From: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
To: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
Cc: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@broadcom.com>, dev <dev@dpdk.org>,
"Ferruh Yigit" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>,
Sachin Saxena <sachin.saxena@nxp.com>,
Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
David Marchand <david.marchand@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH] mbuf: fix to update documentation of PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 15:57:53 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <389a098b-3d42-a77a-abcf-1ebff32ec52e@solarflare.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191227145041.GQ22738@platinum>
Hi Olivier,
On 12/27/19 5:50 PM, Olivier Matz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 12:53:21PM +0300, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
>> On 12/24/19 6:16 AM, Somnath Kotur wrote:
>>> Given that we haven't heard any objection from anyone in a while on
>>> this ...can we get this in please?
>> I'm sorry, but have you seen below?
>> It means that PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED, PKT_RX_QINQ, PKT_RX_VLAN
>> and PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED must be clarified.
>>
>> It sounds like change of semantics in order to resolve the
>> problem, but anyway it is still a small change of semantics.
> Let's take this packet:
> packet = ether | outer-vlan | inner-vlan | ...
>
> The possible mbufs received from a PMD, depending on configuration, are:
>
> 1/ no flag (no offload)
>
> 2/ PKT_RX_VLAN
> packet data is unmodified
> m->vlan_tci=outer-vlan
>
> 3/ PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED
> outer-vlan is removed from packet data
> m->vlan_tci=outer-vlan
>
> 4/ PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_QINQ
> packet data is unmodified
> m->vlan_tci_outer=outer-vlan
> m->vlan_tci=inner-vlan
>
> 5/ PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED | PKT_RX_QINQ
>
> from PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED:
> A vlan has been stripped by the hardware and its tci is saved in
> mbuf->vlan_tci.
> from PKT_RX_QINQ:
> The RX packet is a double VLAN, and the outer tci has been
> saved in in mbuf->vlan_tci_outer.
>
> To me, it means:
>
> inner-vlan is removed from packet data
> m->vlan_tci_outer=outer-vlan
> m->vlan_tci=inner-vlan
Yes, I agree that such behaviour is logical (since PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED is
bound to PKT_RX_VLAN => m->vlan_tci). My understanding was wrong
(see below) since I thought that outer-vlan is saved in vlan_tci in this
case
(since only one is stripped).
> 6/ PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED | PKT_RX_QINQ | PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED
> both outer-vlan and inner-vlan removed from packet data
> m->vlan_tci_outer=outer-vlan
> m->vlan_tci=inner-vlan
>
> Other flag combinations are not supported.
> The proposed patch documents that this new flag combination is now allowed:
>
> 7/ PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_QINQ | PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED
> outer-vlan is removed from packet data
> m->vlan_tci_outer=outer-vlan
> m->vlan_tci=inner-vlan
>
> Except if I missed something, I don't see any semantic change in
> the previously supported cases.
Yes, I agree.
> I think we should by the way clarify what happens in 5/, probably by
> saying somewhere that as soon as PKT_RX_QINQ is set, PKT_RX_VLAN*
> refer to inner vlan.
Yes, it would be good, since exactly this cases confuses me.
Many thanks for clarification.
>> BTW, it is better to make summary human readable and avoid
>> PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED (I guess check-git-log.sh yells on it).
>>
>> Also RFC patch cannot be applied, non-RFC version is required.
>>
>> CC main tree maintainers.
>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 2:43 PM Andrew Rybchenko
>>> <arybchenko@solarflare.com> wrote:
>>>> On 12/16/19 11:47 AM, Somnath Kotur wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 12:01 PM Andrew Rybchenko
>>>>> <arybchenko@solarflare.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 12/16/19 6:16 AM, Somnath Kotur wrote:
>>>>>>> Certain hardware may be able to strip and/or save only the outermost
>>>>>>> VLAN instead of both the VLANs in the mbuf in a QinQ scenario.
>>>>>>> To handle such cases, we could re-interpret setting of just PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED
>>>>>>> to indicate that only the outermost VLAN has been stripped by the hardware and
>>>>>>> saved in mbuf->vlan_tci_outer.
>>>>>>> Only When both PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED and PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED are set, the 2 vlans
>>>>>>> have been stripped by the hardware and their tci are saved in mbuf->vlan_tci (inner)
>>>>>>> and mbuf->vlan_tci_outer (outer).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@broadcom.com>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: JP Lee <jongpil.lee@broadcom.com>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h | 15 +++++++++++----
>>>>>>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
>>>>>>> index 9a8557d..db1070b 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
>>>>>>> +++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
>>>>>>> @@ -124,12 +124,19 @@
>>>>>>> #define PKT_RX_FDIR_FLX (1ULL << 14)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /**
>>>>>>> - * The 2 vlans have been stripped by the hardware and their tci are
>>>>>>> - * saved in mbuf->vlan_tci (inner) and mbuf->vlan_tci_outer (outer).
>>>>>>> + * The outer vlan has been stripped by the hardware and their tci are
>>>>>>> + * saved in mbuf->vlan_tci_outer (outer).
>>>>>>> * This can only happen if vlan stripping is enabled in the RX
>>>>>>> * configuration of the PMD.
>>>>>>> - * When PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED is set, the flags (PKT_RX_VLAN |
>>>>>>> - * PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED | PKT_RX_QINQ) must also be set.
>>>>>>> + * When PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED is set, the flags (PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_QINQ)
>>>>>>> + * must also be set.
>>>>>>> + * When both PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED and PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED are set, the 2 vlans
>>>>>>> + * have been stripped by the hardware and their tci are saved in
>>>>>>> + * mbuf->vlan_tci (inner) and mbuf->vlan_tci_outer (outer).
>>>>>>> + * This can only happen if vlan stripping is enabled in the RX configuration
>>>>>>> + * of the PMD.
>>>>>>> + * When PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED and PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED are set,
>>>>>>> + * (PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_QINQ) must also be set.
>>>>>>> */
>>>>>>> #define PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED (1ULL << 15)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I always thought that PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED means *one* VLAN
>>>>>> stripped regardless if it is outer (if the packet is double
>>>>>> tagged) or inner (if only one VLAN tag was present).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's why PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED description says that *two*
>>>>>> VLANs have been stripped.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the problem with such approach?
>>>>> The problem is that RX_VLAN_STRIPPED implies that the stripped VLAN
>>>>> (outer or inner) is saved in mbuf->vlan_tci, correct?
>>>> Yes.
>>>>
>>>>> There is no way to convey that it is in QinQ mode and yet only outer
>>>>> VLAN has been stripped and saved in mbuf->vlan_tci_outer ?
>>>> Ah, it looks like I understand now that the problem is in
>>>> PKT_RX_QINQ description which claims that TCI is saved in
>>>> mbuf->vlan_tci_outer and PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED means that
>>>> both VLAN tags are stripped regardless (PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED).
>>>> Moreover PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED requires PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED.
>>>>
>>>> It means that PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED, PKT_RX_QINQ, PKT_RX_VLAN
>>>> and PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED must be clarified.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure, but it looks like it could affect net/dpaa2,
>>>> so I'm including driver maintainers in CC.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-01-02 12:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-12-16 3:16 Somnath Kotur
2019-12-16 6:31 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-12-16 8:47 ` Somnath Kotur
2019-12-16 9:13 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-12-24 3:16 ` Somnath Kotur
2019-12-24 9:53 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-12-27 14:50 ` Olivier Matz
2019-12-31 2:13 ` Somnath Kotur
2020-01-02 12:57 ` Andrew Rybchenko [this message]
2019-12-31 2:15 ` Somnath Kotur
2020-01-02 13:04 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-01-06 8:36 ` Somnath Kotur
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