects and which actions it needs.
 
> Andrew.

Ori

  reply	other threads:[~2019-11-05 16:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-25 15:21 pbhagavatula
2019-10-25 15:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] drivers/net: update Rx flow flag and mark capabilities pbhagavatula
2019-10-28 10:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] ethdev: add flow action type update as an offload Ori Kam
2019-10-28 11:53   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-10-28 14:00     ` Ori Kam
2019-10-31  9:49       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-10-31 14:49         ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-10-31 23:59           ` Zhang, Qi Z
2019-11-01 11:35           ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-03 10:22             ` Ori Kam
2019-11-03 11:41               ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-04 18:37                 ` Ori Kam
2019-11-05  6:50                   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-05  8:35                     ` Ori Kam
2019-11-05 11:30                       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-05 16:37                         ` Ori Kam [this message]
2019-11-06  6:40                           ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-06  7:42                             ` Ori Kam
2019-11-08  8:35                               ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-08  9:00                                 ` Tom Barbette
2019-11-08 10:28                                 ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-08 10:42                                   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-08 11:03                                     ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-08 11:40                                       ` Zhang, Qi Z
2019-11-08 12:12                                         ` Ori Kam
2019-11-08 12:20                                           ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-08 12:42                                             ` Ori Kam
2019-11-08 13:16                                               ` Zhang, Qi Z
2019-11-08 13:26                                                 ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-08 13:06                                         ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-08 12:00                                       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-08 13:17                                         ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-08 13:27                                           ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-08 13:30                                             ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-19  9:24                                               ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-19  9:50                                                 ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-19 10:59                                                   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-19 11:09                                                     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-03 14:34                                                       ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-02-17 13:45                                                         ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-02-17 14:10                                                           ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-04-20  1:05                                                             ` Ferruh Yigit

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