From: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
To: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>,
Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Cc: "Kulasek, TomaszX" <tomaszx.kulasek@intel.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce ABI change for rte_eth_dev structure
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 17:33:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB97725836B8884E@irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160727171043.GA22116@localhost.localdomain>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerin Jacob [mailto:jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 6:11 PM
> To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
> Cc: Kulasek, TomaszX <tomaszx.kulasek@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org; Ananyev, Konstantin <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce ABI change for rte_eth_dev structure
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 01:59:01AM -0700, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Kulasek <tomaszx.kulasek@intel.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > +* In 16.11 ABI changes are plained: the ``rte_eth_dev`` structure
> > > > +will be
> > > > + extended with new function pointer ``tx_pkt_prep`` allowing
> > > > +verification
> > > > + and processing of packet burst to meet HW specific requirements
> > > > +before
> > > > + transmit. Also new fields will be added to the ``rte_eth_desc_lim`` structure:
> > > > + ``nb_seg_max`` and ``nb_mtu_seg_max`` provideing information
> > > > +about number of
> > > > + segments limit to be transmitted by device for TSO/non-TSO packets.
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
> >
> > I think I understand you want to split the TX processing:
> > 1/ modify/write in mbufs
> > 2/ write in HW
> > and let application decide:
> > - where the TX prep is done (which core)
>
> In what basics applications knows when and where to call tx_pkt_prep in fast path.
> if all the time it needs to call before tx_burst then the PMD won't have/don't need this callback waste cycles in fast path.Is this the expected
> behavior ?
> Anything think it as compile time to make other PMDs wont suffer because of this change.
Not sure what suffering you are talking about...
Current model - i.e. when application does preparations (or doesn't if none is required)
on its own and just call tx_burst() would still be there.
If the app doesn't want to use tx_prep() by some reason - that still ok,
and decision is up to the particular app.
Konstantin
>
>
> > - what to do if the TX prep fail
> > So adding some processing in this first part becomes "not too
> > expensive" or "manageable" from the application point of view.
> >
> > If I well understand the intent,
> >
> > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> (except typos ;)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-27 17:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-20 14:24 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] " Tomasz Kulasek
2016-07-20 15:01 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-20 15:13 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2016-07-20 15:22 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-20 15:42 ` Kulasek, TomaszX
2016-07-21 15:24 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Tomasz Kulasek
2016-07-21 22:48 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2016-07-27 8:59 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-27 17:10 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-07-27 17:33 ` Ananyev, Konstantin [this message]
2016-07-27 17:41 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-07-27 20:51 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2016-07-28 2:13 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-07-28 10:36 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2016-07-28 11:38 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-07-28 12:07 ` Avi Kivity
2016-07-28 13:01 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2016-07-28 13:58 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-07-28 14:21 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2016-07-28 13:59 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-07-28 14:52 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-28 16:25 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-07-28 17:07 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-31 7:50 ` Vlad Zolotarov
2016-07-28 12:04 ` Avi Kivity
2016-07-31 7:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] " Vlad Zolotarov
2016-07-31 8:10 ` Vlad Zolotarov
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