Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] ether: enhancement for VMDQ support

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>]

2014-09-23 21:14, Chen Jing D:
> The change includes several parts:
> 1. Clear pool bitmap when trying to remove specific MAC.
> 2. Define RSS, DCB and VMDQ flags to combine rx_mq_mode.
> 3. Use 'struct' to replace 'union', which to expand the rx_adv_conf
>    arguments to better support RSS, DCB and VMDQ.
> 4. Fix bug in rte_eth_dev_config_restore function, which will restore
>    all MAC address to default pool.
> 5. Define additional 3 arguments for better VMDQ support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Jing D(Mark) <jing.d.chen@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Jingjing Wu <jingjing.wu@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Jijiang Liu <jijiang.liu@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Huawei Xie <huawei.xie@intel.com>

Whaou, there were a lot of reviewers!
The patch should be really clean. Let's see :)

> --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
>  		/* add address to the hardware */
> -		if  (*dev->dev_ops->mac_addr_add)
> +		if  (*dev->dev_ops->mac_addr_add &&
> +			dev->data->mac_pool_sel[i] & (1ULL << pool))
>  			(*dev->dev_ops->mac_addr_add)(dev, &addr, i, pool);

> +	/* Update pool bitmap in NIC data structure */
> +	dev->data->mac_pool_sel[index] = 0;

Reset is a better word than "Update" in this case.
But do we really need a comment for that?

> +#define ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG  0x1
> +#define ETH_MQ_RX_DCB_FLAG  0x2
> +#define ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_FLAG 0x4

Need a comment to know where these flags can be used.

>  enum rte_eth_rx_mq_mode {
> -	ETH_MQ_RX_NONE = 0,  /**< None of DCB,RSS or VMDQ mode */
> -
> -	ETH_MQ_RX_RSS,       /**< For RX side, only RSS is on */
> -	ETH_MQ_RX_DCB,       /**< For RX side,only DCB is on. */
> -	ETH_MQ_RX_DCB_RSS,   /**< Both DCB and RSS enable */
> -
> -	ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_ONLY, /**< Only VMDQ, no RSS nor DCB */
> -	ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_RSS,  /**< RSS mode with VMDQ */
> -	ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_DCB,  /**< Use VMDQ+DCB to route traffic to queues */
> -	ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_DCB_RSS, /**< Enable both VMDQ and DCB in VMDq */
> +	/**< None of DCB,RSS or VMDQ mode */
> +	ETH_MQ_RX_NONE = 0,
> +
> +	/**< For RX side, only RSS is on */
> +	ETH_MQ_RX_RSS = ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG,
> +	/**< For RX side,only DCB is on. */
> +	ETH_MQ_RX_DCB = ETH_MQ_RX_DCB_FLAG,
> +	/**< Both DCB and RSS enable */
> +	ETH_MQ_RX_DCB_RSS = ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG | ETH_MQ_RX_DCB_FLAG,
> +
> +	/**< Only VMDQ, no RSS nor DCB */
> +	ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_ONLY = ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_FLAG,
> +	/**< RSS mode with VMDQ */
> +	ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_RSS = ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG | ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_FLAG,
> +	/**< Use VMDQ+DCB to route traffic to queues */
> +	ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_DCB = ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_FLAG | ETH_MQ_RX_DCB_FLAG,
> +	/**< Enable both VMDQ and DCB in VMDq */
> +	ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_DCB_RSS = ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG | ETH_MQ_RX_DCB_FLAG |
> +				 ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_FLAG,
>  };

Why not simply remove all these combinations and keep only flags?
Please keep it simple.

> +	/**< Specify the queue range belongs to VMDQ pools if VMDQ applicable */
> +	uint16_t vmdq_queue_base;
> +	uint16_t vmdq_queue_num;

If comment is before, it should be /** not /**<.

> +	uint16_t vmdq_pool_base; /** < Specify the start pool ID of VMDQ pools */

There is a typo with the space --^
Please, when writing comments, ask yourself if each word is required
and how it can be shorter.
Example here: /**< first ID of VMDQ pools */

Conclusion: NACK
There are only few typos and minor things but it would help to have more
careful reviews. Having a list of people at the beginning of the patch
didn't help in this case.

Thanks for your attention
-- 
Thomas