From: Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>
To: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Cc: "Dumitrescu, Cristian" <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>,
Nithin Dabilpuram <nithind1988@gmail.com>,
"Singh, Jasvinder" <jasvinder.singh@intel.com>,
Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
"jerinj@marvell.com" <jerinj@marvell.com>,
"kkanas@marvell.com" <kkanas@marvell.com>,
Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram@marvell.com>,
"Kinsella, Ray" <ray.kinsella@intel.com>,
Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>,
Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>,
Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>,
David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/4] ethdev: add tm support for shaper config in pkt mode
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 22:29:48 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALBAE1Nd_i8SD0+F2Pz2Vci=Zg8D78mHFE5Aon2iYits-jPGMg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e83dfb22-7db0-26ff-5b39-cedd8106dcb4@intel.com>
On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 10:19 PM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/27/2020 5:29 PM, Jerin Jacob wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 9:42 PM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 4/27/2020 10:19 AM, Dumitrescu, Cristian wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> >>>> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2020 9:09 PM
> >>>> To: Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>; Nithin Dabilpuram
> >>>> <nithind1988@gmail.com>; Singh, Jasvinder <jasvinder.singh@intel.com>;
> >>>> Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; Andrew Rybchenko
> >>>> <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
> >>>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; jerinj@marvell.com; kkanas@marvell.com; Nithin
> >>>> Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram@marvell.com>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] ethdev: add tm support for shaper config in pkt
> >>>> mode
> >>>>
> >>>> On 4/24/2020 11:28 AM, Dumitrescu, Cristian wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> From: Nithin Dabilpuram <nithind1988@gmail.com>
> >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 6:21 PM
> >>>>>> To: Singh, Jasvinder <jasvinder.singh@intel.com>; Dumitrescu, Cristian
> >>>>>> <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon
> >>>>>> <thomas@monjalon.net>; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; Andrew
> >>>>>> Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
> >>>>>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; jerinj@marvell.com; kkanas@marvell.com; Nithin
> >>>>>> Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram@marvell.com>
> >>>>>> Subject: [PATCH v4 1/4] ethdev: add tm support for shaper config in pkt
> >>>>>> mode
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> From: Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram@marvell.com>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Some NIC hardware support shaper to work in packet mode i.e
> >>>>>> shaping or ratelimiting traffic is in packets per second (PPS) as
> >>>>>> opposed to default bytes per second (BPS). Hence this patch
> >>>>>> adds support to configure shared or private shaper in packet mode,
> >>>>>> provide rate in PPS and add related tm capabilities in port/level/node
> >>>>>> capability structures.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This patch also updates tm port/level/node capability structures with
> >>>>>> exiting features of scheduler wfq packet mode, scheduler wfq byte mode
> >>>>>> and private/shared shaper byte mode.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> SoftNIC PMD is also updated with new capabilities.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram@marvell.com>
> >>>>>> ---
> >>>>>> v3..v4:
> >>>>>> - Update text under packet_mode as per Cristian.
> >>>>>> - Update rte_eth_softnic_tm.c based on Jasvinder's comments.
> >>>>>> - Add error enum
> >>>> RTE_TM_ERROR_TYPE_SHAPER_PROFILE_PACKET_MODE
> >>>>>> - Fix shaper_profile_check() with packet mode check
> >>>>>> - Fix typo's
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Acked-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Nithin,
> >>>>
> >>>> It looks like patch is causing ABI break, I am getting following warning [1],
> >>>> can you please check?
> >>>>
> >>>> [1]
> >>>> https://pastebin.com/XYNFg14u
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi Ferruh,
> >>>
> >>> The RTE_TM API is marked as experimental, but it looks that this was not correctly marked when __rte_experimental ABI checker was introduced.
> >>>
> >>> It is marked as experimental at the top of the rte_tm.h, similarly to other APIs introduced around same time, but it was not correctly picked up by the ABI check procedure when later introduced, so __rte_experimental was not added to every function.
> >>>
> >>
> >> :(
> >>
> >> Is it time to mature them?
> >>
> >> As you said they are not marked as experimental both in header file (function
> >> declarations) and .map file.
> >>
> >> The problem is, they are not marked as experimental in DPDK_20.0 ABI (v19.11),
> >> so marking them as experimental now will break the ABI. Not sure what to do,
> >> cc'ed a few ABI related names for comment.
> >>
> >> For me, we need to proceed as the experimental tag removed and APIs become
> >> mature starting from v19.11, since this is what happened in practice, and remove
> >> a few existing being experimental references in the doxygen comments.
> >
> > I think, accidentally we can not make a library as NON-experimental.
> > TM never went through experimental to mature transition(see git log
> > lib/librte_ethdev/rte_tm.h)
> > It was a bug to not mark as experimental in each function in the ABI process.
> > Some of the features like packet marking are not even implemented by any HW.
> > I think, we can make API stable only all the features are implemented
> > by one or two HW.
>
> Fair enough, specially if the API is not ready yet.
>
> But they were part of stable ABI, and marking them as experimental now will
> break the old applications using these APIs.
it is still marked as EXPERIMENTAL everywhere and API is not ready yet.
Anyway, we need to break the ABI to make it work on various HW.
I am not sure what to do?
IMO, We need to send a patch as Fixes: for the bug of not adding
__rte_experimental in each function.
Traffic Management API - EXPERIMENTAL
M: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>
T: git://dpdk.org/next/dpdk-next-qos
F: lib/librte_ethdev/rte_tm*
>
> >
> >>
> >> Ray, Neil, David, Luca, Kevin, what do you think?
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-27 17:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-30 16:00 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] ethdev: add tm cap for private shaper packet mode Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-03-30 16:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] app/testpmd: add tm non leaf node pktmode command Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-07 7:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] ethdev: add tm cap for private shaper packet mode Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-07 16:31 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2020-04-07 17:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-10 11:45 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2020-04-10 11:56 ` Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-11 11:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] ethdev: add tm support for shaper config in pkt mode Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-11 11:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] drivers/net: update tm capability for existing pmds Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-11 11:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] app/testpmd: add tm cmd for non leaf and shaper pktmode Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-11 11:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/4] net/octeontx2: support tm length adjust and pkt mode Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-16 13:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] ethdev: add tm support for shaper config in " Ferruh Yigit
2020-04-21 5:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-21 9:30 ` [dpdk-dev] " Dumitrescu, Cristian
2020-04-21 9:58 ` Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-21 10:23 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2020-04-21 11:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-22 7:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] " Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-22 7:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/4] drivers/net: update tm capability for existing pmds Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-22 7:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/4] app/testpmd: add tm cmd for non leaf and shaper pktmode Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-22 7:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/4] net/octeontx2: support tm length adjust and pkt mode Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-22 8:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] ethdev: add tm support for shaper config in " Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-22 12:18 ` Singh, Jasvinder
2020-04-22 17:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-22 10:10 ` [dpdk-dev] " Dumitrescu, Cristian
2020-04-22 11:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-22 11:49 ` Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-22 11:59 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2020-04-22 12:01 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2020-04-22 8:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] " Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-22 17:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 " Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-22 17:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/4] drivers/net: update tm capability for existing pmds Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-22 17:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/4] app/testpmd: add tm cmd for non leaf and shaper pktmode Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-22 17:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/4] net/octeontx2: support tm length adjust and pkt mode Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-24 10:28 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/4] ethdev: add tm support for shaper config in " Dumitrescu, Cristian
2020-04-25 20:09 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-04-27 9:19 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2020-04-27 16:12 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-04-27 16:28 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2020-04-28 15:30 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-28 17:35 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2020-04-27 16:29 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-04-27 16:49 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-04-27 16:59 ` Jerin Jacob [this message]
2020-04-28 11:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-04-28 13:56 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-04-28 14:06 ` [dpdk-dev] " Ferruh Yigit
2020-04-28 14:45 ` Bruce Richardson
2020-04-28 15:04 ` Luca Boccassi
2020-04-28 15:54 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-29 8:45 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2020-04-29 9:03 ` Bruce Richardson
2020-05-01 10:27 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-05-01 13:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-08-25 16:59 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-09-07 11:12 ` Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-09-14 13:01 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-05-01 13:18 ` [dpdk-dev] " Jerin Jacob
2020-05-05 8:01 ` Ray Kinsella
2020-04-28 15:42 ` Ray Kinsella
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