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From: Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
	Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
	 Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>,
	John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>,
	Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>,
	 dpdk-dev <dev@dpdk.org>, Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>,
	 David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
	Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
	 "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/3] ethdev: improve flow mark Rx offload deprecation notice
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 22:32:21 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALBAE1MD7U6Xs+8k8kQTepNM7=UXXiRk97Yg8TttgDn7bB=h-A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5aa70bf7-9afd-4c5d-708c-c922288755e8@solarflare.com>

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 8:54 PM Andrew Rybchenko
<arybchenko@solarflare.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/22/19 2:15 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 22/11/2019 11:12, Andrew Rybchenko:
> >> On 11/22/19 1:01 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> >>> 19/11/2019 13:12, Andrew Rybchenko:
> >>>> The deprecation notice is required since it adds more requirements
> >>>> when RTE flow mark and flag actions may be used and require
> >>>> changes in applications.
> >>> I am still not sure what is the best solution here.
> >>> I continued to think about it in this thread:
> >>>     http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-November/151960.html
> >>>
> >>> I think we cannot require any application change until 20.11
> >>> in order to keep API (and behaviour) compatibility.
> >> Expected, but still very disappointing.
> >>
> >> The feature is implemented by Pavan (@ Marvell), supported by me,
> >> used by Qi (@ Intel), looks better than alternatives from application
> >> developer point of view [1] and finally postponed for 1 year without really
> >> strong motivation.
> > I see different valuable point of views. This is enough motivation.
>
> It looks like I miss it in previous discussion, I would be thankful if
> you give me links to read or hints how to find.
>
> > And no, it is not postponed by one year.
> > Next release can implement a new API.
> >
> >> I disagree that it is tightly related to moving
> >> mark/flag to
> >> dynamic field/flag and absolutely blocked by it. Yes, I know that the are
> >> concerns from the very beginning, but the problem is explained [2] and clear
> >> and no full-featured alternative solution is suggested. Solution suggested
> >> by Ori has many significant drawbacks as explained in [2] and highlighted
> >> in further discussion.
> > I disagree with working only on mark action while there are a lot
> > of other configs which have to be implemented in drivers.
> >
> > The reality is that some drivers decided to have some "optimizations"
> > disabling some features, and you want the application to opt-in
> > in order to allow your optimized paths.
>
> Strictly speaking it is not about driver optimized paths only, but HW
> configuration as well which can be done on start-up only (not dynamic) and
> could be per-queue in fact.
>
> > Note that opt-in is different of really enabling an offload.
> > For some basic port-level features like RSS hash,
> > it is enabled with an offload flag before starting the port,
> > acting as an opt-in.
>
> Could you highlight the difference between opt-in and offload.
> What is the key difference which makes one solution better
> than another? Why different mechanism is required?
>
> > Some features have some dedicated API, which may be enabled after
> > starting the port, and no way to opt-in (or opt-out) before start.
>
> It sounds like you have examples in your mind. Please, share.
>
> > A lot of features are using rte_flow API which is in this situation.
> > If we take the opt-in path, let's not do it only for the mark action,
> > but let's create a real API for it:
> >       rte_eth_dev_optin()
> >       rte_eth_dev_optinall()
> >       rte_eth_dev_optoutl()
>
> Introducing new types of controls would make configuration more and
> more complex. I think that many different types of control would
> over-complicate it. May be it is unavoidable, but it should be clear

I agree with Andrew here.
Another thing to consider is the behavior of pre rte_eth_dev_opt*()
API after reconfigure.
Does application needs to call these API again after the reconfigure to bring
back the old state prior to reconfiguring?


> why the problem cannot be solved using existing types of controls
> (e.g. offloads).

  reply	other threads:[~2019-11-22 13:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-19 12:05 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] ethdev: remove deprecation notice for packet type set Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-19 12:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] ethdev: remove deprecation notice about RSS hash offload Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-19 12:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] ethdev: improve flow mark Rx offload deprecation notice Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-19 12:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/3] ethdev: remove deprecation notice for packet type set Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-19 12:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] ethdev: remove deprecation notice about RSS hash offload Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-19 15:04     ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-11-25 16:38       ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-11-19 12:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/3] ethdev: improve flow mark Rx offload deprecation notice Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-21 22:01     ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-22 10:12       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-22 11:15         ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-22 11:53           ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-22 13:32             ` Jerin Jacob [this message]
2019-11-22 18:58             ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-23  9:42               ` Jerin Jacob
2019-11-23 18:12                 ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-25 10:44                   ` Jerin Jacob
2019-11-25 11:39                     ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-12-02  4:21                       ` Jerin Jacob
2019-12-02  9:15                         ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-12-02 11:09                           ` Jerin Jacob
2019-12-02 11:57                             ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-12-05  8:12                               ` Jerin Jacob
2019-12-09  9:17                                 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-12-16  7:38                                   ` Jerin Jacob
2019-12-16 10:02                                     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-11-19 15:04   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/3] ethdev: remove deprecation notice for packet type set Ferruh Yigit
2019-11-25 16:38     ` Ferruh Yigit

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