From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8609BA04DB; Fri, 16 Oct 2020 21:22:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCE00ACA2; Fri, 16 Oct 2020 21:22:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga06.intel.com (mga06.intel.com [134.134.136.31]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E2E2ACA0 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2020 21:22:31 +0200 (CEST) IronPort-SDR: j6vpgvwZ/oJQTmVlfac5jEC/b/gWUeeIwnKOmWWnB6XalWZgaxcnJ8zndkGBGyg2ro/m5GE31v W7yPRiXDzG+w== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9776"; a="228317421" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.77,383,1596524400"; d="scan'208";a="228317421" X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by orsmga104.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 16 Oct 2020 12:22:27 -0700 IronPort-SDR: fWmjRJ+CBLRhWAtBcYx3Vho/FYx4sRLM+7z2SA/EEv/Q0UL5bvdpIShznB3J0Vw5pyQ8GweEo4 YNszSIUuJLkQ== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.77,383,1596524400"; d="scan'208";a="531843002" Received: from fyigit-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.252.19.66]) ([10.252.19.66]) by orsmga005-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 16 Oct 2020 12:22:24 -0700 To: Viacheslav Ovsiienko , dev@dpdk.org Cc: thomas@monjalon.net, stephen@networkplumber.org, olivier.matz@6wind.com, jerinjacobk@gmail.com, maxime.coquelin@redhat.com, david.marchand@redhat.com, arybchenko@solarflare.com References: <1602866680-25920-1-git-send-email-viacheslavo@nvidia.com> <1602866680-25920-2-git-send-email-viacheslavo@nvidia.com> From: Ferruh Yigit Message-ID: <05bf1f75-e0f6-44f1-1bc9-3500e948a2d6@intel.com> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 20:22:20 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1602866680-25920-2-git-send-email-viacheslavo@nvidia.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 1/6] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On 10/16/2020 5:44 PM, Viacheslav Ovsiienko wrote: > The DPDK datapath in the transmit direction is very flexible. > An application can build the multi-segment packet and manages > almost all data aspects - the memory pools where segments > are allocated from, the segment lengths, the memory attributes > like external buffers, registered for DMA, etc. > > In the receiving direction, the datapath is much less flexible, > an application can only specify the memory pool to configure the > receiving queue and nothing more. In order to extend receiving > datapath capabilities it is proposed to add the way to provide > extended information how to split the packets being received. > > The new offload flag RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_BUFFER_SPLIT in device > capabilities is introduced to present the way for PMD to report to > application about supporting Rx packet split to configurable > segments. Prior invoking the rte_eth_rx_queue_setup() routine > application should check RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_BUFFER_SPLIT flag. > > The following structure is introduced to specify the Rx packet > segment for RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_BUFFER_SPLIT offload: > > struct rte_eth_rxseg_split { > > struct rte_mempool *mp; /* memory pools to allocate segment from */ > uint16_t length; /* segment maximal data length, > configures "split point" */ > uint16_t offset; /* data offset from beginning > of mbuf data buffer */ > uint32_t reserved; /* reserved field */ > }; > > The segment descriptions are added to the rte_eth_rxconf structure: > rx_seg - pointer the array of segment descriptions, each element > describes the memory pool, maximal data length, initial > data offset from the beginning of data buffer in mbuf. > This array allows to specify the different settings for > each segment in individual fashion. > rx_nseg - number of elements in the array > > If the extended segment descriptions is provided with these new > fields the mp parameter of the rte_eth_rx_queue_setup must be > specified as NULL to avoid ambiguity. > > There are two options to specify Rx buffer configuration: > - mp is not NULL, rrx_conf.rx_nseg is zero, it is compatible > configuration, follows existing implementation, provides > the single pool and no description for segment sizes > and offsets. > - mp is NULL, rx_conf.rx_seg is not NULL, rx_conf.rx_nseg is not > zero, it provides the extended configuration, individually for > each segment. > > f the Rx queue is configured with new settings the packets being > received will be split into multiple segments pushed to the mbufs > with specified attributes. The PMD will split the received packets > into multiple segments according to the specification in the > description array. > > For example, let's suppose we configured the Rx queue with the > following segments: > seg0 - pool0, len0=14B, off0=2 > seg1 - pool1, len1=20B, off1=128B > seg2 - pool2, len2=20B, off2=0B > seg3 - pool3, len3=512B, off3=0B > > The packet 46 bytes long will look like the following: > seg0 - 14B long @ RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM + 2 in mbuf from pool0 > seg1 - 20B long @ 128 in mbuf from pool1 > seg2 - 12B long @ 0 in mbuf from pool2 > > The packet 1500 bytes long will look like the following: > seg0 - 14B @ RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM + 2 in mbuf from pool0 > seg1 - 20B @ 128 in mbuf from pool1 > seg2 - 20B @ 0 in mbuf from pool2 > seg3 - 512B @ 0 in mbuf from pool3 > seg4 - 512B @ 0 in mbuf from pool3 > seg5 - 422B @ 0 in mbuf from pool3 > > The offload RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER must be present and > configured to support new buffer split feature (if rx_nseg > is greater than one). > > The split limitations imposed by underlying PMD is reported > in the new introduced rte_eth_dev_info->rx_seg_capa field. > > The new approach would allow splitting the ingress packets into > multiple parts pushed to the memory with different attributes. > For example, the packet headers can be pushed to the embedded > data buffers within mbufs and the application data into > the external buffers attached to mbufs allocated from the > different memory pools. The memory attributes for the split > parts may differ either - for example the application data > may be pushed into the external memory located on the dedicated > physical device, say GPU or NVMe. This would improve the DPDK > receiving datapath flexibility with preserving compatibility > with existing API. > > Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko > Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde > Acked-by: Jerin Jacob > Reviewed-by: Andrew Rybchenko > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <...> > - mbp_buf_size = rte_pktmbuf_data_room_size(mp); > + if (mp != NULL) { > + /* Single pool configuration check. */ > + if (rx_conf->rx_nseg != 0) { > + RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, > + "Ambiguous segment configuration\n"); > + return -EINVAL; > + } 'rte_eth_rx_queue_setup()' accepts 'rx_conf' to be NULL, there is a NULL check for it somewhere below the function :) Above will crash in that case, need to fix this, I am on it, any idea welcome.