From: "Kavanagh, Mark B" <mark.b.kavanagh@intel.com>
To: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>,
"Hu, Jiayu" <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, "Tan, Jianfeng" <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/5] gso/lib: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:27:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DC5AD7FA266D86499789B1BCAEC715F8C31A7760@IRSMSX101.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB9772584F23E1D4@IRSMSX103.ger.corp.intel.com>
>From: Ananyev, Konstantin
>Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 10:59 AM
>To: Ananyev, Konstantin <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>; Kavanagh, Mark B
><mark.b.kavanagh@intel.com>; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
>Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Tan, Jianfeng <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
>Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/5] gso/lib: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Ananyev, Konstantin
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 10:39 AM
>> To: Kavanagh, Mark B <mark.b.kavanagh@intel.com>; Hu, Jiayu
><jiayu.hu@intel.com>
>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Tan, Jianfeng <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/5] gso/lib: add TCP/IPv4 GSO support
>>
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> > >> > +
>> > >> > +void
>> > >> > +gso_parse_packet(struct rte_mbuf *pkt)
>> > >>
>> > >> There is a function rte_net_get_ptype() that supposed to provide
>similar
>> > >functionality.
>> > >> So we probably don't need to create a new SW parse function here,
>instead
>> > >would be better
>> > >> to reuse (and update if needed) an existing one.
>> > >> Again user already might have l2/l3/l4.../_len and packet_type setuped.
>> > >> So better to keep SW packet parsing out of scope of that library.
>> > >
>> > >Hmm, I know we have discussed this design choice in the GRO library, and
>I
>> > >also think it's
>> > >better to reuse these values.
>> > >
>> > >But from the perspective of OVS, it may add extra overhead, since OVS
>doesn't
>> > >parse every
>> > >packet originally. Maybe @Mark can give us more inputs from the view of
>OVS.
>> >
>> > Hi Jiayu, Konstantin
>> >
>> > For GSO, the application needs to know:
>> > - the packet type (as it only currently supports TCP/IPv4, VxLAN, GRE
>packets)
>> > - the l2/3/4_lens, etc. (in order to replicate the original packet's
>headers across outgoing segments)
>> >
>> > For this, we can use the rte_net_get_ptype function, as per Konstantin's
>suggestion, as it provides both - thanks Konstantin!
>> >
>> > WRT the extra overhead in OvS: TSO is the defacto standard, and GSO is
>provided purely as a fallback option. As such, and since the
>> > additional packet parsing is a necessity in order to facilitate GSO, the
>additional overhead is IMO acceptable.
>>
>> As I remember, for TSO in DPDK user still have to provide l2/l3/l4_len and
>mss information to the PMD.
Yes, that's correct.
>> So unless user knows these value straightway (user creates a packet himself)
>some packet processing will be unavailable anyway.
That's correct also. Currently, packets that originate in a VM, and which have been marked for TSO, have the l2_len, etc. fields populated by the 'parse_ethernet' function, called as part of the call stack of the rte_vhost_dequeue_burst function, so that particular overhead is already implicit in the TSO case.
>> Konstantin
>
>s/unavailable/unavoidable/
>sorry for bad typing.
>Konstantin
>
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Mark
>> >
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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 [this message]
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
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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