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From: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
	Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>
Cc: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>, dpdk-dev <dev@dpdk.org>,
	Elena Agostini <eagostini@nvidia.com>,
	david.marchand@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] gpudev: introduce memory API
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 16:05:43 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a0ac94e8-7174-2066-6be2-be07637c4b19@oktetlabs.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1817476.i3Lo7XacKO@thomas>

On 6/4/21 3:46 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 04/06/2021 13:09, Jerin Jacob:
>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 3:58 PM Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:
>>> 03/06/2021 11:33, Ferruh Yigit:
>>>> On 6/3/2021 8:47 AM, Jerin Jacob wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 2:05 AM Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:
>>>>>> +  [gpudev]             (@ref rte_gpudev.h),
>>>>>
>>>>> Since this device does not have a queue etc? Shouldn't make it a
>>>>> library like mempool with vendor-defined ops?
>>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>> Current RFC announces additional memory allocation capabilities, which can suits
>>>> better as extension to existing memory related library instead of a new device
>>>> abstraction library.
>>>
>>> It is not replacing mempool.
>>> It is more at the same level as EAL memory management:
>>> allocate simple buffer, but with the exception it is done
>>> on a specific device, so it requires a device ID.
>>>
>>> The other reason it needs to be a full library is that
>>> it will start a workload on the GPU and get completion notification
>>> so we can integrate the GPU workload in a packet processing pipeline.
>>
>> I might have confused you. My intention is not to make to fit under mempool API.
>>
>> I agree that we need a separate library for this. My objection is only
>> to not call libgpudev and
>> call it libgpu. And have APIs with rte_gpu_ instead of rte_gpu_dev as
>> it not like existing "device libraries" in DPDK and
>> it like other "libraries" in DPDK.
> 
> I think we should define a queue of processing actions,
> so it looks like other device libraries.
> And anyway I think a library managing a device class,
> and having some device drivers deserves the name of device library.
> 
> I would like to read more opinions.

Since the library is an unified interface to GPU device drivers
I think it should be named as in the patch - gpudev.

Mempool looks like an exception here - initially it was pure SW
library, but not there are HW backends and corresponding device
drivers.

What I don't understand where is GPU specifics here?
I.e. why GPU? NIC can have own memory and provide
corresponding API.

What's the difference of "the memory on the CPU that is visible from the
GPU" from existing memzones which are DMA mapped?

  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-04 13:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 128+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-02 20:35 Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-02 20:46 ` Stephen Hemminger
2021-06-02 20:48   ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-03  7:06 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-06-03  7:26   ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-03  7:49     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-06-03  8:26       ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-03  8:57         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-06-03  7:18 ` David Marchand
2021-06-03  7:30   ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-03  7:47 ` Jerin Jacob
2021-06-03  8:28   ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-03  8:41     ` Jerin Jacob
2021-06-03  8:43       ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-03  8:47         ` Jerin Jacob
2021-06-03  8:53           ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-03  9:20             ` Jerin Jacob
2021-06-03  9:36               ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-03 10:04                 ` Jerin Jacob
2021-06-03 10:30                   ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-03 11:38                     ` Jerin Jacob
2021-06-04 12:55                       ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-04 15:05                         ` Jerin Jacob
2021-06-03  9:33   ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-06-04 10:28     ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-04 11:09       ` Jerin Jacob
2021-06-04 12:46         ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-04 13:05           ` Andrew Rybchenko [this message]
2021-06-04 13:18             ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-04 13:59               ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-06-04 14:09                 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-04 15:20                   ` Jerin Jacob
2021-06-04 15:51                     ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-04 18:20                       ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-06-05  5:09                         ` Jerin Jacob
2021-06-06  1:13                           ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-06-06  5:28                             ` Jerin Jacob
2021-06-07 10:29                               ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-07  7:20                             ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-06-07 10:43                               ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-07 13:54                                 ` Jerin Jacob
2021-06-07 16:47                                   ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-08  4:10                                     ` Jerin Jacob
2021-06-08  6:34                                       ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-08  7:09                                         ` Jerin Jacob
2021-06-08  7:32                                           ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-15 18:24                                         ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-06-15 18:54                                           ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-07 23:31                                   ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-06-04  5:51 ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-06-04  8:15   ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-04 11:07 ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-06-04 12:43   ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-04 13:25     ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-06-04 14:06       ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-04 18:04         ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-06-05  7:49           ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-05 11:09             ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-06-06  1:10 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-06-07 10:50   ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-07-30 13:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH v2 0/7] heterogeneous computing library Thomas Monjalon
2021-07-30 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH v2 1/7] hcdev: introduce heterogeneous computing device library Thomas Monjalon
2021-07-30 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH v2 2/7] hcdev: add event notification Thomas Monjalon
2021-07-30 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH v2 3/7] hcdev: add child device representing a device context Thomas Monjalon
2021-07-30 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH v2 4/7] hcdev: support multi-process Thomas Monjalon
2021-07-30 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH v2 5/7] hcdev: add memory API Thomas Monjalon
2021-07-30 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH v2 6/7] hcdev: add communication flag Thomas Monjalon
2021-07-30 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH v2 7/7] hcdev: add communication list Thomas Monjalon
2021-07-31  7:06   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH v2 0/7] heterogeneous computing library Jerin Jacob
2021-07-31  8:21     ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-07-31 13:42       ` Jerin Jacob
2021-08-27  9:44         ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-08-27 12:19           ` Jerin Jacob
2021-08-29  5:32             ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-09-01 15:35               ` Elena Agostini
2021-09-02 13:12                 ` Jerin Jacob
2021-09-06 16:11                   ` Elena Agostini
2021-09-06 17:15                     ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-09-06 17:22                       ` Elena Agostini
2021-09-07  0:55                         ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-10-09  1:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/9] GPU library eagostini
2021-10-09  1:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/9] gpudev: introduce GPU device class library eagostini
2021-10-09  1:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/9] gpudev: add event notification eagostini
2021-10-09  1:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/9] gpudev: add child device representing a device context eagostini
2021-10-09  1:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/9] gpudev: support multi-process eagostini
2021-10-09  1:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/9] gpudev: add memory API eagostini
2021-10-08 20:18     ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-29 19:38     ` Mattias Rönnblom
2021-11-08 15:16       ` Elena Agostini
2021-10-09  1:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/9] gpudev: add memory barrier eagostini
2021-10-08 20:16     ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-09  1:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/9] gpudev: add communication flag eagostini
2021-10-09  1:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 8/9] gpudev: add communication list eagostini
2021-10-09  1:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 9/9] doc: add CUDA example in GPU guide eagostini
2021-10-10 10:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/9] GPU library Jerin Jacob
2021-10-11  8:18     ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-11  8:43       ` Jerin Jacob
2021-10-11  9:12         ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-11  9:29           ` Jerin Jacob
2021-10-11 10:27             ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-11 11:41               ` Jerin Jacob
2021-10-11 12:44                 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-11 13:30                   ` Jerin Jacob
2021-10-19 10:00                     ` Elena Agostini
2021-10-19 18:47                       ` Jerin Jacob
2021-10-19 19:11                         ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-19 19:56                           ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
2021-11-03 19:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 " eagostini
2021-11-03 19:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/9] gpudev: introduce GPU device class library eagostini
2021-11-03 19:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/9] gpudev: add event notification eagostini
2021-11-03 19:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/9] gpudev: add child device representing a device context eagostini
2021-11-03 19:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/9] gpudev: support multi-process eagostini
2021-11-03 19:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/9] gpudev: add memory API eagostini
2021-11-03 19:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/9] gpudev: add memory barrier eagostini
2021-11-03 19:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/9] gpudev: add communication flag eagostini
2021-11-03 19:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 8/9] gpudev: add communication list eagostini
2021-11-03 19:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 9/9] doc: add CUDA example in GPU guide eagostini
2021-11-08 18:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/9] GPU library eagostini
2021-11-08 16:25   ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-11-08 18:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/9] gpudev: introduce GPU device class library eagostini
2021-11-08 18:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/9] gpudev: add event notification eagostini
2021-11-08 18:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/9] gpudev: add child device representing a device context eagostini
2021-11-08 18:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/9] gpudev: support multi-process eagostini
2021-11-08 18:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/9] gpudev: add memory API eagostini
2021-11-08 18:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/9] gpudev: add memory barrier eagostini
2021-11-08 18:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 7/9] gpudev: add communication flag eagostini
2021-11-08 18:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 8/9] gpudev: add communication list eagostini
2021-11-08 18:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 9/9] doc: add CUDA example in GPU guide eagostini

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