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From: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dkozlyuk@oss.nvidia.com>
To: <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/6] Flow entites behavior on port restart
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 19:01:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211102170135.959380-1-dkozlyuk@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211102135415.944050-1-dkozlyuk@nvidia.com>

It is unspecified whether flow rules and indirect actions are kept
when a port is stopped, possibly reconfigured, and started again.
Vendors approach the topic differently, e.g. mlx5 and i40e PMD
disagree in whether flow rules can be kept, and mlx5 PMD would keep
indirect actions. In the end, applications are greatly affected
by whatever contract there is and need to know it.

Applications may wish to restart the port to reconfigure it,
e.g. switch offloads or even modify queues.
Keeping rte_flow entities enables application improvements:
1. Since keeping the rules across restart comes with the ability
   to create rules before the device is started. This allows
   to have all the rules created at the moment of start,
   so that there is no time frame when traffic is coming already,
   but the rules are not yet created (restored).
2. When a rule or an indirect action has some associated state,
   such as a counter, application saves the need to keep
   additional state in order to cope with information loss
   if such an entity would be destroyed.

It is proposed to advertise capabilities of keeping flow rules
and indirect actions (as a special case of shared object)
using a combination of ethdev info and rte_flow calls.
Then a bug is fixed in mlx5 PMD that prevented indirect RSS action
from being kept, and the driver starts advertising the new capability.

Prior discussions:
1) http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20210727073121.895620-1-dkozlyuk@nvidia.com/
2) http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20210901085516.3647814-1-dkozlyuk@nvidia.com/

v6:
     Rebase on next-net commit 87f4496c74e6 and fix conflicts.
v5:
     1. Fix rebase conflicts.
     2. Add warnings about experimental status (Andrew).
v4:  1. Fix rebase conflicts (CI).
     2. State rule behavior when a port is not started or stopped (Ori).
     3. Improve wording on rule features, add examples (Andrew).
     4. State that rules/actions that cannot be kept while other can be
        must be destroyed by the application (Andrew/Ori).
     5. Add rationale to the cover letter (Andrew).


Dmitry Kozlyuk (6):
  ethdev: add capability to keep flow rules on restart
  ethdev: add capability to keep shared objects on restart
  net: advertise no support for keeping flow rules
  net/mlx5: discover max flow priority using DevX
  net/mlx5: create drop queue using DevX
  net/mlx5: preserve indirect actions on restart

 doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst      |  67 ++++++
 drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c          |   1 +
 drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_reps.c            |   1 +
 drivers/net/cnxk/cnxk_ethdev_ops.c      |   1 +
 drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c        |   2 +
 drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c        |   1 +
 drivers/net/e1000/em_ethdev.c           |   2 +
 drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c          |   1 +
 drivers/net/enic/enic_ethdev.c          |   1 +
 drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_ops.c     |   1 +
 drivers/net/hinic/hinic_pmd_ethdev.c    |   2 +
 drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev.c          |   1 +
 drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev_vf.c       |   1 +
 drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c          |   1 +
 drivers/net/i40e/i40e_vf_representor.c  |   2 +
 drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c          |   1 +
 drivers/net/ice/ice_dcf_ethdev.c        |   1 +
 drivers/net/igc/igc_ethdev.c            |   1 +
 drivers/net/ipn3ke/ipn3ke_representor.c |   1 +
 drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c        |   4 -
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_devx.c            | 211 ++++++++++++++---
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c          |   1 +
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c            | 292 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.h            |   6 +
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c         | 103 +++++++++
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_verbs.c      |  74 +-----
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rx.h              |   4 +
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c             |  99 +++++++-
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c         |  10 +
 drivers/net/mvpp2/mrvl_ethdev.c         |   2 +
 drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_ops.c |   1 +
 drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c          |   1 +
 drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c            |   1 +
 drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c   |   1 +
 drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c           |   1 +
 drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c        |   1 +
 drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev_vf.c     |   1 +
 lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h                 |  10 +
 lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h                   |   1 +
 39 files changed, 781 insertions(+), 132 deletions(-)

-- 
2.25.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-11-02 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 96+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-05  0:52 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] " dkozlyuk
2021-10-05  0:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] ethdev: add capability to keep flow rules on restart dkozlyuk
2021-10-06  6:15   ` Ori Kam
2021-10-06  6:55     ` Somnath Kotur
2021-10-06 17:15   ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-10-05  0:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/5] ethdev: add capability to keep shared objects " dkozlyuk
2021-10-06  6:16   ` Ori Kam
2021-10-13  8:32   ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-14 13:46     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-14 21:45       ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-14 21:48         ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-15 11:46         ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-15 12:35           ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-15 16:26             ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-16 20:32               ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-18  8:42                 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-18 11:13                   ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-18 11:59                     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-14 14:14     ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-15  8:26       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-15  9:04         ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-15  9:36           ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-05  0:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/5] net/mlx5: discover max flow priority using DevX dkozlyuk
2021-10-05  0:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/5] net/mlx5: create drop queue " dkozlyuk
2021-10-05  0:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/5] net/mlx5: preserve indirect actions on restart dkozlyuk
2021-10-15 16:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/5] Flow entites behavior on port restart Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-15 16:18   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/5] ethdev: add capability to keep flow rules on restart Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-18  8:56     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 12:38       ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-18 13:06     ` Zhang, Qi Z
2021-10-18 22:51       ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-19  1:00         ` Zhang, Qi Z
2021-10-15 16:18   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/5] ethdev: add capability to keep shared objects " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-17  8:10     ` Ori Kam
2021-10-17  9:14       ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-17  9:45         ` Ori Kam
2021-10-15 16:18   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/5] net/mlx5: discover max flow priority using DevX Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-15 16:18   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/5] net/mlx5: create drop queue " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-15 16:18   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/5] net/mlx5: preserve indirect actions on restart Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-19 12:37   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/6] Flow entites behavior on port restart Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-19 12:37     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/6] ethdev: add capability to keep flow rules on restart Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-19 15:22       ` Ori Kam
2021-10-19 16:38       ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-19 17:13         ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-20 10:39       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-20 11:40         ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-20 13:40           ` Ori Kam
2021-10-19 12:37     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/6] ethdev: add capability to keep shared objects " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-19 15:22       ` Ori Kam
2021-10-19 12:37     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/6] net: advertise no support for keeping flow rules Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-20 10:08       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-20 22:20         ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-19 12:37     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/6] net/mlx5: discover max flow priority using DevX Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-19 12:37     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/6] net/mlx5: create drop queue " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-19 12:37     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/6] net/mlx5: preserve indirect actions on restart Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-20 10:12     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/6] Flow entites behavior on port restart Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-20 13:21       ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-21  6:34     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-21  6:34       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/6] ethdev: add capability to keep flow rules on restart Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-21  7:36         ` Ori Kam
2021-10-28 18:33         ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-11-01 15:02         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-11-01 15:56           ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-21  6:34       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/6] ethdev: add capability to keep shared objects " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-21  7:37         ` Ori Kam
2021-10-21 18:28         ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-11-01 15:04         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-21  6:35       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/6] net: advertise no support for keeping flow rules Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-21 18:26         ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-10-22  1:38           ` Somnath Kotur
2021-10-27  7:11         ` Hyong Youb Kim (hyonkim)
2021-11-01 15:06         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-11-01 16:59           ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-21  6:35       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/6] net/mlx5: discover max flow priority using DevX Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-21  6:35       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/6] net/mlx5: create drop queue " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-21  6:35       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/6] net/mlx5: preserve indirect actions on restart Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-10-26 11:46       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/6] Flow entites behavior on port restart Ferruh Yigit
2021-11-01 13:43         ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-11-02 13:49       ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-11-02 13:54       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-11-02 13:54         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/6] ethdev: add capability to keep flow rules on restart Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-11-02 13:54         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/6] ethdev: add capability to keep shared objects " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-11-02 13:54         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/6] net: advertise no support for keeping flow rules Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-11-02 13:54         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/6] net/mlx5: discover max flow priority using DevX Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-11-02 13:54         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/6] net/mlx5: create drop queue " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-11-02 13:54         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/6] net/mlx5: preserve indirect actions on restart Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-11-02 14:23         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/6] Flow entites behavior on port restart Ferruh Yigit
2021-11-02 17:02           ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-11-02 17:01         ` Dmitry Kozlyuk [this message]
2021-11-02 17:01           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/6] ethdev: add capability to keep flow rules on restart Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-11-02 17:01           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/6] ethdev: add capability to keep shared objects " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-11-02 17:01           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/6] net: advertise no support for keeping flow rules Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-11-02 17:01           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/6] net/mlx5: discover max flow priority using DevX Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-11-02 17:01           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 5/6] net/mlx5: create drop queue " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-11-02 17:01           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 6/6] net/mlx5: preserve indirect actions on restart Dmitry Kozlyuk
2021-11-02 18:02           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/6] Flow entites behavior on port restart Ferruh Yigit

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