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From: Ivan Malov <Ivan.Malov@oktetlabs.ru>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>,
	Xiaoyun Li <xiaoyun.li@intel.com>, Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com>,
	Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
	Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: let apps find transfer admin port for a given ethdev
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 21:22:59 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e6a34fa5-3c84-2099-b548-7b096ec1daf7@oktetlabs.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8088650.46bvbtDH9c@thomas>

Hi Thomas,

Thanks for joining the review.

On 05/10/2021 20:56, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 05/10/2021 02:36, Ivan Malov:
>> Introduce a helper API to let applications find transfer
>> admin port for a given ethdev to avoid failures when
>> managing "transfer" flows through unprivileged ports.
> 
> Please explain what is transfer admin port.
> We may find a simpler wording.

It's an ethdev which has the privilege to control the embedded switch. 
Typically, it's a PF ethdev.

Flows with "transfer" attribute apply to the e-switch level. So 
"transfer admin port" reads the same as "e-switch admin port".

> 
>> --- a/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h
>> +++ b/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h
>> +	 *
>> +	 * Communicating "transfer" flows via unprivileged ethdevs may not
>> +	 * be possible. In order to pick the ethdev suitable for that, the
> 
> ethdev -> port

Why? "Ethdev" is a clearer term for "port".

> 
>> +	 * application should use @p rte_flow_pick_transfer_proxy().
>>   	 */
>>   	uint32_t transfer:1;
> [...]
>> +/**
> 
> Please insert an one-line description here.

Do you want me to make the first line of the description stand out? Like 
a brief summary / title?

> 
>> + * An application receiving packets on a given ethdev may want to have their
>> + * processing offloaded to the e-switch lying beneath this ethdev by means
> 
> Is "e-switch" a common word? Or should we say "embedded switch"?

Term "e-switch" is a contraction for "embedded switch". I'd go for the 
short version.

> 
>> + * of maintaining "transfer" flows. However, it need never use this exact
>> + * ethdev as an entry point for such flows to be managed through. More to
>> + * that, this particular ethdev may be short of privileges to control the
>> + * e-switch. Instead, the application should find an admin ethdev sitting
>> + * on top of the same e-switch to be used as the entry point (a "proxy").
> 
> I recognize the nice right-alignment, but I think this text can be shorter.

No right-alignment here: the last line in the block is not aligned. I 
wasn't looking to make this paragraph shorter or longer. I was looking 
to introduce the problem clearly. If you believe that I failed to do so, 
could you please highlight the parts which sound misleading to you.

> 
>> + *
>> + * This API is a helper to find such "transfer proxy" for a given ethdev.
>> + *
>> + * @note
>> + *   If the PMD serving @p port_id doesn't have the corresponding method
>> + *   implemented, the API will return @p port_id via @p proxy_port_id.
>> + *
>> + * @param port_id
>> + *   ID of the ethdev in question
> 
> The rest of the API says "port", not "ethdev".
> Here I would suggest "ID of the port to look from."

The argument name is "port_id". This is for consistency with other API 
signatures across DPDK. But, in comments, I'd stick with "ethdev". It's 
clearer than "port".

How about "ID of the ethdev to find the proxy for"?

> 
>> + * @param[out] proxy_port_id
>> + *   ID of the "transfer proxy"
>> + *
>> + * @return
>> + *   0 on success, a negative error code otherwise
>> + */
>> +__rte_experimental
>> +int
>> +rte_flow_pick_transfer_proxy(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t *proxy_port_id,
>> +			     struct rte_flow_error *error);
> 
> 

-- 
Ivan M

  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-05 18:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 156+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-07 12:51 [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH] ethdev: clarify flow attribute and action port ID semantics Ivan Malov
2021-10-01 13:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 00/12] ethdev: rework transfer flow API Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-01 13:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 01/12] ethdev: add ethdev item to " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-03 11:52     ` Ori Kam
2021-10-03 17:40       ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-03 21:09         ` Ori Kam
2021-10-04  0:00           ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-04 10:47             ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-04 11:08               ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-01 13:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 02/12] ethdev: add eswitch port " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-03 12:40     ` Ori Kam
2021-10-03 18:10       ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-04  5:45         ` Ori Kam
2021-10-04 11:05           ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-04 11:37             ` Ori Kam
2021-10-04 11:58               ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-05  6:20                 ` Ori Kam
2021-10-05  9:19                   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-05 12:12                     ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-01 13:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 03/12] ethdev: add ethdev action " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-01 13:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 04/12] ethdev: add eswitch port " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-01 13:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 05/12] ethdev: deprecate hard-to-use or ambiguous items and actions Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-01 13:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 06/12] ethdev: deprecate direction attributes in transfer flows Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-01 13:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 07/12] net/bnxt: support ethdev and E-Switch port flow items Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-01 13:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 08/12] net/bnxt: support ethdev and E-Switch port flow actions Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-01 13:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 09/12] net/enic: " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-01 13:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 10/12] net/mlx5: support E-Switch port flow action Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-01 13:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 11/12] net/octeontx2: support ethdev " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-04 11:13     ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Kiran Kumar Kokkilagadda
2021-10-04 12:45       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-01 13:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 12/12] net/sfc: support ethdev flow item Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-10  0:04   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/12] ethdev: rework transfer flow API Ivan Malov
2021-10-10  0:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/12] ethdev: add port representor item to " Ivan Malov
2021-10-10 11:15       ` Ori Kam
2021-10-10 13:30         ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-10 14:04           ` Ori Kam
2021-10-10 15:02             ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-10  0:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/12] ethdev: add represented port " Ivan Malov
2021-10-10  0:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/12] ethdev: add port representor action " Ivan Malov
2021-10-10  0:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/12] ethdev: add represented port " Ivan Malov
2021-10-10  0:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/12] ethdev: deprecate hard-to-use or ambiguous items and actions Ivan Malov
2021-10-10  0:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/12] ethdev: deprecate direction attributes in transfer flows Ivan Malov
2021-10-10  0:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/12] net/bnxt: support meta flow items to match on traffic source Ivan Malov
2021-10-10  0:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/12] net/bnxt: support meta flow actions to overrule destinations Ivan Malov
2021-10-10  0:05     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/12] net/enic: " Ivan Malov
2021-10-10  0:05     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/12] net/mlx5: support represented port flow action Ivan Malov
2021-10-10  0:05     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/12] net/octeontx2: support port representor " Ivan Malov
2021-10-10  0:05     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/12] net/sfc: support port representor flow item Ivan Malov
2021-10-10 14:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/12] ethdev: rework transfer flow API Ivan Malov
2021-10-10 14:39     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 01/12] ethdev: add port representor item to " Ivan Malov
2021-10-11 11:49       ` Ori Kam
2021-10-12 12:39         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-12 20:55       ` Slava Ovsiienko
2021-10-12 23:14         ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 18:26           ` Slava Ovsiienko
2021-10-13 11:52       ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-10 14:39     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 02/12] ethdev: add represented port " Ivan Malov
2021-10-11 11:51       ` Ori Kam
2021-10-12 12:39         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-10 14:39     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 03/12] ethdev: add port representor action " Ivan Malov
2021-10-11 18:18       ` Ori Kam
2021-10-12 12:39         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-10 14:39     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 04/12] ethdev: add represented port " Ivan Malov
2021-10-11 18:20       ` Ori Kam
2021-10-12 12:40         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-10 14:39     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 05/12] ethdev: deprecate hard-to-use or ambiguous items and actions Ivan Malov
2021-10-11 18:23       ` Ori Kam
2021-10-12 12:40         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-13 11:53       ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-10 14:39     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 06/12] ethdev: deprecate direction attributes in transfer flows Ivan Malov
2021-10-11 18:33       ` Ori Kam
2021-10-12 12:40         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-10 14:39     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 07/12] net/bnxt: support meta flow items to match on traffic source Ivan Malov
2021-10-10 14:39     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 08/12] net/bnxt: support meta flow actions to overrule destinations Ivan Malov
2021-10-10 14:39     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 09/12] net/enic: " Ivan Malov
2021-10-12 17:03       ` Hyong Youb Kim (hyonkim)
2021-10-10 14:39     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 10/12] net/mlx5: support represented port flow action Ivan Malov
2021-10-12 21:23       ` Slava Ovsiienko
2021-10-10 14:39     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 11/12] net/octeontx2: support port representor " Ivan Malov
2021-10-10 14:39     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 12/12] net/sfc: support port representor flow item Ivan Malov
2021-10-12 14:45     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/12] ethdev: rework transfer flow API Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-13 11:51     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-13 16:42   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:42     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 01/12] ethdev: add port representor item to " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:42     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 02/12] ethdev: add represented port " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:42     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 03/12] ethdev: add port representor action " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:42     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 04/12] ethdev: add represented port " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:42     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 05/12] ethdev: deprecate hard-to-use or ambiguous items and actions Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:42     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 06/12] ethdev: deprecate direction attributes in transfer flows Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:42     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 07/12] net/bnxt: support meta flow items to match on traffic source Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:42     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 08/12] net/bnxt: support meta flow actions to overrule destinations Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:42     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 09/12] net/enic: " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:42     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 10/12] net/mlx5: support represented port flow action Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:42     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 11/12] net/octeontx2: support port representor " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:42     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 12/12] net/sfc: support port representor flow item Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/12] ethdev: rework transfer flow API Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 01/12] ethdev: add port representor item to " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 02/12] ethdev: add represented port " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 03/12] ethdev: add port representor action " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 04/12] ethdev: add represented port " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 05/12] ethdev: deprecate hard-to-use or ambiguous items and actions Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 06/12] ethdev: deprecate direction attributes in transfer flows Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 07/12] net/bnxt: support meta flow items to match on traffic source Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 08/12] net/bnxt: support meta flow actions to overrule destinations Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 09/12] net/enic: " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 10/12] net/mlx5: support represented port flow action Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 11/12] net/octeontx2: support port representor " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 16:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 12/12] net/sfc: support port representor flow item Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:02   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 00/12] ethdev: rework transfer flow API Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:02     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 01/12] ethdev: add port representor item to " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:15       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-13 17:02     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 02/12] ethdev: add represented port " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:02     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 03/12] ethdev: add port representor action " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:02     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 04/12] ethdev: add represented port " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:02     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 05/12] ethdev: deprecate hard-to-use or ambiguous items and actions Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:02     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 06/12] ethdev: deprecate direction attributes in transfer flows Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:02     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 07/12] net/bnxt: support meta flow items to match on traffic source Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:02     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 08/12] net/bnxt: support meta flow actions to overrule destinations Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:02     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 09/12] net/enic: " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:02     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 10/12] net/mlx5: support represented port flow action Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 18:02       ` Slava Ovsiienko
2021-10-13 17:02     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 11/12] net/octeontx2: support port representor " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:02     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 12/12] net/sfc: support port representor flow item Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:34   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 00/12] ethdev: rework transfer flow API Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:34     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 01/12] ethdev: add port representor item to " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:34     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 02/12] ethdev: add represented port " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:34     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 03/12] ethdev: add port representor action " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:34     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 04/12] ethdev: add represented port " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:34     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 05/12] ethdev: deprecate hard-to-use or ambiguous items and actions Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:34     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 06/12] ethdev: deprecate direction attributes in transfer flows Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 18:48       ` Slava Ovsiienko
2021-10-13 17:34     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 07/12] net/bnxt: support meta flow items to match on traffic source Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:34     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 08/12] net/bnxt: support meta flow actions to overrule destinations Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:34     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 09/12] net/enic: " Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:34     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 10/12] net/mlx5: support represented port flow action Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 17:34     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 11/12] net/octeontx2: support port representor " Ivan Malov
2021-10-20  2:33       ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Kiran Kumar Kokkilagadda
2021-10-13 17:34     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 12/12] net/sfc: support port representor flow item Ivan Malov
2021-10-13 21:08     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 00/12] ethdev: rework transfer flow API Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-05  0:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: let apps find transfer admin port for a given ethdev Ivan Malov
2021-10-05  9:22   ` Ori Kam
2021-10-05 12:41     ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-05 16:04       ` Ori Kam
2021-10-05 17:56   ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-05 18:22     ` Ivan Malov [this message]
2021-10-05 19:04       ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-05 21:10   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: add API to query proxy port to manage transfer flows Ivan Malov
2021-10-06  7:47     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-06 12:33   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] " Ivan Malov
2021-10-14  3:21   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] " Ivan Malov
2021-10-14 11:45     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-26 14:46     ` David Marchand
2021-10-26 15:47       ` Ivan Malov
2021-10-26 15:58         ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-26 16:15           ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-06 13:23 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: let apps find transfer admin port for a given ethdev Ivan Malov

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