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From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
To: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
	dev@dpdk.org, yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com
Cc: konstantin.ananyev@intel.com, sugesh.chandran@intel.com,
	bruce.richardson@intel.com, jianfeng.tan@intel.com,
	helin.zhang@intel.com, adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com,
	stephen@networkplumber.org, dprovan@bivio.net,
	xiao.w.wang@intel.com
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/12] mbuf: add new Rx checksum mbuf flags
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 15:43:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <96f1e5be-5d99-caa8-814a-f09868d258bd@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1475485223-30566-6-git-send-email-olivier.matz@6wind.com>



On 10/03/2016 11:00 AM, Olivier Matz wrote:
> Following discussions in [1] and [2], introduce a new bit to
> describe the Rx checksum status in mbuf.
>
> Before this patch, only one flag was available:
>   PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD: L4 cksum of RX pkt. is not OK.
>
> And same for L3:
>   PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD: IP cksum of RX pkt. is not OK.
>
> This had 2 issues:
> - it was not possible to differentiate "checksum good" from
>   "checksum unknown".
> - it was not possible for a virtual driver to say "the checksum
>   in packet may be wrong, but data integrity is valid".
>
> This patch tries to solve this issue by having 4 states (2 bits)
> for the IP and L4 Rx checksums. New values are:
>
>  - PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_UNKNOWN: no information about the RX L4 checksum
>    -> the application should verify the checksum by sw
>  - PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD: the L4 checksum in the packet is wrong
>    -> the application can drop the packet without additional check
>  - PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD: the L4 checksum in the packet is valid
>    -> the application can accept the packet without verifying the
>       checksum by sw
>  - PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_NONE: the L4 checksum is not correct in the packet
>    data, but the integrity of the L4 data is verified.
>    -> the application can process the packet but must not verify the
>       checksum by sw. It has to take care to recalculate the cksum
>       if the packet is transmitted (either by sw or using tx offload)
>
>   And same for L3 (replace L4 by IP in description above).
>
> This commit tries to be compatible with existing applications that
> only check the existing flag (CKSUM_BAD).
>
> [1] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-May/039920.html
> [2] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-June/040007.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst |  6 ++++
>  lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c             | 16 +++++++++--
>  lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h             | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  3 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
> index f29b44c..2aff84c 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
> @@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ New Features
>    Added a new function ``rte_raw_cksum_mbuf()`` to process the checksum of
>    data embedded in an mbuf chain.
>
> +* **Added new Rx checksum mbuf flags.**
> +
> +  Added new Rx checksum flags in mbufs to described more states: unknown,
s/described/describe/

With this typo fixed, it looks good to me:
Reviewed-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>

Thanks,
Maxime

  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-11 13:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 97+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-21  8:08 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/12] net/virtio: add offload support Olivier Matz
2016-07-21  8:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/12] virtio: move device initialization in a function Olivier Matz
2016-07-21  8:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/12] virtio: setup and start cq in configure callback Olivier Matz
2016-07-21 21:15   ` Stephen Hemminger
2016-07-22  7:54     ` Olivier Matz
2016-07-21  8:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/12] virtio: reinitialize the device " Olivier Matz
2016-07-21  8:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 04/12] mbuf: add function to calculate a checksum Olivier Matz
2016-07-21 10:51   ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2016-07-21 16:26     ` Don Provan
2016-07-21 16:46       ` Olivier Matz
2016-07-22  8:24     ` Olivier Matz
2016-08-29 14:52       ` Olivier Matz
2016-07-21  8:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 05/12] mbuf: add new Rx checksum mbuf flags Olivier Matz
2016-07-21 21:22   ` Stephen Hemminger
2016-07-22  8:03     ` Olivier Matz
2016-07-21  8:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 06/12] app/testpmd: fix checksum stats in csum engine Olivier Matz
2016-07-21  8:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/12] mbuf: new flag for LRO Olivier Matz
2016-07-21  8:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 08/12] app/testpmd: display lro segment size Olivier Matz
2016-07-21  8:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 09/12] virtio: add Rx checksum offload support Olivier Matz
2016-07-27  9:52   ` Wang, Xiao W
2016-07-21  8:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 10/12] virtio: add Tx " Olivier Matz
2016-07-21  8:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 11/12] virtio: add Lro support Olivier Matz
2016-07-21  8:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 12/12] virtio: add Tso support Olivier Matz
2016-10-03  9:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/12] net/virtio: add offload support Olivier Matz
2016-10-03  9:00   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/12] virtio: move device initialization in a function Olivier Matz
2016-10-11 12:30     ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-03  9:00   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/12] virtio: setup and start cq in configure callback Olivier Matz
2016-10-11 12:47     ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-03  9:00   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/12] virtio: reinitialize the device " Olivier Matz
2016-10-11 13:13     ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-12 14:41     ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-12 16:01       ` Olivier MATZ
2016-10-13  7:54         ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-13 13:57           ` Olivier MATZ
2016-10-03  9:00   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/12] net: add function to calculate a checksum in a mbuf Olivier Matz
2016-10-11 13:25     ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-11 13:33       ` Olivier MATZ
2016-10-03  9:00   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/12] mbuf: add new Rx checksum mbuf flags Olivier Matz
2016-10-11 13:43     ` Maxime Coquelin [this message]
2016-10-03  9:00   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/12] app/testpmd: fix checksum stats in csum engine Olivier Matz
2016-10-11 13:46     ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-03  9:00   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/12] mbuf: new flag for LRO Olivier Matz
2016-10-11 13:48     ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-03  9:00   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/12] app/testpmd: display lro segment size Olivier Matz
2016-10-11 13:49     ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-03  9:00   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/12] virtio: add Rx checksum offload support Olivier Matz
2016-10-03 12:51     ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-05 11:56       ` Olivier Matz
2016-10-05 13:27         ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-05 13:30           ` Olivier Matz
2016-10-12 13:02           ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-12 15:55             ` Olivier MATZ
2016-10-11 14:04     ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-11 14:29       ` Olivier MATZ
2016-10-11 14:36         ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-11 14:49           ` Olivier MATZ
2016-10-03  9:00   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/12] virtio: add Tx " Olivier Matz
2016-10-07  7:25     ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-07 16:36       ` Olivier Matz
2016-10-13  8:38     ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-13 13:58       ` Olivier MATZ
2016-10-03  9:00   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/12] virtio: add Lro support Olivier Matz
2016-10-11 14:21     ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-03  9:00   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/12] virtio: add Tso support Olivier Matz
2016-10-13  8:18     ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-13 14:02       ` Olivier MATZ
2016-10-13 14:16         ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-13 14:52           ` Olivier MATZ
2016-10-13 15:01             ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-13 15:15               ` Olivier MATZ
2016-10-13 15:29                 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-13 15:45                   ` Olivier Matz
2016-10-13 16:01                     ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-13 15:04             ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-13 23:33       ` Stephen Hemminger
2016-10-18 14:07         ` Olivier Matz
2016-10-11 11:35   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/12] net/virtio: add offload support Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-11 12:14     ` Olivier MATZ
2016-10-11 15:37       ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-13 14:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 " Olivier Matz
2016-10-13 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 01/12] net/virtio: move device initialization in a function Olivier Matz
2016-10-13 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 02/12] net/virtio: setup and start cq in configure callback Olivier Matz
2016-11-02  1:38     ` Yao, Lei A
2016-11-08 14:58       ` Olivier Matz
2016-10-13 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 03/12] net/virtio: reinitialize the device " Olivier Matz
2016-10-13 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 04/12] net: add function to calculate a checksum in a mbuf Olivier Matz
2016-10-13 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 05/12] mbuf: add new Rx checksum mbuf flags Olivier Matz
2016-10-13 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 06/12] app/testpmd: adapt checksum stats in csum engine Olivier Matz
2016-10-13 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 07/12] mbuf: new flag for LRO Olivier Matz
2016-10-13 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 08/12] app/testpmd: display lro segment size Olivier Matz
2016-10-13 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 09/12] net/virtio: add Rx checksum offload support Olivier Matz
2016-10-13 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 10/12] net/virtio: add Tx " Olivier Matz
2016-10-13 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 11/12] net/virtio: add Lro support Olivier Matz
2016-10-13 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 12/12] net/virtio: add Tso support Olivier Matz
2016-10-13 16:05     ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-13 18:50       ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-10-13 19:58         ` Olivier Matz

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