From: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
To: "Zhang, Qi Z" <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>,
"Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
"Stokes, Ian" <ian.stokes@intel.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Cc: "stephen@networkplumber.org" <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
"Lu, Wenzhuo" <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>,
"Xing, Beilei" <beilei.xing@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/7] net/e1000: set min and max MTU for igb devices
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 14:02:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB97725801365600E4@irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20190326140222.s1qDINi7wYrw7D7ifhcfEwVEQV8Qq12KNVqqo3YNYsU@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <039ED4275CED7440929022BC67E7061153354B5E@SHSMSX103.ccr.corp.intel.com>
Hi Qi,
> >
> > On 3/22/2019 1:01 PM, Ian Stokes wrote:
> > > This commit sets the min and max supported MTU values for igb devices
> > > via the eth_igb_info_get() function. Min MTU supported is set to
> > > ETHER_MIN_MTU and max mtu is calculated as the max packet length
> > > supported minus the transport overhead. To aid in these calculations a
> > > new MACRO 'E1000_ETH_OVERHEAD' has been introduced to consolidate
> > > overhead calculation and avoid duplication.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes@intel.com>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethdev.h | 6 ++++++
> > > drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c | 7 +++++--
> > > 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethdev.h
> > > b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethdev.h
> > > index 94edff08e..3e74cd8fe 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethdev.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethdev.h
> > > @@ -89,6 +89,12 @@
> > > ETH_RSS_IPV6_UDP_EX)
> > >
> > > /*
> > > + * The overhead from MTU to max frame size.
> > > + * Considering VLAN so a tag needs to be counted.
> > > + */
> > > +#define E1000_ETH_OVERHEAD (ETHER_HDR_LEN + ETHER_CRC_LEN +
> > > +VLAN_TAG_SIZE)
> >
> > As an overhead, following drivers set:
> > i40e: HDR + CRC + 2 * VLAN
> > ixgbe: HDR + CRC
> > e1000: HDR + CRC + VLAN
> >
> > I wonder if this difference is HW limitation, or driver limitation or just
> > implementation inconsistency.
>
> I think this is implementation inconsistency
>
> The NIC only accept Max Frame Size.
>
> The problem here is seems all of three setup are not perfect.
>
> HDR + CRC + 2 * VLAN - it may allow non vlan or single vlan packet that exceed mtu.
Hmm, wonder how?
> HDR + CRC - it may reject vlan or double vlan packet that follow mtu.
> HDR + CRC + VLAN , it may reject double vlan packet that follow mtu
>
> I agree it's better to keep consistent on all drivers, but before this, we may need to decide which one we should take :)
>
> Regards
> Qi
>
> >
> > Better to confirm it that it is not implementation inconsistency.
> >
> > Wenzhuo, Konstantin, Beilei, Qi,
> >
> > Can you please comment?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > ferruh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-26 14:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-22 13:01 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/7] ethdev: add min/max MTU to device info Ian Stokes
2019-03-22 13:01 ` Ian Stokes
2019-03-22 13:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/7] " Ian Stokes
2019-03-22 13:01 ` Ian Stokes
2019-03-25 14:26 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-25 14:26 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-22 13:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/7] net/i40e: set min and max MTU for i40e devices Ian Stokes
2019-03-22 13:01 ` Ian Stokes
2019-03-22 13:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/7] net/i40e: set min and max MTU for i40e VF devices Ian Stokes
2019-03-22 13:01 ` Ian Stokes
2019-03-22 13:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/7] net/ixgbe: set min and max MTU for ixgbe devices Ian Stokes
2019-03-22 13:01 ` Ian Stokes
2019-03-22 13:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/7] net/ixgbe: set min and max MTU for ixgbe VF devices Ian Stokes
2019-03-22 13:01 ` Ian Stokes
2019-03-22 13:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/7] net/e1000: set min and max MTU for igb devices Ian Stokes
2019-03-22 13:01 ` Ian Stokes
2019-03-25 14:25 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-25 14:25 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-26 13:58 ` Zhang, Qi Z
2019-03-26 13:58 ` Zhang, Qi Z
2019-03-26 14:02 ` Ananyev, Konstantin [this message]
2019-03-26 14:02 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2019-03-26 14:09 ` Zhang, Qi Z
2019-03-26 14:09 ` Zhang, Qi Z
2019-03-26 14:18 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2019-03-26 14:18 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2019-03-27 1:13 ` Zhang, Qi Z
2019-03-27 1:13 ` Zhang, Qi Z
2019-03-27 7:02 ` Zhang, Qi Z
2019-03-27 7:02 ` Zhang, Qi Z
2019-03-22 13:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/7] app/testpmd: verify mtu with rte_eth_dev_info_get() Ian Stokes
2019-03-22 13:01 ` Ian Stokes
2019-03-25 14:20 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-25 14:20 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-28 16:41 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-28 16:41 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-28 16:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/7] ethdev: add min/max MTU to device info Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-28 16:43 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/7] " Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:52 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/7] net/i40e: set min and max MTU for i40e devices Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:52 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/7] net/i40e: set min and max MTU for i40e VF devices Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:52 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/7] net/ixgbe: set min and max MTU for ixgbe devices Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:52 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/7] net/ixgbe: set min and max MTU for ixgbe VF devices Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:52 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/7] net/e1000: set min and max MTU for igb devices Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:52 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/7] app/testpmd: verify MTU with device provided limits Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:52 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/7] ethdev: add min/max MTU to device info Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 17:56 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 18:05 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-03-29 18:05 ` Ferruh Yigit
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