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From: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
To: "Morten Brørup" <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>,
	Andrew Boyer <andrew.boyer@amd.com>,
	Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>,
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	Suanming Mou <suanmingm@nvidia.com>,
	Sunil Kumar Kori <skori@marvell.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 2/4] mbuf: remove rte marker fields
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 15:45:04 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240403224504.GA30714@linuxonhyperv3.guj3yctzbm1etfxqx2vob5hsef.xx.internal.cloudapp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <98CBD80474FA8B44BF855DF32C47DC35E9F355@smartserver.smartshare.dk>

On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 09:32:21PM +0200, Morten Brørup wrote:
> > From: Tyler Retzlaff [mailto:roretzla@linux.microsoft.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 3 April 2024 19.54
> > 
> > RTE_MARKER typedefs are a GCC extension unsupported by MSVC. Remove
> > RTE_MARKER fields from rte_mbuf struct.
> > 
> > Maintain alignment of fields after removed cacheline1 marker by placing
> > C11 alignas(RTE_CACHE_LINE_MIN_SIZE).
> > 
> > Provide new rearm_data and rx_descriptor_fields1 fields in anonymous
> > unions as single element arrays of with types matching the original
> > markers to maintain API compatibility.
> > 
> > This change breaks the API for cacheline{0,1} fields that have been
> > removed from rte_mbuf but it does not break the ABI, to address the
> > false positives of the removed (but 0 size fields) provide the minimum
> > libabigail.abignore for type = rte_mbuf.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
> > ---
> 
> [...]
> 
> > +	/* remaining 24 bytes are set on RX when pulling packet from
> > descriptor */
> 
> Good.
> 
> >  	union {
> > +		/* void * type of the array elements is retained for driver
> > compatibility. */
> > +		void *rx_descriptor_fields1[24 / sizeof(void *)];
> 
> Good, also the description.
> 
> >  		__extension__
> >  		struct {
> > -			uint8_t l2_type:4;   /**< (Outer) L2 type. */
> > -			uint8_t l3_type:4;   /**< (Outer) L3 type. */
> > -			uint8_t l4_type:4;   /**< (Outer) L4 type. */
> > -			uint8_t tun_type:4;  /**< Tunnel type. */
> > +			/*
> > +			 * The packet type, which is the combination of
> > outer/inner L2, L3, L4
> > +			 * and tunnel types. The packet_type is about data
> > really present in the
> > +			 * mbuf. Example: if vlan stripping is enabled, a
> > received vlan packet
> > +			 * would have RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER and not
> > RTE_PTYPE_L2_VLAN because the
> > +			 * vlan is stripped from the data.
> > +			 */
> >  			union {
> > -				uint8_t inner_esp_next_proto;
> > -				/**< ESP next protocol type, valid if
> > -				 * RTE_PTYPE_TUNNEL_ESP tunnel type is set
> > -				 * on both Tx and Rx.
> > -				 */
> 
> [...]
> 
> > +						/**< ESP next protocol type, valid
> > if
> > +						 * RTE_PTYPE_TUNNEL_ESP tunnel type
> > is set
> > +						 * on both Tx and Rx.
> > +						 */
> > +						uint8_t inner_esp_next_proto;
> 
> Thank you for moving the comments up before the fields.
> 
> Please note that "/**<" means that the description is related to the field preceding the comment, so it should be replaced by "/**" when moving the description up above a field.

ooh, i'll fix it i'm not well versed in doxygen documentation.

> 
> Maybe moving the descriptions as part of this patch was not a good idea after all; it doesn't improve the readability of the patch itself. I regret suggesting it.
> If you leave the descriptions at their originals positions (relative to the fields), we can clean up the formatting of the descriptions in a later patch.

it's easy enough for me to fix the comments in place and bring in a new
version of the series, assuming other reviewers don't object i'll do that.
the diff is already kind of annoying to review in mail without -b
anyway.

> 
> [...]
> 
> >  	/* second cache line - fields only used in slow path or on TX */
> > -	alignas(RTE_CACHE_LINE_MIN_SIZE) RTE_MARKER cacheline1;
> > -
> >  #if RTE_IOVA_IN_MBUF
> >  	/**
> >  	 * Next segment of scattered packet. Must be NULL in the last
> >  	 * segment or in case of non-segmented packet.
> >  	 */
> > +	alignas(RTE_CACHE_LINE_MIN_SIZE)
> >  	struct rte_mbuf *next;
> >  #else
> >  	/**
> >  	 * Reserved for dynamic fields
> >  	 * when the next pointer is in first cache line (i.e.
> > RTE_IOVA_IN_MBUF is 0).
> >  	 */
> > +	alignas(RTE_CACHE_LINE_MIN_SIZE)
> 
> Good positioning of the alignas().
> 
> I like everything in this patch.
> 
> Please fix the descriptions preceding the fields "/**<" -> "/**" or move them back to their location after the fields; then you may add Reviewed-by: Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com> to the next version.

ack, next rev.

  reply	other threads:[~2024-04-03 22:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 171+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-30 23:26 [PATCH] replace GCC marker extension with C11 anonymous unions Tyler Retzlaff
2024-01-30 23:26 ` [PATCH] mbuf: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-01-31  9:18   ` Morten Brørup
2024-01-31 21:09     ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-01-31 22:39       ` Morten Brørup
2024-01-31 13:49   ` Bruce Richardson
2024-01-31 20:45     ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-01-31 22:55       ` Morten Brørup
2024-02-13  6:45   ` [PATCH v2] RFC: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-13  6:45     ` [PATCH v2] mbuf: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-13 16:58       ` Morten Brørup
2024-02-13 18:48         ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-13 19:27           ` Morten Brørup
2024-02-13 20:00             ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-13  8:57     ` [PATCH v2] RFC: " Bruce Richardson
2024-02-13 17:09     ` Morten Brørup
2024-02-13 23:33   ` [PATCH v3] RFC deprecate RTE_MARKER in struct rte_mbuf Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-13 23:33     ` [PATCH v3] mbuf: deprecate GCC marker in rte mbuf struct Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-14 10:46       ` Morten Brørup
2024-02-14 20:16         ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-14 10:49     ` [PATCH v3] RFC deprecate RTE_MARKER in struct rte_mbuf Morten Brørup
2024-02-26  1:18     ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-02-15  6:21 ` [PATCH v4 00/18] stop using zero sized marker fields Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 01/18] mbuf: deprecate GCC marker in rte mbuf struct Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-18  2:28     ` fengchengwen
2024-02-18 12:39     ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-02-18 13:07       ` Morten Brørup
2024-02-18 15:22         ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-02-18 16:20           ` Morten Brørup
2024-02-20 17:24           ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-20 17:20       ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-20 17:53         ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-02-20 19:16           ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-02-20 19:37             ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 02/18] mbuf: stop using zero sized marker fields Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-18  2:38     ` fengchengwen
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 03/18] net/i40e: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 04/18] net/iavf: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 05/18] net/ice: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 06/18] net/ixgbe: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 07/18] net/mlx5: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 08/18] net/sfc: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 09/18] net/bnxt: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 10/18] net/enic: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 11/18] net/fm10k: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 12/18] net/hns3: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-18  3:00     ` fengchengwen
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 13/18] net/ionic: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 14/18] net/thunderx: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 15/18] net/virtio: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 16/18] net/cnxk: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 17/18] common/idpf: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  6:21   ` [PATCH v4 18/18] examples/dma: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-15  9:37   ` [PATCH v4 00/18] " Morten Brørup
2024-02-24  8:21 ` [PATCH v5 00/22] stop using RTE_MARKER extensions Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:21   ` [PATCH v5 01/22] eal: provide macro to expand marker extensions Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24 10:51     ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-02-24 11:18       ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-02-24  8:21   ` [PATCH v5 02/22] mbuf: expand rte markers empty when building with MSVC Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:21   ` [PATCH v5 03/22] security: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:21   ` [PATCH v5 04/22] cryptodev: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:21   ` [PATCH v5 05/22] mbuf: stop using mbuf cacheline marker fields Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24 10:58     ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-02-26 18:20       ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-02-24  8:21   ` [PATCH v5 06/22] mbuf: add mbuf descriptor accessors Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24 11:01     ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-02-24  8:21   ` [PATCH v5 07/22] common/idpf: use " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:21   ` [PATCH v5 08/22] net/bnxt: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:21   ` [PATCH v5 09/22] net/cnxk: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:21   ` [PATCH v5 10/22] net/enic: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:21   ` [PATCH v5 11/22] net/fm10k: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:21   ` [PATCH v5 12/22] net/hns3: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:21   ` [PATCH v5 13/22] net/i40e: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:21   ` [PATCH v5 14/22] net/iavf: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:22   ` [PATCH v5 15/22] net/ice: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:22   ` [PATCH v5 16/22] net/ionic: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:22   ` [PATCH v5 17/22] net/ixgbe: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:22   ` [PATCH v5 18/22] net/mlx5: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:22   ` [PATCH v5 19/22] net/octeon_ep: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:22   ` [PATCH v5 20/22] net/sfc: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:22   ` [PATCH v5 21/22] net/thunderx: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24  8:22   ` [PATCH v5 22/22] net/virtio: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-24 10:42   ` [PATCH v5 00/22] stop using RTE_MARKER extensions Morten Brørup
2024-02-24 11:13     ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-02-24 11:23       ` Morten Brørup
2024-02-27  5:41 ` [PATCH v6 00/23] stop and remove RTE_MARKER typedefs Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 01/23] mbuf: add accessors for rearm and Rx descriptor fields Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  9:10     ` Morten Brørup
2024-02-27 17:17       ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-28  8:28         ` Morten Brørup
2024-02-28 16:20           ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 02/23] mbuf: consolidate driver asserts for mbuf struct Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27 10:02     ` Konstantin Ananyev
2024-03-14 16:51     ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 03/23] common/idpf: use mbuf descriptor accessors Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 04/23] net/bnxt: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 05/23] net/cnxk: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 06/23] net/enic: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 07/23] net/fm10k: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 08/23] net/hns3: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 09/23] net/i40e: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 10/23] net/iavf: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 11/23] net/ice: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 12/23] net/ionic: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 13/23] net/ixgbe: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 14/23] net/mlx5: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 15/23] net/octeon_ep: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 16/23] net/sfc: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 17/23] net/thunderx: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 18/23] net/virtio: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 19/23] examples/dma: use mbuf descriptor accessor Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 20/23] mbuf: remove and stop using rte marker fields Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  9:15     ` Morten Brørup
2024-02-27 10:03     ` Konstantin Ananyev
2024-02-27 15:18     ` David Marchand
2024-02-27 16:04       ` Morten Brørup
2024-02-27 17:23       ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-28 10:42         ` David Marchand
2024-02-28 14:03       ` Dodji Seketeli
2024-02-28 14:43         ` David Marchand
2024-02-29 14:50           ` Dodji Seketeli
2024-02-28 14:18     ` David Marchand
2024-02-28 15:01       ` Morten Brørup
2024-02-28 15:33         ` David Marchand
2024-02-28 17:20       ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 21/23] security: remove " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 22/23] cryptodev: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-02-27  5:41   ` [PATCH v6 23/23] devtools: forbid new use of rte marker typedefs Tyler Retzlaff
2024-03-20 22:01 ` [PATCH v7 0/4] remove use of RTE_MARKER fields in libraries Tyler Retzlaff
2024-03-20 22:01   ` [PATCH v7 1/4] net/i40e: use inline prefetch function Tyler Retzlaff
2024-03-26 10:16     ` Morten Brørup
2024-03-27 18:14       ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-03-27 19:45         ` Morten Brørup
2024-03-20 22:01   ` [PATCH v7 2/4] mbuf: remove rte marker fields Tyler Retzlaff
2024-03-21 10:32     ` Bruce Richardson
2024-03-21 15:31       ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-03-21 16:19         ` Morten Brørup
2024-03-26 11:12     ` Morten Brørup
2024-03-20 22:01   ` [PATCH v7 3/4] security: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-03-26 10:28     ` Morten Brørup
2024-03-27 19:59       ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-03-20 22:01   ` [PATCH v7 4/4] cryptodev: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-03-26 10:31     ` Morten Brørup
2024-03-27 19:56 ` [PATCH v8 0/4] remove use of RTE_MARKER fields in libraries Tyler Retzlaff
2024-03-27 19:56   ` [PATCH v8 1/4] net/i40e: use inline prefetch function Tyler Retzlaff
2024-03-27 19:56   ` [PATCH v8 2/4] mbuf: remove rte marker fields Tyler Retzlaff
2024-03-27 19:56   ` [PATCH v8 3/4] security: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-03-27 19:56   ` [PATCH v8 4/4] cryptodev: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-02 20:08 ` [PATCH v9 0/4] remove use of RTE_MARKER fields in libraries Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-02 20:08   ` [PATCH v9 1/4] net/i40e: use inline prefetch function Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-02 20:08   ` [PATCH v9 2/4] mbuf: remove rte marker fields Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-02 20:45     ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-04-02 20:51       ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-02 20:08   ` [PATCH v9 3/4] security: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-02 20:08   ` [PATCH v9 4/4] cryptodev: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-03 17:53 ` [PATCH v10 0/4] remove use of RTE_MARKER fields in libraries Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-03 17:53   ` [PATCH v10 1/4] net/i40e: use inline prefetch function Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-03 21:49     ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-04-03 17:53   ` [PATCH v10 2/4] mbuf: remove rte marker fields Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-03 19:32     ` Morten Brørup
2024-04-03 22:45       ` Tyler Retzlaff [this message]
2024-04-03 21:49     ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-04-03 17:53   ` [PATCH v10 3/4] security: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-03 21:50     ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-04-03 17:53   ` [PATCH v10 4/4] cryptodev: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-03 21:50     ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-04-04 17:51 ` [PATCH v11 0/4] remove use of RTE_MARKER fields in libraries Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-04 17:51   ` [PATCH v11 1/4] net/i40e: use inline prefetch function Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-04 17:51   ` [PATCH v11 2/4] mbuf: remove rte marker fields Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-04 17:51   ` [PATCH v11 3/4] security: " Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-04 17:51   ` [PATCH v11 4/4] cryptodev: " Tyler Retzlaff

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