* [PATCH v2] doc: add flex item API examples
@ 2021-11-21 8:18 Gregory Etelson
2021-11-21 9:47 ` Thomas Monjalon
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Gregory Etelson @ 2021-11-21 8:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dev, getelson; +Cc: rasland, thomas, Ferruh Yigit, Viacheslav Ovsiienko
Demonstrate flex item API usage on known network protocols.
Signed-off-by: Gregory Etelson <getelson@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
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v2: Fix spelling error.
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doc/guides/howto/flex_item.rst | 618 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
doc/guides/howto/index.rst | 1 +
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ Copyright (c) 2021 NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates
+
+
+Flex item API - examples
+========================
+
+The document uses known network protocols to demonstrate flex item API
+programming examples.
+
+eCPRI protocol
+--------------
+
+This example demonstrates basic flex item API usage.
+
+Header structure
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+::
+
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+ +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
+ | protocol version | reserved | C | +0
+ +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
+ | message type | +1
+ +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
+ | | +2
+ +---- payload size ----+
+ | | +3
+ +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
+
+Flex item configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: c
+ :linenos:
+
+ #include <rte_flow.h>
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex_conf ecpri_flex_conf = {
+ /* single eCPRI header in a packet. Can be ether inner or outer */
+ .tunnel = FLEX_TUNNEL_MODE_SINGLE,
+
+ /* eCPRI header size description */
+ .next_header = {
+ .field_mode = FIELD_MODE_FIXED, /* fixed-size header */
+ .field_size = 4 * sizeof(char) * CHAR_BIT;
+ },
+
+ /* eCPRI header is followed by a payload */
+ .next_protocol = {},
+
+ /* single sample that covers entire eCPRI header */
+ .sample_data = {
+ {
+ .field_mode = FIELD_MODE_FIXED,
+ .field_size = 4 * sizeof(char) * CHAR_BIT,
+ .field_base = 0
+ }
+ },
+ .nb_samples = 1,
+
+ /* eCPRI protocol follows ether Ethernet or UDP headers */
+ .input_link = {
+ {
+ .item = {
+ .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH,
+ .spec = &(struct rte_flow_item_eth) {
+ .type = rte_cpu_to_be_16(0xAEFE),
+ },
+ }
+ },
+ {
+ .item = {
+ .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_UDP,
+ .spec = &(struct rte_flow_item_udp) {
+ .hdr.dst_port = rte_cpu_to_be_16(0xAEFE)
+ },
+ }
+ },
+ },
+ .nb_inputs = 2,
+
+ /* no network protocol follows eCPRI header */
+ .nb_outputs = 0;
+ };
+
+ struct rte_flow_item_flex_handle *ecpri_flex_handle;
+ ecpri_flex_handle = rte_flow_flex_item_create(port_id, ecpri_flex_conf, error);
+
+Flex flow item
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Application defined structure to match eCPRI header:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+ :linenos:
+
+ struct ecpri_hdr {
+ unsigned char version:4;
+ unsigned char reserved:3;
+ unsigned char c:1;
+ unsigned char msg_type;
+ unsigned short payload_size;
+ } __rte_packed;
+
+
+* Match all but last eCPRI PDUs:
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+ :linenos:
+
+ const struct ecpri_hdr ecpri_not_last_spec = {
+ .version = 1,
+ .c = 1
+ };
+ const struct ecpri_hdr ecpri_not_last_mask = {
+ .version = 0xf,
+ .c = 1
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex ecpri_not_last_flex_spec = {
+ .handle = ecpri_flex_handle,
+ .length = sizeof(ecpri_not_last_spec),
+ .pattern = &ecpri_not_last_spec
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex ecpri_not_last_flex_mask = {
+ .handle = ecpri_flex_handle,
+ .length = sizeof(ecpri_not_last_mask),
+ .pattern = &ecpri_not_last_mask
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item ecpri_not_last_flow_item = {
+ .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_FLEX,
+ .spec = (const void *)&ecpri_not_last_flex_spec,
+ .mask = (const void *)&ecpri_not_last_flex_mask,
+ };
+
+* Match ``Generic Data Transfer`` type eCPRI PDUs:
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+ :linenos:
+
+ const struct ecpri_hdr ecpri_data_transfer_spec = {
+ .version = 1,
+ .msg_type = 3
+ };
+ const struct ecpri_hdr ecpri_data_transfer_mask = {
+ .version = 0xf,
+ .msg_type = 0xff
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex ecpri_data_transfer_flex_spec = {
+ .handle = ecpri_flex_handle,
+ .length = sizeof(ecpri_data_transfer_spec),
+ .pattern = &ecpri_data_transfer_spec
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex ecpri_data_transfer_flex_mask = {
+ .handle = ecpri_flex_handle,
+ .length = sizeof(ecpri_data_transfer_mask),
+ .pattern = &ecpri_data_transfer_mask
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item ecpri_data_transfer_flow_item = {
+ .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_FLEX,
+ .spec = (const void *)&ecpri_data_transfer_flex_spec,
+ .mask = (const void *)&ecpri_data_transfer_flex_mask,
+ };
+
+Geneve protocol
+---------------
+
+Demonstrate flex item API usage with variable length network header.
+Protocol header is built from a fixed size section that is followed by
+variable size section.
+
+
+Header Structure
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Geneve header format:
+
+::
+
+ 1 2 3
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ |Ver| Opt Len |O|C| Rsvd. | Protocol Type |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Virtual Network Identifier (VNI) | Reserved |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | |
+ ~ Variable-Length Options ~
+ | |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
+Geneve option format:
+
+::
+
+ 0 1 2 3
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Option Class | Type |R|R|R| Length |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | |
+ ~ Variable-Length Option Data ~
+ | |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
+Flex item configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: c
+ :linenos:
+
+ #include <rte_flow.h>
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex_conf geneve_flex_conf = {
+ /* Geneve is tunnel protocol */
+ .tunnel = FLEX_TUNNEL_MODE_TUNNEL,
+
+ /*
+ * Geneve header size description
+ * Header size calculation: field_size + ([Length] & offset_mask) << offset_shift
+ */
+ .next_header = {
+ .field_mode = FIELD_MODE_OFFSET, /* variable header length */
+ .field_size = 2 * sizeof(int) * CHAR_BIT, /* minimal header size */
+ .offset_base = 2, /* length extension location in the header */
+ .offset_mask = 0x3f, /* length extension mask */
+ .offset_shift = 3, /* length extension scale factor */
+ },
+
+ /* next protocol location in Geneve header */
+ .next_protocol = {
+ .field_base = 16,
+ .field_size = 16,
+ },
+
+ /* Samples for flow matches */
+ .sample_data = {
+ /* sample first 2 double words */
+ {
+ .field_mode = FIELD_MODE_FIXED,
+ .field_size = 64,
+ .field_base = 0,
+ },
+ /* sample 6 optional double words */
+ {
+ .field_mode = FIELD_MODE_FIXED,
+ .field_size = 192,
+ .field_base = 64,
+ },
+ },
+ .nb_samples = 2,
+
+ /* Geneve follows UDP header */
+ .input_link = {
+ {
+ .item = {
+ .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_UDP,
+ .spec = &(struct rte_flow_item_udp) {
+ .hdr.dst_port = rte_cpu_to_be_16(6081)
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ .nb_inputs = 1,
+
+ .output_link = {
+ {
+ .item = { .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH },
+ .next = rte_cpu_to_be_16(0x6558)
+ },
+ {
+ .item = { .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPv4 },
+ .next = rte_cpu_to_be_16(0x0800)
+ },
+ {
+ .item = { .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPv6 },
+ .next = rte_cpu_to_be_16(0x86dd)
+ },
+ },
+ .nb_output = 3
+ };
+
+ struct rte_flow_item_flex_handle *geneve_flex_handle;
+ geneve_flex_handle = rte_flow_flex_item_create(port_id, geneve_flex_conf, error);
+
+Flex flow item
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Application defined structure for Geneve header:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+ :linenos:
+
+ struct geneve_hdr {
+ unsigned int ver:2;
+ unsigned int opt_len:6;
+ unsigned int o:1;
+ unsigned int c:1;
+ unsigned int reserved1:6;
+ unsigned int next_protocol:16;
+ unsigned int vni:24;
+ unsigned int reserved2:8;
+ unsigned long options[];
+ } __rte_packed;
+
+ struct geneve_option_hdr {
+ unsigned int class:16;
+ unsigned int type:8;
+ unsigned int flags:3;
+ unsigned int length:5;
+ unsigned int data[];
+ } __rte_packed;
+
+* Match Geneve basic header
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+ :linenos:
+
+ const struct geneve_hdr geneve_basic_header_spec = {
+ .ver = 0,
+ .opt_len = 0,
+ };
+ const struct geneve_hdr geneve_basic_header_mask = {
+ .ver = 3,
+ .opt_len = 0x3f,
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex geneve_basic_header_flex_spec = {
+ .handle = geneve_flex_handle,
+ .length = sizeof(geneve_basic_header_spec),
+ .pattern = &geneve_basic_header_spec
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex geneve_basic_header_flex_mask = {
+ .handle = geneve_flex_handle,
+ .length = sizeof(geneve_basic_header_mask),
+ .pattern = &geneve_basic_header_mask
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item geneve_basic_header_flow_item = {
+ .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_FLEX,
+ .spec = (const void *)&geneve_basic_header_flex_spec,
+ .mask = (const void *)&geneve_basic_header_flex_mask,
+ };
+
+* Match if the first option class is Open vSwitch
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+ :linenos:
+
+ const struct geneve_option_hdr geneve_ovs_opt_spec = {
+ .class = rte_cpu_to_be16(0x0101),
+ };
+
+ const struct geneve_option_hdr geneve_ovs_opt_mask = {
+ .class = 0xffff,
+ };
+
+ const struct geneve_hdr geneve_hdr_with_ovs_spec = {
+ .ver = 0,
+ .options = (const unsigned long *)&geneve_ovs_opt_spec
+ };
+
+ const struct geneve_hdr geneve_hdr_with_ovs_mask = {
+ .ver = 3,
+ .options = (const unsigned long *)&geneve_ovs_opt_mask
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex geneve_flex_spec = {
+ .handle = geneve_flex_handle,
+ .length = sizeof(geneve_hdr_with_ovs_spec) + sizeof(geneve_ovs_opt_spec),
+ .pattern = &geneve_hdr_with_ovs_spec
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex geneve_flex_mask = {
+ .handle = geneve_flex_handle,
+ .length = sizeof(geneve_hdr_with_ovs_mask) + sizeof(geneve_ovs_opt_mask),
+ .pattern = &geneve_hdr_with_ovs_mask
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item geneve_vni_flow_item = {
+ .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_FLEX,
+ .spec = (const void *)&geneve_flex_spec,
+ .mask = (const void *)&geneve_flex_mask,
+ };
+
+Extended GRE packet header (RFC 2890)
+-------------------------------------
+
+This example shows how to configure flex item if protocol header length
+depends on a bitmask.
+
+Header structure
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+::
+
+ 1 2 3
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ |C| |K|S| Reserved0 | Ver | Protocol Type |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Checksum (optional) | Reserved1 (Optional) |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Key (optional) |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Sequence Number (Optional) |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
+
+Flex item configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: c
+ :linenos:
+
+ #include <rte_flow.h>
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex_conf egre_flex_conf = {
+ /* eGRE is tunnel protocol */
+ .tunnel = FLEX_TUNNEL_MODE_TUNNEL,
+
+ /*
+ * Header size description.
+ * Header calculation field_size + (bitcount([C|K|S]) & offset_mask) << offset_shift
+ */
+ .next_header = {
+ .field_mode = FIELD_MODE_BITMASK,
+ .field_size = sizeof(int) * CHAR_BIT,
+ .offset_base = 0,
+ .offset_mask = 3,
+ .offset_shift = 2
+ },
+
+ /*
+ * Samples for flow match.
+ * Adjust samples for maximal header length.
+ */
+ .sample_data = {
+ {
+ .field_mode = FIELD_MODE_FIXED,
+ .filed_size = 4 * sizeof(int) * CHAR_BIT,
+ .field_base = 0
+ }
+ }
+ .nb_samples = 1,
+
+ /* eGRE follows IPv4 or IPv6 */
+ .input_link = {
+ {
+ .item = {
+ .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV4,
+ .spec = &(struct rte_flow_item_ipv4) {
+ .hdr.next_proto_id = 47
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ {
+ .item = {
+ .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6,
+ .spec = &(struct rte_flow_item_ipv6) {
+ .hdr.proto = 47
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ .nb_inputs = 2,
+
+ .output_link = {
+ {
+ .item = { .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH },
+ .next = rte_cpu_to_be_16(0x6558)
+ },
+ {
+ .item = { .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPv4 },
+ .next = rte_cpu_to_be_16(0x0800)
+ },
+ {
+ .item = { .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPv6 },
+ .next = rte_cpu_to_be_16(0x86dd)
+ },
+ },
+ .nb_output = 3
+ };
+
+ struct rte_flow_item_flex_handle *egre_flex_handle;
+ egre_flex_handle = rte_flow_flex_item_create(port_id, egre_flex_conf, error);
+
+Flex flow item
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Application defined eGRE header structure:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+ :linenos:
+
+ struct egre_hdr {
+ unsigned int c:1;
+ unsigned int reserved_bit:1;
+ unsigned int k:1;
+ unsigned int s:1;
+ unsigned int reserved0:9;
+ unsigned int ver:3;
+ unsigned int protocol:16;
+ unsigned int optional_cks[];
+ };
+
+* Match eGRE header
+
+.. code-block:: c
+ :linenos:
+
+ const struct egre_hdr egre_hdr_spec = {
+ .version = 0
+ };
+
+ const struct egre_hdr egre_hdr_mask = {
+ .version = 7
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex egre_flex_item_spec = {
+ .handle = egre_flex_handle,
+ .length = sizeof(egre_hdr_spec),
+ .pattern = &egre_hdr_spec
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex egre_flex_item_mask = {
+ .handle = egre_flex_handle,
+ .length = sizeof(egre_hdr_mask),
+ .pattern = &egre_hdr_mask
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item egre_item_spec = {
+ .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_FLEX,
+ .spec = (const void *)&egre_flex_item_spec,
+ .mask = (const void *)&egre_flex_item_mask
+ };
+
+* Match key value
+
+That example needs 2 flow rules - one flow rule to match eGRE header with both
+C and K flags on and the second flow rule to match eGRE header with K flag only.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+ :linenos:
+
+ unsigned int key_val;
+
+ /* eGRE header with both C and K flags set */
+ const struct egre_hdr_ck_spec = {
+ .c = 1,
+ .k = 1,
+ .version = 0,
+ .optional_cks[1] = ky_val;
+ };
+
+ const struct egre_hdr_ck_mask = {
+ .c = 1,
+ .k = 1,
+ .version = 7,
+ .optional_cks[1] = 0xffffffff;
+ };
+
+ /* eGRE header with K flag set only */
+ const struct egre_hdr_k_spec = {
+ .k = 1,
+ .version = 0,
+ .optional_cks[0] = ky_val;
+ };
+
+ const struct egre_hdr_k_mask = {
+ .k = 1,
+ .version = 7,
+ .optional_cks[0] = 0xffffffff;
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex egre_ck_flex_item_spec = {
+ .handle = egre_hdr_ck_spec,
+ .length = sizeof(egre_hdr_ck_spec) + 2 * sizeof(int),
+ .pattern = &egre_hdr_ck_spec
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex egre_ck_flex_item_mask = {
+ .handle = egre_hdr_ck_spec,
+ .length = sizeof(egre_hdr_ck_spec) + 2 * sizeof(int),
+ .pattern = &egre_hdr_ck_mask
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex egre_k_flex_item_spec = {
+ .handle = egre_hdr_k_spec,
+ .length = sizeof(egre_hdr_k_spec) + sizeof(int),
+ .pattern = &egre_hdr_k_spec
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item_flex egre_k_flex_item_mask = {
+ .handle = egre_hdr_k_spec,
+ .length = sizeof(egre_hdr_k_spec) + sizeof(int),
+ .pattern = &egre_hdr_k_mask
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item egre_ck_item_spec = {
+ .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_FLEX,
+ .spec = (const void *)&egre_ck_flex_item_spec,
+ .mask = (const void *)&egre_ck_flex_item_mask
+ };
+
+ const struct rte_flow_item egre_k_item_spec = {
+ .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_FLEX,
+ .spec = (const void *)&egre_k_flex_item_spec,
+ .mask = (const void *)&egre_k_flex_item_mask
+ };
diff --git a/doc/guides/howto/index.rst b/doc/guides/howto/index.rst
index c2a2c60ddb..7232f4d504 100644
--- a/doc/guides/howto/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/howto/index.rst
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ HowTo Guides
debug_troubleshoot
openwrt
avx512
+ flex_item
--
2.34.0
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* Re: [PATCH v2] doc: add flex item API examples
2021-11-21 8:18 [PATCH v2] doc: add flex item API examples Gregory Etelson
@ 2021-11-21 9:47 ` Thomas Monjalon
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From: Thomas Monjalon @ 2021-11-21 9:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Gregory Etelson
Cc: dev, rasland, Ferruh Yigit, Viacheslav Ovsiienko,
andrew.rybchenko, orika
21/11/2021 09:18, Gregory Etelson:
> Demonstrate flex item API usage on known network protocols.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gregory Etelson <getelson@nvidia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/howto/flex_item.rst | 618 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
There's a lot of code in this doc,
it would be better to have it in an example app and integrate it in the doc
with the syntax literalinclude suggested in doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst
Also this is all about rte_flow so it should fit
in the existing doc doc/guides/howto/rte_flow.rst
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