From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Shijith Thotton <sthotton@marvell.com>
Cc: jerinj@marvell.com, thomas@monjalon.net, dev@dpdk.org,
Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mbuf: add mbuf physical address field to dynamic field
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:55:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yr3VeYwdmHTkIjX5@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <57d2ab7fff672716d37ba4078e2e3bb2db126607.1656605763.git.sthotton@marvell.com>
On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 09:55:16PM +0530, Shijith Thotton wrote:
> If all devices are configured to run in IOVA mode as VA, physical
> address field of mbuf (buf_iova) won't be used. In such cases, buf_iova
> space is free to use as a dynamic field. So a new dynamic field member
> (dynfield2) is added in mbuf structure to make use of that space.
>
> A new mbuf flag RTE_MBUF_F_DYNFIELD2 is introduced to help identify the
> mbuf that can use dynfield2.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shijith Thotton <sthotton@marvell.com>
> ---
I disagree with this patch. The mbuf should always record the iova of the
buffer directly, rather than forcing the drivers to query the EAL mode.
This will likely also break all vector drivers right now, as they are
sensitive to the mbuf layout and the position of the IOVA address in the
buffer.
/Bruce
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-06-30 16:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-06-30 16:25 Shijith Thotton
2022-06-30 16:45 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-07-01 12:16 ` Shijith Thotton
2022-07-01 12:24 ` Shijith Thotton
2022-07-03 7:31 ` Morten Brørup
2022-07-04 14:00 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-08-03 15:34 ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-08-29 15:16 ` [PATCH v1 0/4] mbuf dynamic field expansion Shijith Thotton
2022-09-07 13:43 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-21 9:43 ` David Marchand
2022-09-21 14:01 ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-21 13:56 ` [PATCH v3 " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-21 13:56 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] build: add meson option to configure IOVA mode as VA Shijith Thotton
2022-09-28 12:52 ` Olivier Matz
2022-09-29 5:48 ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-21 13:56 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] mbuf: add second dynamic field member for VA only build Shijith Thotton
2022-09-28 7:24 ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-09-28 12:52 ` Olivier Matz
2022-09-28 19:33 ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-09-28 19:48 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-09-29 6:13 ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-28 12:52 ` Olivier Matz
2022-09-21 13:56 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] lib: move mbuf next pointer to first cache line Shijith Thotton
2022-09-21 14:07 ` Morten Brørup
2022-09-28 12:52 ` Olivier Matz
2022-09-29 6:14 ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-21 13:56 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] drivers: mark Marvell cnxk PMDs work with IOVA as VA Shijith Thotton
2022-09-28 12:53 ` Olivier Matz
2022-09-29 6:19 ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-29 7:44 ` Olivier Matz
2022-09-29 8:10 ` Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 20:17 ` Olivier Matz
2022-10-07 20:22 ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-21 13:56 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] drivers: mark software " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-28 5:41 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] mbuf dynamic field expansion Shijith Thotton
2022-09-28 12:52 ` Olivier Matz
2022-09-29 4:51 ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 13:50 ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-10-07 19:35 ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 19:30 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 19:30 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] mbuf: add API to get and set mbuf physical address Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 20:16 ` Olivier Matz
2022-10-07 20:20 ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 19:30 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] test/dma: use API to get mbuf data " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 20:17 ` Olivier Matz
2022-10-07 19:30 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] build: add meson option to configure IOVA mode as PA Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 19:30 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] mbuf: add second dynamic field member Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 19:30 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] lib: move mbuf next pointer to first cache line Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 19:30 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] drivers: mark cnxk PMDs work with IOVA as PA disabled Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 19:30 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] drivers: mark software " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 20:19 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] mbuf dynamic field expansion Olivier Matz
2022-10-07 21:02 ` [PATCH v5 " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:02 ` [PATCH v5 1/7] mbuf: add API to get and set mbuf physical address Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:20 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-10-07 21:02 ` [PATCH v5 2/7] test/dma: use API to get mbuf data " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:02 ` [PATCH v5 3/7] build: add meson option to configure IOVA mode as PA Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:02 ` [PATCH v5 4/7] mbuf: add second dynamic field member Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:02 ` [PATCH v5 5/7] lib: move mbuf next pointer to first cache line Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:22 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-10-07 21:30 ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:02 ` [PATCH v5 6/7] drivers: mark cnxk PMDs work with IOVA as PA disabled Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:02 ` [PATCH v5 7/7] drivers: mark software " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-09 9:34 ` [PATCH v5 0/7] mbuf dynamic field expansion Thomas Monjalon
2022-09-07 13:43 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] build: add meson option to configure IOVA mode as VA Shijith Thotton
2022-09-07 15:31 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-09-07 15:38 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-07 21:33 ` Morten Brørup
2022-09-07 13:43 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] mbuf: add second dynamic field member for VA only build Shijith Thotton
2022-09-07 13:43 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] lib: move mbuf next pointer to first cache line Shijith Thotton
2022-09-07 13:43 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] drivers: mark Marvell cnxk PMDs work with IOVA as VA Shijith Thotton
2022-09-07 13:43 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] drivers: mark software " Shijith Thotton
2022-08-29 15:16 ` [PATCH v1 1/4] build: add meson option to configure IOVA mode " Shijith Thotton
2022-08-29 18:18 ` Morten Brørup
2022-08-30 8:32 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-08-29 15:16 ` [PATCH v1 2/4] mbuf: add second dynamic field member for VA only build Shijith Thotton
2022-08-29 18:32 ` Morten Brørup
2022-08-30 8:35 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-08-30 8:41 ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2022-08-30 13:22 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2022-09-07 13:55 ` Shijith Thotton
2022-08-29 15:16 ` [PATCH v1 3/4] drivers: mark Marvell cnxk PMDs work with IOVA as VA Shijith Thotton
2022-08-29 15:16 ` [PATCH v1 4/4] drivers: mark software " Shijith Thotton
2022-08-30 13:07 ` [PATCH] mbuf: add mbuf physical address field to dynamic field Ferruh Yigit
2022-09-12 13:19 ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-06-30 16:55 ` Bruce Richardson [this message]
2022-07-01 9:48 ` Olivier Matz
2022-07-01 11:53 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2022-07-01 12:01 ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
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