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From: Shijith Thotton <sthotton@marvell.com>
To: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
	Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>,
	"thomas@monjalon.net" <thomas@monjalon.net>,
	"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] mbuf: add mbuf physical address field to dynamic field
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 12:01:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <PH0PR18MB44259A4F45E355FAC57EB9FBD9BD9@PH0PR18MB4425.namprd18.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Yr7C+RafuY2lZFlB@platinum>

>
>On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 05:55:21PM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 09:55:16PM +0530, Shijith Thotton wrote:
>> > If all devices are configured to run in IOVA mode as VA, physical
>> > address field of mbuf (buf_iova) won't be used. In such cases, buf_iova
>> > space is free to use as a dynamic field. So a new dynamic field member
>> > (dynfield2) is added in mbuf structure to make use of that space.
>> >
>> > A new mbuf flag RTE_MBUF_F_DYNFIELD2 is introduced to help identify the
>> > mbuf that can use dynfield2.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Shijith Thotton <sthotton@marvell.com>
>> > ---
>> I disagree with this patch. The mbuf should always record the iova of the
>> buffer directly, rather than forcing the drivers to query the EAL mode.
>> This will likely also break all vector drivers right now, as they are
>> sensitive to the mbuf layout and the position of the IOVA address in the
>> buffer.
>
 
Hi Bruce,

The IOVA check should have been bus specific, instead of eal.  The bus IOVA mode
will be VA, only if all devices on the bus has the flag
RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_IOVA_AS_VA. It was our thought process, but used wrong API for
the check. It should have avoided the issue which you mentioned above.

>I have the same opinion than Stephen and Bruce. This field is widely used
>in DPDK, I don't think it is a good idea to disable it if some conditions
>are met.

Hi Olivier, 

I was under the assumption, buf_iova won't be used directly by the application
(only through wrapper). So that wrappers can check ol_flags before setting
buf_iova.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2022-07-01 12:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-30 16:25 Shijith Thotton
2022-06-30 16:45 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-07-01 12:16   ` Shijith Thotton
2022-07-01 12:24   ` Shijith Thotton
2022-07-03  7:31     ` Morten Brørup
2022-07-04 14:00       ` Bruce Richardson
2022-08-03 15:34         ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-08-29 15:16           ` [PATCH v1 0/4] mbuf dynamic field expansion Shijith Thotton
2022-09-07 13:43             ` [PATCH v2 0/5] " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-21  9:43               ` David Marchand
2022-09-21 14:01                 ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-21 13:56               ` [PATCH v3 " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-21 13:56                 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] build: add meson option to configure IOVA mode as VA Shijith Thotton
2022-09-28 12:52                   ` Olivier Matz
2022-09-29  5:48                     ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-21 13:56                 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] mbuf: add second dynamic field member for VA only build Shijith Thotton
2022-09-28  7:24                   ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-09-28 12:52                     ` Olivier Matz
2022-09-28 19:33                       ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-09-28 19:48                       ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-09-29  6:13                         ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-28 12:52                   ` Olivier Matz
2022-09-21 13:56                 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] lib: move mbuf next pointer to first cache line Shijith Thotton
2022-09-21 14:07                   ` Morten Brørup
2022-09-28 12:52                   ` Olivier Matz
2022-09-29  6:14                     ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-21 13:56                 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] drivers: mark Marvell cnxk PMDs work with IOVA as VA Shijith Thotton
2022-09-28 12:53                   ` Olivier Matz
2022-09-29  6:19                     ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-29  7:44                       ` Olivier Matz
2022-09-29  8:10                         ` Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 20:17                   ` Olivier Matz
2022-10-07 20:22                     ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-21 13:56                 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] drivers: mark software " Shijith Thotton
2022-09-28  5:41                 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] mbuf dynamic field expansion Shijith Thotton
2022-09-28 12:52                 ` Olivier Matz
2022-09-29  4:51                   ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 13:50                 ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-10-07 19:35                   ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 19:30                 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 19:30                   ` [PATCH v4 1/7] mbuf: add API to get and set mbuf physical address Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 20:16                     ` Olivier Matz
2022-10-07 20:20                       ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 19:30                   ` [PATCH v4 2/7] test/dma: use API to get mbuf data " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 20:17                     ` Olivier Matz
2022-10-07 19:30                   ` [PATCH v4 3/7] build: add meson option to configure IOVA mode as PA Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 19:30                   ` [PATCH v4 4/7] mbuf: add second dynamic field member Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 19:30                   ` [PATCH v4 5/7] lib: move mbuf next pointer to first cache line Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 19:30                   ` [PATCH v4 6/7] drivers: mark cnxk PMDs work with IOVA as PA disabled Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 19:30                   ` [PATCH v4 7/7] drivers: mark software " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 20:19                   ` [PATCH v4 0/7] mbuf dynamic field expansion Olivier Matz
2022-10-07 21:02                   ` [PATCH v5 " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:02                     ` [PATCH v5 1/7] mbuf: add API to get and set mbuf physical address Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:20                       ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-10-07 21:02                     ` [PATCH v5 2/7] test/dma: use API to get mbuf data " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:02                     ` [PATCH v5 3/7] build: add meson option to configure IOVA mode as PA Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:02                     ` [PATCH v5 4/7] mbuf: add second dynamic field member Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:02                     ` [PATCH v5 5/7] lib: move mbuf next pointer to first cache line Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:22                       ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-10-07 21:30                         ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:02                     ` [PATCH v5 6/7] drivers: mark cnxk PMDs work with IOVA as PA disabled Shijith Thotton
2022-10-07 21:02                     ` [PATCH v5 7/7] drivers: mark software " Shijith Thotton
2022-10-09  9:34                     ` [PATCH v5 0/7] mbuf dynamic field expansion Thomas Monjalon
2022-09-07 13:43             ` [PATCH v2 1/5] build: add meson option to configure IOVA mode as VA Shijith Thotton
2022-09-07 15:31               ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-09-07 15:38                 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-07 21:33                   ` Morten Brørup
2022-09-07 13:43             ` [PATCH v2 2/5] mbuf: add second dynamic field member for VA only build Shijith Thotton
2022-09-07 13:43             ` [PATCH v2 3/5] lib: move mbuf next pointer to first cache line Shijith Thotton
2022-09-07 13:43             ` [PATCH v2 4/5] drivers: mark Marvell cnxk PMDs work with IOVA as VA Shijith Thotton
2022-09-07 13:43             ` [PATCH v2 5/5] drivers: mark software " Shijith Thotton
2022-08-29 15:16           ` [PATCH v1 1/4] build: add meson option to configure IOVA mode " Shijith Thotton
2022-08-29 18:18             ` Morten Brørup
2022-08-30  8:32               ` Bruce Richardson
2022-08-29 15:16           ` [PATCH v1 2/4] mbuf: add second dynamic field member for VA only build Shijith Thotton
2022-08-29 18:32             ` Morten Brørup
2022-08-30  8:35               ` Bruce Richardson
2022-08-30  8:41                 ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2022-08-30 13:22                   ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2022-09-07 13:55                     ` Shijith Thotton
2022-08-29 15:16           ` [PATCH v1 3/4] drivers: mark Marvell cnxk PMDs work with IOVA as VA Shijith Thotton
2022-08-29 15:16           ` [PATCH v1 4/4] drivers: mark software " Shijith Thotton
2022-08-30 13:07     ` [PATCH] mbuf: add mbuf physical address field to dynamic field Ferruh Yigit
2022-09-12 13:19       ` [EXT] " Shijith Thotton
2022-06-30 16:55 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-07-01  9:48   ` Olivier Matz
2022-07-01 11:53     ` Slava Ovsiienko
2022-07-01 12:01     ` Shijith Thotton [this message]

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