From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>, Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, Matan Azrad <matan@nvidia.com>,
Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com>,
"andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru" <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>,
"ivan.malov@oktetlabs.ru" <ivan.malov@oktetlabs.ru>,
"ferruh.yigit@amd.com" <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] ethdev: sharing indirect actions between ports
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 17:21:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5033552.JsnAkG3lO3@thomas> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MW2PR12MB46668D1398442C9DCC511DA4D6C79@MW2PR12MB4666.namprd12.prod.outlook.com>
18/01/2023 16:17, Ori Kam:
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > 28/12/2022 17:54, Viacheslav Ovsiienko:
> > > The RTE Flow API implements the concept of shared objects,
> > > known as indirect actions (RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_INDIRECT).
> > > An application can create the indirect action of desired
> > > type and configuration with rte_flow_action_handle_create
> > > call and then specify the obtained action handle in multiple
> > > flows.
> > >
> > > The initial concept supposes the action handle has strict
> > > attachment to the port it was created on and to be used
> > > exclusively in the flows being installed on the port.
> > >
> > > Nowadays the multipath network topologies are quite common,
> > > packets belonging to the same connection might arrive and
> > > be sent over multiple ports, and there is the raising demand
> > > to handle these "spread" connections. To fulfil this demand
> > > it is proposed to extend indirect action sharing across the
> > > multiple ports. This kind of sharing would be extremely useful
> > > for the meters and counters, allowing to manage the single
> > > connection over the multiple ports.
> > >
> > > This cross-port object sharing is hard to implement in
> > > generic way merely with software on the upper layers, but
> > > can be provided by the driver over the single hardware
> > > instance, where multiple ports reside on the same physical
> > > NIC and share the same hardware context.
> > >
> > > To allow this action sharing application should specify
> > > the "host port" during flow configuring to claim the intention
> > > to share the indirect actions. All indirect actions reside within
> > > "host port" context and can be shared in flows being installed
> >
> > I don't like the word "host" because it may refer to the host CPU.
> > Also if I understand well, the application must choose one port
> > between all ports of the NIC and keep using the same.
> > I guess we don't want to create a NIC id.
> > So I would suggest to rename to nic_ref_port or something like that.
> >
>
> I think that host is the correct word since this port hosts all resources for other
> ports. (this is also why the host is used in case of CPU 😊)
> I don't think it is correct to use bad wording due to the fact that some one else
> also uses this word.
> in rte_flow we never talk about host CPU so I don't think this is confusing.
The confusion is that we can think of a port on the host.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-18 16:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-28 16:54 Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-01-08 14:20 ` Ori Kam
2023-01-18 12:07 ` Thomas Monjalon
2023-01-18 15:17 ` Ori Kam
2023-01-18 16:21 ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2023-01-18 16:37 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2023-01-20 12:22 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2023-01-26 15:15 ` Ori Kam
2023-02-06 9:52 ` [PATCH 1/9] " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-06 9:52 ` [PATCH 2/9] net/mlx5/hws: Matcher, Free FT from RTC id before set the new value Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-06 9:52 ` [PATCH 3/9] net/mlx5/hws: fix disconnecting matcher Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-06 9:52 ` [PATCH 4/9] common/mlx5: add cross port object sharing capability Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-06 9:52 ` [PATCH 5/9] net/mlx5: add cross port shared mode for HW steering Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-06 9:52 ` [PATCH 6/9] net/mlx5: support counters in cross port shared mode Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-06 9:52 ` [PATCH 7/9] app/testpmd: add host port parameter into flow config Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-06 9:52 ` [PATCH 8/9] app/testpmd: add shared indirect action support Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-06 9:52 ` [PATCH 9/9] doc: update cross-port indirect shared action Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-07 14:01 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] ethdev: sharing indirect actions between ports Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-07 14:01 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] app/testpmd: add host port parameter into flow config Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-09 14:48 ` Ori Kam
2023-02-07 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] app/testpmd: add shared indirect action support Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-09 14:48 ` Ori Kam
2023-02-07 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] net/mlx5/hws: free FT from RTC id before set the new value Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-07 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] net/mlx5/hws: fix disconnecting matcher Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-07 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] common/mlx5: add cross port object sharing capability Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-07 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] net/mlx5: add cross port shared mode for HW steering Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-07 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] net/mlx5: support counters in cross port shared mode Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-07 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] doc: update cross-port indirect shared action Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-09 14:49 ` Ori Kam
2023-02-10 14:35 ` Ferruh Yigit
2023-02-08 12:21 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] ethdev: sharing indirect actions between ports Ori Kam
2023-02-09 14:47 ` Ori Kam
2023-02-10 14:34 ` Ferruh Yigit
2023-02-10 14:38 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2023-02-10 15:17 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] *ethdev: sharing indirect actions between port* Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-10 15:17 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] ethdev: sharing indirect actions between ports Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-10 15:17 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] app/testpmd: add host port parameter into flow config Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-10 15:17 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] app/testpmd: add shared indirect action support Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-10 23:02 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] *ethdev: sharing indirect actions between port* Ferruh Yigit
2023-02-13 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] net/mlx5: sharing indirect actions between port Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-13 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] net/mlx5/hws: free FT from RTC ID before set the new value Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-13 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] net/mlx5/hws: fix disconnecting matcher Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-13 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] common/mlx5: add cross port object sharing capability Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-13 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] net/mlx5: add cross port shared mode for HW steering Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-13 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] net/mlx5: support counters in cross port shared mode Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2023-02-15 13:29 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] net/mlx5: sharing indirect actions between port Raslan Darawsheh
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