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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] libeventdev: event driven programming model framework for DPDK
@ 2016-10-04 21:49 Vangati, Narender
  2016-10-05  7:24 ` Jerin Jacob
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 41+ messages in thread
From: Vangati, Narender @ 2016-10-04 21:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dev

Hi Jerin,



Here are some comments on the libeventdev RFC.

These are collated thoughts after discussions with you & others to understand the concepts and rationale for the current proposal.



1. Concept of flow queues. This is better abstracted as flow ids and not as flow queues which implies there is a queueing structure per flow. A s/w implementation can do atomic load balancing on multiple flow ids more efficiently than maintaining each event in a specific flow queue.



2. Scheduling group. A scheduling group is more a steam of events, so an event queue might be a better abstraction.



3. An event queue should support the concept of max active atomic flows (maximum number of active flows this queue can track at any given time) and max active ordered sequences (maximum number of outstanding events waiting to be egress reordered by this queue). This allows a scheduler implementation to dimension/partition its resources among event queues.



4. An event queue should support concept of a single consumer. In an application, a stream of events may need to be brought together to a single core for some stages of processing, e.g. for TX at the end of the pipeline to avoid NIC reordering of the packets. Having a 'single consumer' event queue for that stage allows the intensive scheduling logic to be short circuited and can improve throughput for s/w implementations.



5. Instead of tying eventdev access to an lcore, a higher level of abstraction called event port is needed which is the application i/f to the eventdev. Event ports are connected to event queues and is the object the application uses to dequeue and enqueue events. There can be more than one event port per lcore allowing multiple lightweight threads to have their own i/f into eventdev, if the implementation supports it. An event port abstraction also encapsulates dequeue depth and enqueue depth for a scheduler implementations which can schedule multiple events at a time and output events that can be buffered.



6. An event should support priority. Per event priority is useful for segregating high priority (control messages) traffic from low priority within the same flow. This needs to be part of the event definition for implementations which support it.



7. Event port to event queue servicing priority. This allows two event ports to connect to the same event queue with different priorities. For implementations which support it, this allows a worker core to participate in two different workflows with different priorities (workflow 1 needing 3.5 cores, workflow 2 needing 2.5 cores, and so on).



8. Define the workflow as schedule/dequeue/enqueue. An implementation is free to define schedule as NOOP. A distributed s/w scheduler can use this to schedule events; also a centralized s/w scheduler can make this a NOOP on non-scheduler cores.



9. The schedule_from_group API does not fit the workflow.



10. The ctxt_update/ctxt_wait breaks the normal workflow. If the normal workflow is a dequeue -> do work based on event type -> enqueue,  a pin_event argument to enqueue (where the pinned event is returned through the normal dequeue) allows application workflow to remain the same whether or not an implementation supports it.



11. Burst dequeue/enqueue needed.



12. Definition of a closed/open system - where open system is memory backed and closed system eventdev has limited capacity. In such systems, it is also useful to denote per event port how many packets can be active in the system. This can serve as a threshold for ethdev like devices so they don't overwhelm core to core events.



13. There should be sort of device capabilities definition to address different implementations.




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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] [PATCH v2] libeventdev: event driven programming model framework for DPDK
@ 2016-10-14 15:00 Francois Ozog
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From: Francois Ozog @ 2016-10-14 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dev, EXT Jacob, Jerin
  Cc: Thomas Monjalon, bruce.richardson, narender.vangati,
	hemant.agrawal, gage.eads

Dear Jerin,

Very nice work!

This new RFC version opens the way to a unified conceptual model of
Software Defined Data Planes supported by diverse implementations such
as OpenDataPlane and DPDK.

I think this is an important signal to the industry.

François-Frédéric

________________________________
From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> on behalf of Jerin Jacob
<jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 9:30 PM
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: thomas.monjalon@6wind.com; bruce.richardson@intel.com;
narender.vangati@intel.com; hemant.agrawal@nxp.com;
gage.eads@intel.com; Jerin Jacob
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] [PATCH v2] libeventdev: event driven
programming model framework for DPDK

Thanks to Intel and NXP folks for the positive and constructive feedback
I've received so far. Here is the updated RFC(v2).

I've attempted to address as many comments as possible.

This series adds rte_eventdev.h to the DPDK tree with
adequate documentation in doxygen format.

Updates are also available online:

Related draft header file (this patch):
https://rawgit.com/jerinjacobk/libeventdev/master/rte_eventdev.h

PDF version(doxgen output):
https://rawgit.com/jerinjacobk/libeventdev/master/librte_eventdev_v2.pdf

Repo:
https://github.com/jerinjacobk/libeventdev

v1..v2

- Added Cavium, Intel, NXP copyrights in header file

- Changed the concept of flow queues to flow ids.
This is avoid dictating a specific structure to hold the flows.
A s/w implementation can do atomic load balancing on multiple
flow ids more efficiently than maintaining each event in a specific flow queue.

- Change the scheduling group to event queue.
A scheduling group is more a stream of events, so an event queue is a better
 abstraction.

- Introduced event port concept, Instead of trying eventdev access to the lcore,
a higher level of abstraction called event port is needed which is the
application i/f to the eventdev to dequeue and enqueue the events.
One or more event queues can be linked to single event port.
There can be more than one event port per lcore allowing multiple lightweight
threads to have their own i/f into eventdev, if the implementation supports it.
An event port will be bound to a lcore or a lightweight thread to keep
portable application workflow.
An event port abstraction also encapsulates dequeue depth and enqueue depth for
a scheduler implementations which can schedule multiple events at a time and
output events that can be buffered.

- Added configuration options with event queue(nb_atomic_flows,
nb_atomic_order_sequences, single consumer etc)
and event port(dequeue_queue_depth, enqueue_queue_depth etc) to define the
limits on the resource usage.(Useful for optimized software implementation)

- Introduced RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_QUEUE_QOS and RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_EVENT_QOS
schemes of priority handling

- Added event port to event queue servicing priority.
This allows two event ports to connect to the same event queue with
different priorities.

- Changed the workflow as schedule/dequeue/enqueue.
An implementation is free to define schedule as NOOP.
A distributed s/w scheduler can use this to schedule events;
also a centralized s/w scheduler can make this a NOOP on non-scheduler cores.

- Removed Cavium HW specific schedule_from_group API

- Removed Cavium HW specific ctxt_update/ctxt_wait APIs.
 Introduced a more generic "event pinning" concept. i.e
If the normal workflow is a dequeue -> do work based on event type -> enqueue,
a pin_event argument to enqueue
where the pinned event is returned through the normal dequeue)
allows application workflow to remain the same whether or not an
implementation supports it.

- Added dequeue() burst variant

- Added the definition of a closed/open system - where open system is memory
backed and closed system eventdev has limited capacity.
In such systems, it is also useful to denote per event port how many packets
can be active in the system.
This can serve as a threshold for ethdev like devices so they don't overwhelm
core to core events.

- Added the option to specify maximum amount of time(in ns) application needs
wait on dequeue()

- Removed the scheme of expressing the number of flows in log2 format

Open item or the item needs improvement.
----------------------------------------
- Abstract the differences in event QoS management with different
priority schemes
available in different HW or SW implementations with portable
application workflow.

Based on the feedback, there three different kinds of QoS support available in
three different HW or SW implementations.
1) Priority associated with the event queue
2) Priority associated with each event enqueue
(Same flow can have two different priority on two separate enqueue)
3) Priority associated with the flow(each flow has unique priority)

In v2, The differences abstracted based on device capability
(RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_QUEUE_QOS for the first scheme,
RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_EVENT_QOS for the second and third scheme).
This scheme would call for different application workflow for
nontrivial QoS-enabled applications.

Looking forward to getting comments from both application and driver
implementation perspective.

/Jerin

---
 doc/api/doxy-api-index.md          |    1 +
 doc/api/doxy-api.conf              |    1 +
 lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h | 1204 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 1206 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h

diff --git a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
index 6675f96..28c1329 100644
--- a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
+++ b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ There are many libraries, so their headers may be
grouped by topics:
   [ethdev]             (@ref rte_ethdev.h),
   [ethctrl]            (@ref rte_eth_ctrl.h),
   [cryptodev]          (@ref rte_cryptodev.h),
+  [eventdev]           (@ref rte_eventdev.h),
   [devargs]            (@ref rte_devargs.h),
   [bond]               (@ref rte_eth_bond.h),
   [vhost]              (@ref rte_virtio_net.h),
diff --git a/doc/api/doxy-api.conf b/doc/api/doxy-api.conf
index 9dc7ae5..9841477 100644
--- a/doc/api/doxy-api.conf
+++ b/doc/api/doxy-api.conf
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ INPUT                   = doc/api/doxy-api-index.md \
                           lib/librte_cryptodev \
                           lib/librte_distributor \
                           lib/librte_ether \
+                          lib/librte_eventdev \
                           lib/librte_hash \
                           lib/librte_ip_frag \
                           lib/librte_jobstats \
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f60e461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
@@ -0,0 +1,1204 @@
+/*
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright 2016 Cavium.
+ *   Copyright 2016 Intel Corporation.
+ *   Copyright 2016 NXP.
+ *
+ *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ *   are met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *       distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Cavium nor the names of its
+ *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_EVENTDEV_H_
+#define _RTE_EVENTDEV_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * RTE Event Device API
+ *
+ * The Event Device API is composed of two parts:
+ *
+ * - The application-oriented Event API that includes functions to setup
+ *   an event device (configure it, setup its queues, ports and start it), to
+ *   establish the link between queues to port and to receive events,
and so on.
+ *
+ * - The driver-oriented Event API that exports a function allowing
+ *   an event poll Mode Driver (PMD) to simultaneously register itself as
+ *   an event device driver.
+ *
+ * Event device components:
+ *
+ *                     +-----------------+
+ *                     | +-------------+ |
+ *        +-------+    | |    flow 0   | |
+ *        |Packet |    | +-------------+ |
+ *        |event  |    | +-------------+ |
+ *        |       |    | |    flow 1   | |event_port_link(port0, queue0)
+ *        +-------+    | +-------------+ |     |     +--------+
+ *        +-------+    | +-------------+ o-----v-----o        |dequeue +------+
+ *        |Crypto |    | |    flow n   | |           | event  +------->|Core 0|
+ *        |work   |    | +-------------+ o----+      | port 0 |        |      |
+ *        |done ev|    |  event queue 0  |    |      +--------+        +------+
+ *        +-------+    +-----------------+    |
+ *        +-------+                           |
+ *        |Timer  |    +-----------------+    |      +--------+
+ *        |expiry |    | +-------------+ |    +------o        |dequeue +------+
+ *        |event  |    | |    flow 0   | o-----------o event  +------->|Core 1|
+ *        +-------+    | +-------------+ |      +----o port 1 |        |      |
+ *       Event enqueue | +-------------+ |      |    +--------+        +------+
+ *     o-------------> | |    flow 1   | |      |
+ *        enqueue(     | +-------------+ |      |
+ *        queue_id,    |                 |      |    +--------+        +------+
+ *        flow_id,     | +-------------+ |      |    |        |dequeue |Core 2|
+ *        sched_type,  | |    flow n   | o-----------o event  +------->|      |
+ *        event_type,  | +-------------+ |      |    | port 2 |        +------+
+ *        subev_type,  |  event queue 1  |      |    +--------+
+ *        event)       +-----------------+      |    +--------+
+ *                                              |    |        |dequeue +------+
+ *        +-------+    +-----------------+      |    | event  +------->|Core n|
+ *        |Core   |    | +-------------+ o-----------o port n |        |      |
+ *        |(SW)   |    | |    flow 0   | |      |    +--------+        +--+---+
+ *        |event  |    | +-------------+ |      |                         |
+ *        +-------+    | +-------------+ |      |                         |
+ *            ^        | |    flow 1   | |      |                         |
+ *            |        | +-------------+ o------+                         |
+ *            |        | +-------------+ |                                |
+ *            |        | |    flow n   | |                                |
+ *            |        | +-------------+ |                                |
+ *            |        |  event queue n  |                                |
+ *            |        +-----------------+                                |
+ *            |                                                           |
+ *            +-----------------------------------------------------------+
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ * Event device: A hardware or software-based event scheduler.
+ *
+ * Event: A unit of scheduling that encapsulates a packet or other datatype
+ * like SW generated event from the core, Crypto work completion notification,
+ * Timer expiry event notification etc as well as metadata.
+ * The metadata includes flow ID, scheduling type, event priority, event_type,
+ * sub_event_type etc.
+ *
+ * Event queue: A queue containing events that are scheduled by the event dev.
+ * An event queue contains events of different flows associated with scheduling
+ * types, such as atomic, ordered, or parallel.
+ *
+ * Event port: An application's interface into the event dev for enqueue and
+ * dequeue operations. Each event port can be linked with one or more
+ * event queues for dequeue operations.
+ *
+ * By default, all the functions of the Event Device API exported by a PMD
+ * are lock-free functions which assume to not be invoked in parallel on
+ * different logical cores to work on the same target object. For instance,
+ * the dequeue function of a PMD cannot be invoked in parallel on two logical
+ * cores to operates on same  event port. Of course, this function
+ * can be invoked in parallel by different logical cores on different ports.
+ * It is the responsibility of the upper level application to enforce
this rule.
+ *
+ * In all functions of the Event API, the Event device is
+ * designated by an integer >= 0 named the device identifier *dev_id*
+ *
+ * At the Event driver level, Event devices are represented by a generic
+ * data structure of type *rte_event_dev*.
+ *
+ * Event devices are dynamically registered during the PCI/SoC device probing
+ * phase performed at EAL initialization time.
+ * When an Event device is being probed, a *rte_event_dev* structure and
+ * a new device identifier are allocated for that device. Then, the
+ * event_dev_init() function supplied by the Event driver matching the probed
+ * device is invoked to properly initialize the device.
+ *
+ * The role of the device init function consists of resetting the hardware or
+ * software event driver implementations.
+ *
+ * If the device init operation is successful, the correspondence between
+ * the device identifier assigned to the new device and its associated
+ * *rte_event_dev* structure is effectively registered.
+ * Otherwise, both the *rte_event_dev* structure and the device identifier are
+ * freed.
+ *
+ * The functions exported by the application Event API to setup a device
+ * designated by its device identifier must be invoked in the following order:
+ *     - rte_event_dev_configure()
+ *     - rte_event_queue_setup()
+ *     - rte_event_port_setup()
+ *     - rte_event_port_link()
+ *     - rte_event_dev_start()
+ *
+ * Then, the application can invoke, in any order, the functions
+ * exported by the Event API to schedule events, dequeue events,
enqueue events,
+ * change event queue(s) to event port [un]link establishment and so on.
+ *
+ * Application may use rte_event_[queue/port]_default_conf_get() to get the
+ * default configuration to set up an event queue or event port by
+ * overriding few default values.
+ *
+ * If the application wants to change the configuration (i.e. call
+ * rte_event_dev_configure(), rte_event_queue_setup(), or
+ * rte_event_port_setup()), it must call rte_event_dev_stop() first to stop the
+ * device and then do the reconfiguration before calling rte_event_dev_start()
+ * again. The schedule, enqueue and dequeue functions should not be invoked
+ * when the device is stopped.
+ *
+ * Finally, an application can close an Event device by invoking the
+ * rte_event_dev_close() function.
+ *
+ * Each function of the application Event API invokes a specific function
+ * of the PMD that controls the target device designated by its device
+ * identifier.
+ *
+ * For this purpose, all device-specific functions of an Event driver are
+ * supplied through a set of pointers contained in a generic structure of type
+ * *event_dev_ops*.
+ * The address of the *event_dev_ops* structure is stored in the
*rte_event_dev*
+ * structure by the device init function of the Event driver, which is
+ * invoked during the PCI/SoC device probing phase, as explained earlier.
+ *
+ * In other words, each function of the Event API simply retrieves the
+ * *rte_event_dev* structure associated with the device identifier and
+ * performs an indirect invocation of the corresponding driver function
+ * supplied in the *event_dev_ops* structure of the *rte_event_dev* structure.
+ *
+ * For performance reasons, the address of the fast-path functions of the
+ * Event driver is not contained in the *event_dev_ops* structure.
+ * Instead, they are directly stored at the beginning of the *rte_event_dev*
+ * structure to avoid an extra indirect memory access during their invocation.
+ *
+ * RTE event device drivers do not use interrupts for enqueue or dequeue
+ * operation. Instead, Event drivers export Poll-Mode enqueue and dequeue
+ * functions to applications.
+ *
+ * An event driven based application has following typical workflow
on fastpath:
+ * \code{.c}
+ *     while (1) {
+ *
+ *             rte_event_schedule(dev_id);
+ *
+ *             rte_event_dequeue(...);
+ *
+ *             (event processing)
+ *
+ *             rte_event_enqueue(...);
+ *     }
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * The *schedule* operation is intended to do event scheduling, and the
+ * *dequeue* operation returns the scheduled events. An implementation
+ * is free to define the semantics between *schedule* and *dequeue*. For
+ * example, a system based on a hardware scheduler can define its
+ * rte_event_schedule() to be an NOOP, whereas a software scheduler can use
+ * the *schedule* operation to schedule events.
+ *
+ * The events are injected to event device through *enqueue* operation by
+ * event producers in the system. The typical event producers are ethdev
+ * subsystem for generating packet events, core(SW) for generating events based
+ * on different stages of application processing, cryptodev for generating
+ * crypto work completion notification etc
+ *
+ * The *dequeue* operation gets one or more events from the event ports.
+ * The application process the events and send to downstream event
queue through
+ * rte_event_enqueue() if it is an intermediate stage of event processing, on
+ * the final stage, the application may send to different subsystem like ethdev
+ * to send the packet/event on the wire using ethdev rte_eth_tx_burst() API.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <rte_pci.h>
+#include <rte_dev.h>
+#include <rte_devargs.h>
+#include <rte_errno.h>
+
+/**
+ * Get the total number of event devices that have been successfully
+ * initialised.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   The total number of usable event devices.
+ */
+extern uint8_t
+rte_event_dev_count(void);
+
+/**
+ * Get the device identifier for the named event device.
+ *
+ * @param name
+ *   Event device name to select the event device identifier.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   Returns event device identifier on success.
+ *   - <0: Failure to find named event device.
+ */
+extern uint8_t
+rte_event_dev_get_dev_id(const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * Return the NUMA socket to which a device is connected.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @return
+ *   The NUMA socket id to which the device is connected or
+ *   a default of zero if the socket could not be determined.
+ *   - -1: dev_id value is out of range.
+ */
+extern int
+rte_event_dev_socket_id(uint8_t dev_id);
+
+/* Event device capability bitmap flags */
+#define RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_QUEUE_QOS        (1 << 0)
+/**< Event scheduling prioritization is based on the priority associated with
+ *  each event queue.
+ *
+ *  \see rte_event_queue_setup(), RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_PRIORITY_NORMAL
+ */
+#define RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_EVENT_QOS        (1 << 1)
+/**< Event scheduling prioritization is based on the priority associated with
+ *  each event. Priority of each event is supplied in *rte_event* structure
+ *  on each enqueue operation.
+ *
+ *  \see rte_event_enqueue()
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Event device information
+ */
+struct rte_event_dev_info {
+       const char *driver_name;        /**< Event driver name */
+       struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev; /**< PCI information */
+       uint32_t min_dequeue_wait_ns;
+       /**< Minimum supported global dequeue wait delay(ns) by this device */
+       uint32_t max_dequeue_wait_ns;
+       /**< Maximum supported global dequeue wait delay(ns) by this device */
+       uint32_t dequeue_wait_ns;
+       /**< Configured global dequeue wait delay(ns) for this device */
+       uint8_t max_event_queues;
+       /**< Maximum event_queues supported by this device */
+       uint32_t max_event_queue_flows;
+       /**< Maximum supported flows in an event queue by this device*/
+       uint8_t max_event_queue_priority_levels;
+       /**< Maximum number of event queue priority levels by this device.
+        * Valid when the device has RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_QUEUE_QOS capability
+        */
+       uint8_t nb_event_queues;
+       /**< Configured number of event queues for this device */
+       uint8_t max_event_priority_levels;
+       /**< Maximum number of event priority levels by this device.
+        * Valid when the device has RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_EVENT_QOS capability
+         */
+       uint8_t max_event_ports;
+       /**< Maximum number of event ports supported by this device */
+       uint8_t nb_event_ports;
+       /**< Configured number of event ports for this device */
+       uint8_t max_event_port_dequeue_queue_depth;
+       /**< Maximum dequeue queue depth for any event port.
+        * Implementations can schedule N events at a time to an event port.
+        * A device that does not support bulk dequeue will set this as 1.
+        * \see rte_event_port_setup()
+        */
+       uint32_t max_event_port_enqueue_queue_depth;
+       /**< Maximum enqueue queue depth for any event port. Implementations
+        * can batch N events at a time to enqueue through event port
+        * \see rte_event_port_setup()
+        */
+       int32_t max_num_events;
+       /**< A *closed system* event dev has a limit on the number of events it
+        * can manage at a time. An *open system* event dev does not have a
+        * limit and will specify this as -1.
+        */
+       uint32_t event_dev_cap;
+       /**< Event device capabilities(RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_)*/
+};
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the contextual information of an event device.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ *
+ * @param[out] dev_info
+ *   A pointer to a structure of type *rte_event_dev_info* to be
filled with the
+ *   contextual information of the device.
+ *
+ */
+extern void
+rte_event_dev_info_get(uint8_t dev_id, struct rte_event_dev_info *dev_info);
+
+/* Event device configuration bitmap flags */
+#define RTE_EVENT_DEV_CFG_PER_DEQUEUE_WAIT (1 << 0)
+/**< Override the global *dequeue_wait_ns* and use per dequeue wait in ns.
+ *  \see rte_event_dequeue_wait_time(), rte_event_dequeue()
+ */
+
+/** Event device configuration structure */
+struct rte_event_dev_config {
+       uint32_t dequeue_wait_ns;
+       /**< rte_event_dequeue() wait for *dequeue_wait_ns* ns on this device.
+        * This value should be in the range of *min_dequeue_wait_ns* and
+        * *max_dequeue_wait_ns* which previously provided in
+        * rte_event_dev_info_get()
+        * \see RTE_EVENT_DEV_CFG_PER_DEQUEUE_WAIT
+        */
+       int32_t nb_events_limit;
+       /**< Applies to *closed system* event dev only. This field indicates a
+        * limit to ethdev-like devices to limit the number of events injected
+        * into the system to not overwhelm core-to-core events.
+        * This value cannot exceed the *max_num_events* which previously
+        * provided in rte_event_dev_info_get()
+        */
+       uint8_t nb_event_queues;
+       /**< Number of event queues to configure on this device.
+        * This value cannot exceed the *max_event_queues* which previously
+        * provided in rte_event_dev_info_get()
+        */
+       uint8_t nb_event_ports;
+       /**< Number of event ports to configure on this device.
+        * This value cannot exceed the *max_event_ports* which previously
+        * provided in rte_event_dev_info_get()
+        */
+       uint32_t event_dev_cfg;
+       /**< Event device config flags(RTE_EVENT_DEV_CFG_)*/
+};
+
+/**
+ * Configure an event device.
+ *
+ * This function must be invoked first before any other function in the
+ * API. This function can also be re-invoked when a device is in the
+ * stopped state.
+ *
+ * The caller may use rte_event_dev_info_get() to get the capability of each
+ * resources available for this event device.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device to configure.
+ * @param config
+ *   The event device configuration structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - 0: Success, device configured.
+ *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver configuration function.
+ */
+extern int
+rte_event_dev_configure(uint8_t dev_id, struct rte_event_dev_config *config);
+
+
+/* Event queue specific APIs */
+
+#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGHEST   0
+/**< Highest event queue priority */
+#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_PRIORITY_NORMAL    128
+/**< Normal event queue priority */
+#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_PRIORITY_LOWEST    255
+/**< Lowest event queue priority */
+
+/* Event queue configuration bitmap flags */
+#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_SINGLE_CONSUMER    (1 << 0)
+/**< This event queue links only to a single event port.
+ *
+ *  \see rte_event_port_setup(), rte_event_port_link()
+ */
+
+/** Event queue configuration structure */
+struct rte_event_queue_conf {
+       uint32_t nb_atomic_flows;
+       /**< The maximum number of active flows this queue can track at any
+        * given time. The value must be in the range of
+        * [1 - max_event_queue_flows)] which previously supplied
+        * to rte_event_dev_configure().
+        */
+       uint32_t nb_atomic_order_sequences;
+       /**< The maximum number of outstanding events waiting to be (egress-)
+        * reordered by this queue. In other words, the number of entries in
+        * this queue’s reorder buffer.The value must be in the range of
+        * [1 - max_event_queue_flows)] which previously supplied
+        * to rte_event_dev_configure().
+        */
+       uint32_t event_queue_cfg; /**< Queue config flags(EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_) */
+       uint8_t priority;
+       /**< Priority for this event queue relative to other event queues.
+        * The requested priority should in the range of
+        * [RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGHEST, RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_PRIORITY_LOWEST].
+        * The implementation shall normalize the requested priority to
+        * event device supported priority value.
+        * Valid when the device has RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_QUEUE_QOS capability
+        */
+};
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the default configuration information of an event queue designated
+ * by its *queue_id* from the event driver for an event device.
+ *
+ * This function intended to be used in conjunction with
rte_event_queue_setup()
+ * where caller needs to set up the queue by overriding few default values.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param queue_id
+ *   The index of the event queue to get the configuration information.
+ *   The value must be in the range [0, nb_event_queues - 1]
+ *   previously supplied to rte_event_dev_configure().
+ * @param[out] queue_conf
+ *   The pointer to the default event queue configuration data.
+ *
+ * \see rte_event_queue_setup()
+ *
+ */
+extern void
+rte_event_queue_default_conf_get(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t queue_id,
+                                struct rte_event_queue_conf *queue_conf);
+
+/**
+ * Allocate and set up an event queue for an event device.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param queue_id
+ *   The index of the event queue to setup. The value must be in the range
+ *   [0, nb_event_queues - 1] previously supplied to rte_event_dev_configure().
+ * @param queue_conf
+ *   The pointer to the configuration data to be used for the event queue.
+ *   NULL value is allowed, in which case default configuration        used.
+ *
+ * \see rte_event_queue_default_conf_get()
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - 0: Success, event queue correctly set up.
+ *   - <0: event queue configuration failed
+ */
+extern int
+rte_event_queue_setup(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t queue_id,
+                     struct rte_event_queue_conf *queue_conf);
+
+/**
+ * Get the number of event queues on a specific event device
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   Event device identifier.
+ * @return
+ *   - The number of configured event queues
+ */
+extern uint16_t
+rte_event_queue_count(uint8_t dev_id);
+
+/**
+ * Get the priority of the event queue on a specific event device
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   Event device identifier.
+ * @param queue_id
+ *   Event queue identifier.
+ * @return
+ *   - If the device has RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_QUEUE_QOS capability then the
+ *    configured priority of the event queue in
+ *    [RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGHEST, RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_PRIORITY_LOWEST] range
+ *    else the value one
+ */
+extern uint8_t
+rte_event_queue_priority(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t queue_id);
+
+/* Event port specific APIs */
+
+/** Event port configuration structure */
+struct rte_event_port_conf {
+       int32_t new_event_threshold;
+       /**< A backpressure threshold for new event enqueues on this port.
+        * Use for *closed system* event dev where event capacity is limited,
+        * and cannot exceed the capacity of the event dev.
+        * Configuring ports with different thresholds can make higher priority
+        * traffic less likely to  be backpressured.
+        * For example, a port used to inject NIC Rx packets into the event dev
+        * can have a lower threshold so as not to overwhelm the device,
+        * while ports used for worker pools can have a higher threshold.
+        */
+       uint8_t dequeue_queue_depth;
+       /**< Configure number of bulk dequeues for this event port.
+        * This value cannot exceed the *max_event_port_dequeue_queue_depth*
+        * which previously supplied to rte_event_dev_configure()
+        */
+       uint8_t enqueue_queue_depth;
+       /**< Configure number of bulk enqueues for this event port.
+        * This value cannot exceed the *max_event_port_enqueue_queue_depth*
+        * which previously supplied to rte_event_dev_configure()
+        */
+};
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the default configuration information of an event port designated
+ * by its *port_id* from the event driver for an event device.
+ *
+ * This function intended to be used in conjunction with rte_event_port_setup()
+ * where caller needs to set up the port by overriding few default values.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param port_id
+ *   The index of the event port to get the configuration information.
+ *   The value must be in the range [0, nb_event_ports - 1]
+ *   previously supplied to rte_event_dev_configure().
+ * @param[out] port_conf
+ *   The pointer to the default event port configuration data
+ *
+ * \see rte_event_port_setup()
+ *
+ */
+extern void
+rte_event_port_default_conf_get(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t port_id,
+                               struct rte_event_port_conf *port_conf);
+
+/**
+ * Allocate and set up an event port for an event device.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param port_id
+ *   The index of the event port to setup. The value must be in the range
+ *   [0, nb_event_ports - 1] previously supplied to rte_event_dev_configure().
+ * @param port_conf
+ *   The pointer to the configuration data to be used for the queue.
+ *   NULL value is allowed, in which case default configuration        used.
+ *
+ * \see rte_event_port_default_conf_get()
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - 0: Success, event port correctly set up.
+ *   - <0: Port configuration failed
+ *   - (-EDQUOT) Quota exceeded(Application tried to link the queue configured
+ *   with RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_SINGLE_CONSUMER to more than one event ports)
+ */
+extern int
+rte_event_port_setup(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t port_id,
+                    struct rte_event_port_conf *port_conf);
+
+/**
+ * Get the number of dequeue queue depth configured for event port designated
+ * by its *port_id* on a specific event device
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   Event device identifier.
+ * @param port_id
+ *   Event port identifier.
+ * @return
+ *   - The number of configured dequeue queue depth
+ *
+ * \see rte_event_dequeue_burst()
+ */
+extern uint8_t
+rte_event_port_dequeue_depth(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t port_id);
+
+/**
+ * Get the number of enqueue queue depth configured for event port designated
+ * by its *port_id* on a specific event device
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   Event device identifier.
+ * @param port_id
+ *   Event port identifier.
+ * @return
+ *   - The number of configured enqueue queue depth
+ *
+ * \see rte_event_enqueue_burst()
+ */
+extern uint8_t
+rte_event_port_enqueue_depth(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t port_id);
+
+/**
+ * Get the number of ports on a specific event device
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   Event device identifier.
+ * @return
+ *   - The number of configured ports
+ */
+extern uint8_t
+rte_event_port_count(uint8_t dev_id);
+
+/**
+ * Start an event device.
+ *
+ * The device start step is the last one and consists of setting the event
+ * queues to start accepting the events and schedules to event ports.
+ *
+ * On success, all basic functions exported by the API (event enqueue,
+ * event dequeue and so on) can be invoked.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   Event device identifier
+ * @return
+ *   - 0: Success, device started.
+ *   - <0: Error code of the driver device start function.
+ */
+extern int
+rte_event_dev_start(uint8_t dev_id);
+
+/**
+ * Stop an event device. The device can be restarted with a call to
+ * rte_event_dev_start()
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   Event device identifier.
+ */
+extern void
+rte_event_dev_stop(uint8_t dev_id);
+
+/**
+ * Close an event device. The device cannot be restarted!
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   Event device identifier
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  - 0 on successfully closing device
+ *  - <0 on failure to close device
+ */
+extern int
+rte_event_dev_close(uint8_t dev_id);
+
+/* Scheduler type definitions */
+#define RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED         0
+/**< Ordered scheduling
+ *
+ * Events from an ordered flow of an event queue can be scheduled to multiple
+ * ports for concurrent processing while maintaining the original event order.
+ * This scheme enables the user to achieve high single flow throughput by
+ * avoiding SW synchronization for ordering between ports which bound to cores.
+ *
+ * The source flow ordering from an event queue is maintained when events are
+ * enqueued to their destination queue within the same ordered flow context.
+ * An event port holds the context until application call rte_event_dequeue()
+ * from the same port, which implicitly releases the context.
+ * User may allow the scheduler to release the context earlier than that
+ * by calling rte_event_release()
+ *
+ * Events from the source queue appear in their original order when dequeued
+ * from a destination queue.
+ * Event ordering is based on the received event(s), but also other
+ * (newly allocated or stored) events are ordered when enqueued within the same
+ * ordered context. Events not enqueued (e.g. released or stored) within the
+ * context are  considered missing from reordering and are skipped at this time
+ * (but can be ordered again within another context).
+ *
+ * \see rte_event_dequeue(), rte_event_release()
+ */
+
+#define RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC          1
+/**< Atomic scheduling
+ *
+ * Events from an atomic flow of an event queue can be scheduled only to a
+ * single port at a time. The port is guaranteed to have exclusive (atomic)
+ * access to the associated flow context, which enables the user to avoid SW
+ * synchronization. Atomic flows also help to maintain event ordering
+ * since only one port at a time can process events from a flow of an
+ * event queue.
+ *
+ * The atomic queue synchronization context is dedicated to the port until
+ * application call rte_event_dequeue() from the same port, which implicitly
+ * releases the context. User may allow the scheduler to release the context
+ * earlier than that by calling rte_event_release()
+ *
+ * \see rte_event_dequeue(), rte_event_release()
+ */
+
+#define RTE_SCHED_TYPE_PARALLEL                2
+/**< Parallel scheduling
+ *
+ * The scheduler performs priority scheduling, load balancing, etc. functions
+ * but does not provide additional event synchronization or ordering.
+ * It is free to schedule events from a single parallel flow of an event queue
+ * to multiple events ports for concurrent processing.
+ * The application is responsible for flow context synchronization and
+ * event ordering (SW synchronization).
+ */
+
+/* Event types to classify the event source */
+#define RTE_EVENT_TYPE_ETHDEV          0x0
+/**< The event generated from ethdev subsystem */
+#define RTE_EVENT_TYPE_CRYPTODEV       0x1
+/**< The event generated from crypodev subsystem */
+#define RTE_EVENT_TYPE_TIMERDEV                0x2
+/**< The event generated from timerdev subsystem */
+#define RTE_EVENT_TYPE_CORE            0x3
+/**< The event generated from core.
+ * Application may use *sub_event_type* to further classify the event
+ */
+#define RTE_EVENT_TYPE_MAX             0x10
+/**< Maximum number of event types */
+
+/* Event priority */
+#define RTE_EVENT_PRIORITY_HIGHEST      0
+/**< Highest event priority */
+#define RTE_EVENT_PRIORITY_NORMAL       128
+/**< Normal event priority */
+#define RTE_EVENT_PRIORITY_LOWEST       255
+/**< Lowest event priority */
+
+/**
+ * The generic *rte_event* structure to hold the event attributes
+ * for dequeue and enqueue operation
+ */
+struct rte_event {
+       /** WORD0 */
+       RTE_STD_C11
+        union {
+               uint64_t u64;
+               /** Event attributes for dequeue or enqueue operation */
+               struct {
+                       uint32_t flow_id:24;
+                       /**< Targeted flow identifier for the enqueue and
+                        * dequeue operation.
+                        * The value must be in the range of
+                        * [1 - max_event_queue_flows)] which
+                        * previously supplied to rte_event_dev_configure().
+                        */
+                       uint32_t queue_id:8;
+                       /**< Targeted event queue identifier for the enqueue or
+                        * dequeue operation.
+                        * The value must be in the range of
+                        * [0, nb_event_queues - 1] which previously supplied to
+                        * rte_event_dev_configure().
+                        */
+                       uint8_t  sched_type;
+                       /**< Scheduler synchronization type (RTE_SCHED_TYPE_)
+                        * associated with flow id on a given event queue
+                        * for the enqueue and dequeue operation.
+                        */
+                       uint8_t  event_type;
+                       /**< Event type to classify the event source. */
+                       uint8_t  sub_event_type;
+                       /**< Sub-event types based on the event source.
+                        * \see RTE_EVENT_TYPE_CORE
+                        */
+                       uint8_t  priority;
+                       /**< Event priority relative to other events in the
+                        * event queue. The requested priority should in the
+                        * range of  [RTE_EVENT_PRIORITY_HIGHEST,
+                        * RTE_EVENT_PRIORITY_LOWEST].
+                        * The implementation shall normalize the requested
+                        * priority to supported priority value.
+                        * Valid when the device has RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_EVENT_QOS
+                        * capability.
+                        */
+               };
+       };
+       /** WORD1 */
+       RTE_STD_C11
+       union {
+               uintptr_t event;
+               /**< Opaque event pointer */
+               struct rte_mbuf *mbuf;
+               /**< mbuf pointer if dequeued event is associated with mbuf */
+       };
+};
+
+/**
+ * Schedule one or more events in the event dev.
+ *
+ * An event dev implementation may define this is a NOOP, for instance if
+ * the event dev performs its scheduling in hardware.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ */
+extern void
+rte_event_schedule(uint8_t dev_id);
+
+/**
+ * Enqueue the event object supplied in the *rte_event* structure on an
+ * event device designated by its *dev_id* through the event port specified by
+ * *port_id*. The event object specifies the event queue on which this
+ * event will be enqueued.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   Event device identifier.
+ * @param port_id
+ *   The identifier of the event port.
+ * @param ev
+ *   Pointer to struct rte_event
+ * @param pin_event
+ *   Hint to the scheduler that the event can be pinned to the same port for
+ *   the next scheduling stage. For implementations that support it, this
+ *   allows the same core to process the next stage in the pipeline for a given
+ *   event, taking advantage of cache locality. The pinned event will be
+ *   received through rte_event_dequeue(). This is a hint and the event is
+ *   not guaranteed to be pinned to the port. This hint is valid only when the
+ *   event is dequeued with rte_event_dequeue() followed by
rte_event_enqueue().
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  - 0 on success
+ *  - <0 on failure. Failure can occur if the event port's output queue is
+ *     backpressured, for instance.
+ */
+extern int
+rte_event_enqueue(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t port_id, struct rte_event *ev,
+                 bool pin_event);
+
+/**
+ * Enqueue a burst of events objects supplied in *rte_event* structure on an
+ * event device designated by its *dev_id* through the event port specified by
+ * *port_id*. Each event object specifies the event queue on which it
+ * will be enqueued.
+ *
+ * The rte_event_enqueue_burst() function is invoked to enqueue
+ * multiple event objects.
+ * It is the burst variant of rte_event_enqueue() function.
+ *
+ * The *num* parameter is the number of event objects to enqueue which are
+ * supplied in the *ev* array of *rte_event* structure.
+ *
+ * The rte_event_enqueue_burst() function returns the number of
+ * events objects it actually enqueued. A return value equal to *num* means
+ * that all event objects have been enqueued.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param port_id
+ *   The identifier of the event port.
+ * @param ev
+ *   An array of *num* pointers to *rte_event* structure
+ *   which contain the event object enqueue operations to be processed.
+ * @param num
+ *   The number of event objects to enqueue, typically number of
+ *   rte_event_port_enqueue_depth() available for this port.
+ * @param pin_event
+ *   Hint to the scheduler that the event can be pinned to the same port for
+ *   the next scheduling stage. For implementations that support it, this
+ *   allows the same core to process the next stage in the pipeline for a given
+ *   event, taking advantage of cache locality. The pinned event will be
+ *   received through rte_event_dequeue(). This is a hint and the event is
+ *   not guaranteed to be pinned to the port. This hint is valid only when the
+ *   event is dequeued with rte_event_dequeue() followed by
rte_event_enqueue().
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   The number of event objects actually enqueued on the event device. The
+ *   return value can be less than the value of the *num* parameter when the
+ *   event devices queue is full or if invalid parameters are specified in a
+ *   *rte_event*. If return value is less than *num*, the remaining events at
+ *   the end of ev[] are not consumed, and the caller has to take care of them.
+ *
+ * \see rte_event_enqueue(), rte_event_port_enqueue_depth()
+ */
+extern int
+rte_event_enqueue_burst(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t port_id,
+                       struct rte_event ev[], int num, bool pin_event);
+
+/**
+ * Converts nanoseconds to *wait* value for rte_event_dequeue()
+ *
+ * If the device is configured with
RTE_EVENT_DEV_CFG_PER_DEQUEUE_WAIT flag then
+ * application can use this function to convert wait value in nanoseconds to
+ * implementations specific wait value supplied in rte_event_dequeue()
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param ns
+ *   Wait time in nanosecond
+ *
+ * @return
+ * Value for the *wait* parameter in rte_event_dequeue() function
+ *
+ * \see rte_event_dequeue(), RTE_EVENT_DEV_CFG_PER_DEQUEUE_WAIT
+ * \see rte_event_dev_configure()
+ *
+ */
+extern uint64_t
+rte_event_dequeue_wait_time(uint8_t dev_id, uint64_t ns);
+
+/**
+ * Dequeue an event from the event port specified by *port_id* on the
+ * event device designated by its *dev_id*.
+ *
+ * rte_event_dequeue() does not dictate the specifics of scheduling
algorithm as
+ * each eventdev driver may have different criteria to schedule an event.
+ * However, in general, from an application perspective scheduler may use the
+ * following scheme to dispatch an event to the port.
+ *
+ * 1) Selection of event queue based on
+ *   a) The list of event queues are linked to the event port.
+ *   b) If the device has RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_QUEUE_QOS capability then event
+ *   queue selection from list is based on event queue priority relative to
+ *   other event queue supplied as *priority* in rte_event_queue_setup()
+ *   c) If the device has RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_EVENT_QOS capability then event
+ *   queue selection from the list is based on event priority supplied as
+ *   *priority* in rte_event_enqueue_burst()
+ * 2) Selection of event
+ *   a) The number of flows available in selected event queue.
+ *   b) Schedule type method associated with the event
+ *
+ * On a successful dequeue, the event port holds flow id and schedule type
+ * context associated with the dispatched event. The context is automatically
+ * released in the next rte_event_dequeue() invocation, or rte_event_release()
+ * can be called to release the context early.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param port_id
+ *   The identifier of the event port.
+ * @param[out] ev
+ *   Pointer to struct rte_event. On successful event dispatch, implementation
+ *   updates the event attributes.
+ * @param wait
+ *   0 - no-wait, returns immediately if there is no event.
+ *   >0 - wait for the event, if the device is configured with
+ *   RTE_EVENT_DEV_CFG_PER_DEQUEUE_WAIT then this function will wait until
+ *   the event available or *wait* time.
+ *   if the device is not configured with RTE_EVENT_DEV_CFG_PER_DEQUEUE_WAIT
+ *   then this function will wait until the event available or
*dequeue_wait_ns*
+ *   ns which was previously supplied to rte_event_dev_configure()
+ *
+ * @return
+ * When true, a valid event has been dispatched by the scheduler.
+ *
+ */
+extern bool
+rte_event_dequeue(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t port_id,
+                 struct rte_event *ev, uint64_t wait);
+
+/**
+ * Dequeue a burst of events objects from the event port designated by its
+ * *event_port_id*, on an event device designated by its *dev_id*.
+ *
+ * The rte_event_dequeue_burst() function is invoked to dequeue
+ * multiple event objects. It is the burst variant of rte_event_dequeue()
+ * function.
+ *
+ * The *num* parameter is the maximum number of event objects to dequeue which
+ * are returned in the *ev* array of *rte_event* structure.
+ *
+ * The rte_event_dequeue_burst() function returns the number of
+ * events objects it actually dequeued. A return value equal to
+ * *num* means that all event objects have been dequeued.
+ *
+ * The number of events dequeued is the number of scheduler contexts held by
+ * this port. These contexts are automatically released in the next
+ * rte_event_dequeue() invocation, or rte_event_release() can be called once
+ * per event to release the contexts early.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param port_id
+ *   The identifier of the event port.
+ * @param[out] ev
+ *   An array of *num* pointers to *rte_event* structure which is populated
+ *   with the dequeued event objects.
+ * @param num
+ *   The maximum number of event objects to dequeue, typically number of
+ *   rte_event_port_dequeue_depth() available for this port.
+ * @param wait
+ *   0 - no-wait, returns immediately if there is no event.
+ *   >0 - wait for the event, if the device is configured with
+ *   RTE_EVENT_DEV_CFG_PER_DEQUEUE_WAIT then this function will wait until the
+ *   event available or *wait* time.
+ *   if the device is not configured with RTE_EVENT_DEV_CFG_PER_DEQUEUE_WAIT
+ *   then this function will wait until the event available or
*dequeue_wait_ns*
+ *   ns which was previously supplied to rte_event_dev_configure()
+ *
+ * @return
+ * The number of event objects actually dequeued from the port. The return
+ * value can be less than the value of the *num* parameter when the
+ * event port's queue is not full.
+ *
+ * \see rte_event_dequeue(), rte_event_port_dequeue_depth()
+ */
+extern int
+rte_event_dequeue_burst(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t port_id,
+                       struct rte_event *ev, int num, uint64_t wait);
+
+/**
+ * Release the current flow context associated with a schedule type which
+ * dequeued from a given event queue though the event port designated by
+ * its *port_id*
+ *
+ * If current flow's scheduler type method is *RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC*
+ * then this function hints the scheduler that the user has completed critical
+ * section processing in the current atomic context.
+ * The scheduler is now allowed to schedule events from the same flow from
+ * an event queue to another port. However, the context may be still held
+ * until the next rte_event_dequeue() or rte_event_dequeue_burst() call, this
+ * call allows but does not force the scheduler to release the context early.
+ *
+ * Early atomic context release may increase parallelism and thus system
+ * performance, but the user needs to design carefully the split into critical
+ * vs non-critical sections.
+ *
+ * If current flow's scheduler type method is *RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED*
+ * then this function hints the scheduler that the user has done all that need
+ * to maintain event order in the current ordered context.
+ * The scheduler is allowed to release the ordered context of this port and
+ * avoid reordering any following enqueues.
+ *
+ * Early ordered context release may increase parallelism and thus system
+ * performance.
+ *
+ * If current flow's scheduler type method is *RTE_SCHED_TYPE_PARALLEL*
+ * or no scheduling context is held then this function may be an NOOP,
+ * depending on the implementation.
+ *
+ * If multiple events are dequeued with rte_event_dequeue_burst(),
+ * rte_event_release() will release each flow context associated with a
+ * schedule type of an event though *index*, it denotes the order in
+ * which it was dequeued with rte_event_dequeue_burst()
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param port_id
+ *   The identifier of the event port.
+ * @param index
+ *   The index of the event that dequeued with rte_event_dequeue_burst()
+ *   which needs to release. The value zero used if the event dequeued with
+ *   rte_event_dequeue()
+ *
+ *  \see rte_event_dequeue(), rte_event_dequeue_burst()
+ */
+extern void
+rte_event_release(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t port_id, uint8_t index);
+
+#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_SERVICE_PRIORITY_HIGHEST  0
+/**< Highest event queue servicing priority */
+#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_SERVICE_PRIORITY_NORMAL   128
+/**< Normal event queue servicing priority */
+#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_SERVICE_PRIORITY_LOWEST   255
+/**< Lowest event queue servicing priority */
+
+/** Structure to hold the queue to port link establishment attributes */
+struct rte_event_queue_link {
+       uint8_t queue_id;
+       /**< Event queue identifier to select the source queue to link */
+       uint8_t priority;
+       /**< The priority of the event queue for this event port.
+        * The priority defines the event port's servicing priority for
+        * event queue, which may be ignored by an implementation.
+        * The requested priority should in the range of
+        * [RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_SERVICE_PRIORITY_HIGHEST,
+        * RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_SERVICE_PRIORITY_LOWEST].
+        * The implementation shall normalize the requested priority to
+        * implementation supported priority value.
+        */
+};
+
+/**
+ * Link multiple source event queues supplied in *rte_event_queue_link*
+ * structure as *queue_id* to the destination event port designated by its
+ * *port_id* on the event device designated by its *dev_id*.
+ *
+ * The link establishment shall enable the event port *port_id* from
+ * receiving events from the specified event queue *queue_id*
+ *
+ * An event queue may link to one or more event ports.
+ * The number of links can be established from an event queue to event port is
+ * implementation defined.
+ *
+ * Event queue(s) to event port link establishment can be changed at runtime
+ * without re-configuring the device to support scaling and to reduce the
+ * latency of critical work by establishing the link with more event ports
+ * at runtime.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ *   Event port identifier to select the destination port to link.
+ *
+ * @param link
+ *   An array of *num* pointers to *rte_event_queue_link* structure
+ *   which contain the event queue to event port link establishment attributes.
+ *   NULL value is allowed, in which case this function links all the
configured
+ *   event queues *nb_event_queues* which previously supplied to
+ *   rte_event_dev_configure() to the event port *port_id* with
normal servicing
+ *   priority(RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_SERVICE_PRIORITY_NORMAL).
+ *
+ * @param num
+ *   The number of links to establish
+ *
+ * @return
+ * The number of links actually established on the event device. The return
+ * value can be less than the value of the *num* parameter when the
+ * implementation has the limitation on specific queue to port link
+ * establishment or if invalid parameters are specified
+ * in a *rte_event_queue_link*.
+ * If the return value is less than *num*, the remaining links at the end of
+ * link[] are not established, and the caller has to take care of them.
+ * If return value is less than *num* then implementation shall update the
+ * rte_errno accordingly, Possible rte_errno values are
+ * (-EDQUOT) Quota exceeded(Application tried to link the queue configured with
+ *  RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_SINGLE_CONSUMER to more than one event ports)
+ * (-EINVAL) Invalid parameter
+ *
+ */
+extern int
+rte_event_port_link(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t port_id,
+                   struct rte_event_queue_link link[], int num);
+
+/**
+ * Unlink multiple source event queues supplied in *queues* from the
destination
+ * event port designated by its *port_id* on the event device designated
+ * by its *dev_id*.
+ *
+ * The unlink establishment shall disable the event port *port_id* from
+ * receiving events from the specified event queue *queue_id*
+ *
+ * Event queue(s) to event port unlink establishment can be changed at runtime
+ * without re-configuring the device.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ *   Event port identifier to select the destination port to unlink.
+ *
+ * @param queues
+ *   An array of *num* event queues to be unlinked from the event port.
+ *   NULL value is allowed, in which case this function unlinks all the
+ *   event queue(s) from the event port *port_id*.
+ *
+ * @param num
+ *   The number of unlinks to establish
+ *
+ * @return
+ * The number of unlinks actually established on the event device. The return
+ * value can be less than the value of the *num* parameter when the
+ * implementation has the limitation on specific queue to port unlink
+ * establishment or if invalid parameters are specified.
+ * If the return value is less than *num*, the remaining queues at the end of
+ * queues[] are not established, and the caller has to take care of them.
+ * If return value is less than *num* then implementation shall update the
+ * rte_errno accordingly, Possible rte_errno values are
+ * (-EINVAL) Invalid parameter
+ *
+ */
+extern int
+rte_event_port_unlink(uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t port_id,
+                   uint8_t queues[], int num);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_EVENTDEV_H_ */
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