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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org,
	"anatoly.burakov@intel.com" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>,
	Yongseok Koh <yskoh@mellanox.com>,
	"ferruh.yigit@intel.com" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
	"nhorman@tuxdriver.com" <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>,
	"gaetan.rivet@6wind.com" <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/6] bus: introduce device level DMA memory mapping
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:36:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3303376.pHsfKVRZFs@xps> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM0PR0502MB3795D92D8DB68B66A5823F28C34A0@AM0PR0502MB3795.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com>

13/03/2019 12:12, Shahaf Shuler:
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > 10/03/2019 09:28, Shahaf Shuler:
> > > For PCI bus devices, the pci driver can expose its own map and unmap
> > > functions to be used for the mapping. In case the driver doesn't
> > > provide any, the memory will be mapped, if possible, to IOMMU through
> > VFIO APIs.
> > >
> > > Application usage with those APIs is quite simple:
> > > * allocate memory
> > > * call rte_extmem_register on the memory chunk.
> > > * take a device, and query its rte_device.
> > > * call the device specific mapping function for this device.
> > 
> > Should we make it documented somewhere?
> 
> The full flow to work w/ external memory is documented at doc/guides/prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.rst , Subchapter "Support for Externally Allocated Memory.
> The last commit in series update the right API to use.

OK, then I will move this doc update in this patch.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-03-30 14:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-13  9:10 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/6] introduce DMA memory mapping for external memory Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-13  9:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] vfio: allow DMA map of memory for the default vfio fd Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-13  9:45   ` Gaëtan Rivet
2019-02-13 11:38     ` Gaëtan Rivet
2019-02-13 15:23     ` Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-13 14:41   ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-02-13  9:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/6] vfio: don't fail to DMA map if memory is already mapped Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-13  9:58   ` Gaëtan Rivet
2019-02-13 19:52     ` Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-13  9:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/6] bus: introduce DMA memory mapping for external memory Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-13 11:17   ` Gaëtan Rivet
2019-02-13 19:07     ` Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-14 14:00       ` Gaëtan Rivet
2019-02-17  6:23         ` Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-13  9:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/6] net/mlx5: refactor external memory registration Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-13  9:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/6] net/mlx5: support PCI device DMA map and unmap Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-13 11:35   ` Gaëtan Rivet
2019-02-13 11:44     ` Gaëtan Rivet
2019-02-13 19:11       ` Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-14 10:21         ` Gaëtan Rivet
2019-02-21  9:21           ` Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-13  9:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/6] doc: deprecate VFIO DMA map APIs Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-13 11:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/6] introduce DMA memory mapping for external memory Alejandro Lucero
2019-02-13 19:24   ` Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-14 10:19     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-02-14 13:28       ` Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-14 16:19         ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-02-17  6:18           ` Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-18 12:21             ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-02-14 12:22     ` Alejandro Lucero
2019-02-14 12:27       ` Alejandro Lucero
2019-02-14 13:41       ` Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-14 16:43         ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-02-21 14:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 " Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-05 13:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 " Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-10  8:27     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 " Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-10  8:27       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/6] vfio: allow DMA map of memory for the default vfio fd Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-30  0:23         ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-03-30  0:23           ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-03-30 14:29           ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-03-30 14:29             ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-03-10  8:27       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/6] vfio: don't fail to DMA map if memory is already mapped Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-10  8:28       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/6] bus: introduce device level DMA memory mapping Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-11 10:19         ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-03-13  9:56         ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-03-13 11:12           ` Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-13 11:19             ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-03-13 11:47               ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-03-30 14:36             ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2019-03-30 14:36               ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-03-10  8:28       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/6] net/mlx5: refactor external memory registration Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-10  8:28       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/6] net/mlx5: support PCI device DMA map and unmap Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-10  8:28       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/6] doc: deprecation notice for VFIO DMA map APIs Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-11 10:20         ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-03-11 17:35           ` Rami Rosen
2019-10-01 15:20         ` David Marchand
2019-10-02  4:53           ` Shahaf Shuler
2019-10-02  7:51             ` David Marchand
2019-03-11  9:27       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/6] introduce DMA memory mapping for external memory Gaëtan Rivet
2019-03-30 14:40       ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-03-30 14:40         ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-03-05 13:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/6] vfio: allow DMA map of memory for the default vfio fd Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-05 13:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/6] vfio: don't fail to DMA map if memory is already mapped Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-05 13:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/6] bus: introduce device level DMA memory mapping Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-05 16:35     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-03-05 13:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/6] net/mlx5: refactor external memory registration Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-05 13:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/6] net/mlx5: support PCI device DMA map and unmap Shahaf Shuler
2019-03-05 13:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/6] doc: deprecation notice for VFIO DMA map APIs Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-21 14:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/6] vfio: allow DMA map of memory for the default vfio fd Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-28 11:56   ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-02-21 14:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/6] vfio: don't fail to DMA map if memory is already mapped Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-28 11:58   ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-02-21 14:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/6] bus: introduce device level DMA memory mapping Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-28 12:14   ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-02-28 14:41     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-02-21 14:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/6] net/mlx5: refactor external memory registration Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-21 14:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/6] net/mlx5: support PCI device DMA map and unmap Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-21 14:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/6] doc: deprecate VFIO DMA map APIs Shahaf Shuler
2019-02-21 15:50   ` David Marchand

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