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From: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
To: "Hu, Jiayu" <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	"Kavanagh, Mark B" <mark.b.kavanagh@intel.com>,
	"Tan, Jianfeng" <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/5] gso: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 22:10:37 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB9772584F24AACB@irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170913104407.GA57844@dpdk15.sh.intel.com>


Hi Jiayu,

> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ananyev, Konstantin
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 12:18 PM
> > > To: Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> > > Cc: Kavanagh, Mark B <mark.b.kavanagh@intel.com>; Tan, Jianfeng <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
> > > Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 2/5] gso: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support
> > >
> > > > result, when all of its GSOed segments are freed, the packet is freed
> > > > automatically.
> > > > diff --git a/lib/librte_gso/rte_gso.c b/lib/librte_gso/rte_gso.c
> > > > index dda50ee..95f6ea6 100644
> > > > --- a/lib/librte_gso/rte_gso.c
> > > > +++ b/lib/librte_gso/rte_gso.c
> > > > @@ -33,18 +33,53 @@
> > > >
> > > >  #include <errno.h>
> > > >
> > > > +#include <rte_log.h>
> > > > +
> > > >  #include "rte_gso.h"
> > > > +#include "gso_common.h"
> > > > +#include "gso_tcp4.h"
> > > >
> > > >  int
> > > >  rte_gso_segment(struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
> > > > -		struct rte_gso_ctx gso_ctx __rte_unused,
> > > > +		struct rte_gso_ctx gso_ctx,
> > > >  		struct rte_mbuf **pkts_out,
> > > >  		uint16_t nb_pkts_out)
> > > >  {
> > > > +	struct rte_mempool *direct_pool, *indirect_pool;
> > > > +	struct rte_mbuf *pkt_seg;
> > > > +	uint16_t gso_size;
> > > > +	uint8_t ipid_delta;
> > > > +	int ret = 1;
> > > > +
> > > >  	if (pkt == NULL || pkts_out == NULL || nb_pkts_out < 1)
> > > >  		return -EINVAL;
> > > >
> > > > -	pkts_out[0] = pkt;
> > > > +	if (gso_ctx.gso_size >= pkt->pkt_len ||
> > > > +			(pkt->packet_type & gso_ctx.gso_types) !=
> > > > +			pkt->packet_type) {
> > > > +		pkts_out[0] = pkt;
> > > > +		return ret;
> > > > +	}
> > > > +
> > > > +	direct_pool = gso_ctx.direct_pool;
> > > > +	indirect_pool = gso_ctx.indirect_pool;
> > > > +	gso_size = gso_ctx.gso_size;
> > > > +	ipid_delta = gso_ctx.ipid_flag == RTE_GSO_IPID_INCREASE;
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (is_ipv4_tcp(pkt->packet_type)) {
> > >
> > > Probably we need here:
> > > If (is_ipv4_tcp(pkt->packet_type)  && (gso_ctx->gso_types & DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_TCP_TSO) != 0) {...
> >
> > Sorry, actually it probably should be:
> > If (pkt->ol_flags & (PKT_TX_TCP_SEG | PKT_TX_IPV4) == PKT_TX_IPV4 &&
> >       (gso_ctx->gso_types & DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_TCP_TSO) != 0) {...
> 
> I don't quite understand why the GSO library should be aware if the TSO
> flag is set or not. Applications can query device TSO capability before
> they call the GSO library. Do I misundertsand anything?
> 
> Additionally, we don't need to check if the packet is a TCP/IPv4 packet here?

Well, right now  PMD we doesn't rely on ptype to figure out what type of packet and
what TX offload have to be performed.
Instead it looks at TX part of ol_flags, and 
My thought was that as what we doing is actually TSO in SW, it would be good
to use the same API here too.
Also with that approach, by setting ol_flags properly user can use the same gso_ctx and still
specify what segmentation to perform on a per-packet basis.

Alternative way is to rely on ptype to distinguish should segmentation be performed on that package or not.
The only advantage I see here is that if someone would like to add GSO for some new protocol,
he wouldn't need to introduce new TX flag value for mbuf.ol_flags.
Though he still would need to update TX_OFFLOAD_* capabilities and probably packet_type definitions.
    
So from my perspective first variant (use HW TSO API) is more plausible.
Wonder what is your and Mark opinions here?
Konstantin

  reply	other threads:[~2017-09-13 22:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 157+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-08-24 14:15 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] Support TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO in DPDK Jiayu Hu
2017-08-24 14:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] lib: add Generic Segmentation Offload API framework Jiayu Hu
2017-08-30  1:38   ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-08-30  7:57     ` Jiayu Hu
2017-08-24 14:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/5] gso/lib: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support Jiayu Hu
2017-08-30  1:38   ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-08-30  2:55     ` Jiayu Hu
2017-08-30  9:25       ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-08-30  9:39         ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-08-30  9:59           ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-08-30 13:27             ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-08-30  9:03     ` Jiayu Hu
2017-09-04  3:31     ` Jiayu Hu
2017-09-04  9:54       ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-09-05  1:09         ` Hu, Jiayu
2017-09-11 13:04           ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-08-24 14:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/5] lib/gso: add VxLAN " Jiayu Hu
2017-08-24 14:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/5] lib/gso: add GRE " Jiayu Hu
2017-08-24 14:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/5] app/testpmd: enable TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO Jiayu Hu
2017-08-30  1:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] Support TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO in DPDK Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-08-30  7:36   ` Jiayu Hu
2017-08-30 10:49     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-08-30 13:32       ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-09-05  7:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 " Jiayu Hu
2017-09-05  7:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/5] gso: add Generic Segmentation Offload API framework Jiayu Hu
2017-09-05  7:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/5] gso: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support Jiayu Hu
2017-09-05  7:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/5] gso: add VxLAN " Jiayu Hu
2017-09-05  7:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/5] gso: add GRE " Jiayu Hu
2017-09-05  7:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/5] app/testpmd: enable TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO Jiayu Hu
2017-09-12  2:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/5] Support TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO in DPDK Jiayu Hu
2017-09-12  2:43     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/5] gso: add Generic Segmentation Offload API framework Jiayu Hu
2017-09-12 10:36       ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-09-13  2:11         ` Jiayu Hu
2017-09-14 18:33       ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-09-15  1:12         ` Hu, Jiayu
2017-09-12  2:43     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/5] gso: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support Jiayu Hu
2017-09-12 11:17       ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-09-13  2:48         ` Jiayu Hu
2017-09-13  9:38           ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-09-13 10:23             ` Hu, Jiayu
2017-09-13 14:52             ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-09-13 15:13               ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-09-14  0:59                 ` Hu, Jiayu
2017-09-14  8:35                   ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-09-14  8:39                     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-09-14  9:00                       ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-09-14  9:10                         ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-09-14  9:35                           ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-09-12 14:17       ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-09-13 10:44         ` Jiayu Hu
2017-09-13 22:10           ` Ananyev, Konstantin [this message]
2017-09-14  6:07             ` Jiayu Hu
2017-09-14  8:47               ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-09-14  9:29                 ` Hu, Jiayu
2017-09-14  9:35                   ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-09-14 10:01                     ` Hu, Jiayu
2017-09-14 15:42                       ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-09-14 18:38                         ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-09-15  7:54                           ` Hu, Jiayu
2017-09-15  8:15                             ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-09-15  8:17                             ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-09-15  8:38                               ` Hu, Jiayu
2017-09-14  8:51               ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-09-14  9:45                 ` Hu, Jiayu
2017-09-12  2:43     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/5] gso: add VxLAN " Jiayu Hu
2017-09-12  2:43     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/5] gso: add GRE " Jiayu Hu
2017-09-12  2:43     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/5] app/testpmd: enable TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO Jiayu Hu
2017-09-14 18:33       ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-09-15  1:13         ` Hu, Jiayu
2017-09-19  7:32     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/5] Support TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO in DPDK Jiayu Hu
2017-09-19  7:32       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/5] gso: add Generic Segmentation Offload API framework Jiayu Hu
2017-09-19  7:32       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/5] gso: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support Jiayu Hu
2017-09-20  7:03         ` Yao, Lei A
2017-09-19  7:32       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/5] gso: add VxLAN " Jiayu Hu
2017-09-20  3:11         ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-20  3:17           ` Hu, Jiayu
2017-09-19  7:32       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/5] gso: add GRE " Jiayu Hu
2017-09-20  2:53         ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-20  6:01           ` Hu, Jiayu
2017-09-19  7:32       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/5] app/testpmd: enable TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO Jiayu Hu
2017-09-28 22:13       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/6] Support TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO in DPDK Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-02 16:45         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/6] Support TCP/IPv4, VxLAN, " Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-02 16:45           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/6] gso: add Generic Segmentation Offload API framework Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-04 13:11             ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-04 13:21               ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-10-02 16:45           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/6] gso: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-04 13:32             ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-04 14:30               ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-10-04 14:49                 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-04 14:59                   ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-10-04 13:35             ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-04 14:22               ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-10-02 16:45           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/6] gso: add VxLAN " Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-04 14:12             ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-04 14:35               ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-10-04 16:13               ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-10-04 16:17                 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-02 16:45           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/6] gso: add GRE " Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-04 14:15             ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-04 14:36               ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-10-02 16:45           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 5/6] app/testpmd: enable TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-04 15:08             ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-04 16:23               ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-10-04 16:26                 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-04 16:51                   ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-10-02 16:45           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 6/6] doc: add GSO programmer's guide Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-04 13:51             ` Mcnamara, John
2017-10-05 11:02           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/6] Support TCP/IPv4, VxLAN, and GRE GSO in DPDK Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 11:02             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/6] gso: add Generic Segmentation Offload API framework Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 11:02             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/6] gso: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 11:02             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/6] gso: add VxLAN " Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 11:02             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/6] gso: add GRE " Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 11:02             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 5/6] app/testpmd: enable TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 11:02             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 6/6] doc: add GSO programmer's guide Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 13:22             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/6] Support TCP/IPv4, VxLAN, and GRE GSO in DPDK Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-05 14:39               ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-10-05 15:43             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 " Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 17:12               ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-05 20:16                 ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-10-05 20:36               ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 " Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 22:24                 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-06  8:24                   ` [dpdk-dev] FW: " Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-10-06 10:35                   ` [dpdk-dev] " Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-10-06 23:32                 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-06 23:34                   ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-07 14:56                 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 " Jiayu Hu
2017-10-07 14:56                   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 1/6] gso: add Generic Segmentation Offload API framework Jiayu Hu
2017-10-07 14:56                   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 2/6] gso: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support Jiayu Hu
2017-10-07 14:56                   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 3/6] gso: add VxLAN " Jiayu Hu
2017-10-07 14:56                   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 4/6] gso: add GRE " Jiayu Hu
2017-10-07 14:56                   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 5/6] app/testpmd: enable TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO Jiayu Hu
2017-10-07 14:56                   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 6/6] doc: add GSO programmer's guide Jiayu Hu
2017-10-08  3:40                   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 0/6] Support TCP/IPv4, VxLAN, and GRE GSO in DPDK Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-05 20:36               ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 1/6] gso: add Generic Segmentation Offload API framework Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 20:36               ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 2/6] gso: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 20:36               ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 3/6] gso: add VxLAN " Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 20:36               ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 4/6] gso: add GRE " Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 20:36               ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 5/6] app/testpmd: enable TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 20:36               ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 6/6] doc: add GSO programmer's guide Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-06 13:34                 ` Mcnamara, John
2017-10-06 13:41                   ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-10-05 15:43             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/6] gso: add Generic Segmentation Offload API framework Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 15:44             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/6] gso: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 15:44             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/6] gso: add VxLAN " Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 15:44             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 4/6] gso: add GRE " Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 15:44             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 5/6] app/testpmd: enable TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 15:44             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 6/6] doc: add GSO programmer's guide Mark Kavanagh
2017-10-05 17:57               ` Mcnamara, John
2017-09-28 22:13       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/6] gso: add Generic Segmentation Offload API framework Mark Kavanagh
2017-09-28 22:13       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/6] gso: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support Mark Kavanagh
2017-09-29  3:12         ` Jiayu Hu
2017-09-29  9:05           ` Kavanagh, Mark B
2017-09-28 22:13       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/6] gso: add VxLAN " Mark Kavanagh
2017-09-28 22:13       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/6] gso: add GRE " Mark Kavanagh
2017-09-28 22:13       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/6] app/testpmd: enable TCP/IPv4, VxLAN and GRE GSO Mark Kavanagh
2017-09-28 22:13       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/6] doc: add GSO programmer's guide Mark Kavanagh
2017-09-28 22:18       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/6] gso: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support Mark Kavanagh

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