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 9369EA04B5; Wed, 4 Dec 2019 15:45:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 240FF1BF71; Wed, 4 Dec 2019 15:44:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from mx0b-0016f401.pphosted.com (mx0a-0016f401.pphosted.com [67.231.148.174]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAAC11BF71 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2019 15:44:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from pps.filterd (m0045849.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0a-0016f401.pphosted.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id xB4EifEW018578; Wed, 4 Dec 2019 06:44:52 -0800 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=marvell.com; h=from : to : cc : subject : date : message-id : in-reply-to : references : mime-version : content-transfer-encoding : content-type; s=pfpt0818; bh=MViJR5CfCh0tmj2CLCdEb2QAxmcT2QBID63S0ZnrAZ0=; b=F3F01kPYj7kBHNO/PrN2asFxpP29yvLhEYwwst35+8MQ2ir+bRBA7lP+17aco0EkXoS+ VF7QEB4i/TyUo513RzZZMvsQV4/U77N8niRybEBizdsZB527ckYkMJopFh4Oees3muaH 4ch5VdYt/6EFtBup/14itz15PGi6X/MAIc8/RwEaRZ1qYFhW5kQ7B8T8tI7Qhnjr57bE 13kE5fFM34MGWkA0m33J9Or3epl7oa/4G8gpQrnTjvCI3xWFnKikvCo2npcjLZGsbLCq cV0+l8c9bZU2vTK7cQt7PEq0xz0awZONzuj0kh5+/PvKENhn2rSuci7/nTvCeW4MsJAz Ow== Received: from sc-exch02.marvell.com ([199.233.58.182]) by mx0a-0016f401.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 2wnvgvmex5-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 04 Dec 2019 06:44:52 -0800 Received: from SC-EXCH03.marvell.com (10.93.176.83) by SC-EXCH02.marvell.com (10.93.176.82) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1367.3; Wed, 4 Dec 2019 06:44:47 -0800 Received: from maili.marvell.com (10.93.176.43) by SC-EXCH03.marvell.com (10.93.176.83) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 15.0.1367.3 via Frontend Transport; Wed, 4 Dec 2019 06:44:47 -0800 Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [10.36.16.86]) by maili.marvell.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 526CB3F7041; Wed, 4 Dec 2019 06:44:43 -0800 (PST) From: To: , Marko Kovacevic , Ori Kam , Bruce Richardson , "Radu Nicolau" , Akhil Goyal , "Tomasz Kantecki" , Sunil Kumar Kori , Pavan Nikhilesh , John McNamara CC: Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 20:13:44 +0530 Message-ID: <20191204144345.5736-12-pbhagavatula@marvell.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20191204144345.5736-1-pbhagavatula@marvell.com> References: <20191204144345.5736-1-pbhagavatula@marvell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:6.0.95,18.0.572 definitions=2019-12-04_03:2019-12-04,2019-12-04 signatures=0 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/11] doc: update l3fwd user guide to support eventdev 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" From: Pavan Nikhilesh Update l3fwd user guide to include event device related information. Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh --- doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward.rst | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward.rst index 4cb4b18da..e86c4dfd5 100644 --- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward.rst +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward.rst @@ -4,16 +4,23 @@ L3 Forwarding Sample Application ================================ -The L3 Forwarding application is a simple example of packet processing using the DPDK. +The L3 Forwarding application is a simple example of packet processing using +DPDK to demonstrate usage of poll and event mode packet I/O mechanism. The application performs L3 forwarding. Overview -------- -The application demonstrates the use of the hash and LPM libraries in the DPDK to implement packet forwarding. -The initialization and run-time paths are very similar to those of the :doc:`l2_forward_real_virtual`. -The main difference from the L2 Forwarding sample application is that the forwarding decision -is made based on information read from the input packet. +The application demonstrates the use of the hash and LPM libraries in the DPDK +to implement packet forwarding using poll or event mode PMDs for packet I/O. +The initialization and run-time paths are very similar to those of the +:doc:`l2_forward_real_virtual` and :doc:`l2_forward_event_real_virtual`. +The main difference from the L2 Forwarding sample application is that optionally +packet can be Rx/Tx from/to eventdev instead of port directly and forwarding +decision is made based on information read from the input packet. + +Eventdev can optionally use S/W or H/W (if supported by platform) scheduler +implementation for packet I/O based on run time parameters. The lookup method is either hash-based or LPM-based and is selected at run time. When the selected lookup method is hash-based, a hash object is used to emulate the flow classification stage. @@ -56,6 +63,8 @@ The application has a number of command line options:: [--ipv6] [--parse-ptype] [--per-port-pool] + [--mode] + [--eventq-sched] Where, @@ -86,6 +95,11 @@ Where, * ``--per-port-pool:`` Optional, set to use independent buffer pools per port. Without this option, single buffer pool is used for all ports. +* ``--mode:`` Optional, Packet transfer mode for I/O, poll or eventdev. + +* ``--eventq-sched:`` Optional, Event queue synchronization method, Ordered or Atomic. Only valid if --mode=eventdev. + + For example, consider a dual processor socket platform with 8 physical cores, where cores 0-7 and 16-23 appear on socket 0, while cores 8-15 and 24-31 appear on socket 1. @@ -116,6 +130,51 @@ In this command: | | | | | +----------+-----------+-----------+-------------------------------------+ +To use eventdev mode with sync method **ordered** on above mentioned environment, +Following is the sample command: + +.. code-block:: console + + ./build/l3fwd -l 0-3 -n 4 -w -- -p 0x3 --eventq-sched=ordered + +or + +.. code-block:: console + + ./build/l3fwd -l 0-3 -n 4 -w -- -p 0x03 --mode=eventdev --eventq-sched=ordered + +In this command: + +* -w option whitelist the event device supported by platform. Way to pass this device may vary based on platform. + +* The --mode option defines PMD to be used for packet I/O. + +* The --eventq-sched option enables synchronization menthod of event queue so that packets will be scheduled accordingly. + +If application uses S/W scheduler, it uses following DPDK services: + +* Software scheduler +* Rx adapter service function +* Tx adapter service function + +Application needs service cores to run above mentioned services. Service cores +must be provided as EAL parameters along with the --vdev=event_sw0 to enable S/W +scheduler. Following is the sample command: + +.. code-block:: console + + ./build/l3fwd -l 0-7 -s 0-3 -n 4 --vdev event_sw0 -- -p 0x3 --mode=eventdev --eventq-sched=ordered + +In case of eventdev mode, *--config* option is not used for ethernet port +configuration. Instead each ethernet port will be configured with mentioned +setup: + +* Single Rx/Tx queue + +* Each Rx queue will be connected to event queue via Rx adapter. + +* Each Tx queue will be connected via Tx adapter. + Refer to the *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on running applications and the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) options. @@ -125,7 +184,7 @@ Explanation ----------- The following sections provide some explanation of the sample application code. As mentioned in the overview section, -the initialization and run-time paths are very similar to those of the :doc:`l2_forward_real_virtual`. +the initialization and run-time paths are very similar to those of the :doc:`l2_forward_real_virtual` and :doc:`l2_forward_event_real_virtual`. The following sections describe aspects that are specific to the L3 Forwarding sample application. Hash Initialization @@ -315,3 +374,8 @@ for LPM-based lookups is done by the get_ipv4_dst_port() function below: return ((rte_lpm_lookup(ipv4_l3fwd_lookup_struct, rte_be_to_cpu_32(ipv4_hdr->dst_addr), &next_hop) == 0)? next_hop : portid); } + +Eventdev Driver Initialization +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Eventdev driver initialization is same as L2 forwarding eventdev application. +Refer :doc:`l2_forward_event_real_virtual` for more details. -- 2.17.1