From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
To: "Min Hu (Connor)" <humin29@huawei.com>,
Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, bruce.richardson@intel.com,
thomas.monjalon@6wind.com, lihuisong@huawei.com
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC V4] app/testpmd: fix queue stats mapping configuration
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 10:44:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ae81928-f54e-9d25-6f56-3a79a73c2f00@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9d2c3d11-5003-ac5c-8b44-9a292776fe6b@huawei.com>
On 11/30/2020 8:29 AM, Min Hu (Connor) wrote:
> Hi, Ferruh, and all,
> are there any comments about this set of patch?
>
I am good with this one, would you mind sending an actual patch (not RFC) on top
of the latest head?
Thanks,
ferruh
> 在 2020/11/23 17:51, Ferruh Yigit 写道:
>> On 11/21/2020 4:29 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 23:33:40 +0000
>>> Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/20/2020 11:21 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:26:55 +0000
>>>>> Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 11/20/2020 11:50 AM, Min Hu (Connor) wrote:
>>>>>>> From: Huisong Li <lihuisong@huawei.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Currently, the queue stats mapping has the following problems:
>>>>>>> 1) Many PMD drivers don't support queue stats mapping. But there is no
>>>>>>> failure message after executing the command "set stat_qmap rx 0 2 2".
>>>>>>> 2) Once queue mapping is set, unrelated and unmapped queues are also
>>>>>>> displayed.
>>>>>>> 3) The configuration result does not take effect or can not be queried
>>>>>>> in real time.
>>>>>>> 4) The mapping arrays, "tx_queue_stats_mappings_array" &
>>>>>>> "rx_queue_stats_mappings_array" are global and their sizes are based on
>>>>>>> fixed max port and queue size assumptions.
>>>>>>> 5) These record structures, 'map_port_queue_stats_mapping_registers()'
>>>>>>> and its sub functions are redundant for majority of drivers.
>>>>>>> 6) The display of the queue stats and queue stats mapping is mixed
>>>>>>> together.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Since xstats is used to obtain queue statistics, we have made the following
>>>>>>> simplifications and adjustments:
>>>>>>> 1) If PMD requires and supports queue stats mapping, configure to driver in
>>>>>>> real time by calling ethdev API after executing the command
>>>>>>> "set stat_qmap rx/tx ...". If not, the command can not be accepted.
>>>>>>> 2) Based on the above adjustments, these record structures,
>>>>>>> 'map_port_queue_stats_mapping_registers()' and its sub functions can be
>>>>>>> removed. "tx-queue-stats-mapping" & "rx-queue-stats-mapping" parameters,
>>>>>>> and 'parse_queue_stats_mapping_config()' can be removed too.
>>>>>>> 3) remove display of queue stats mapping in 'fwd_stats_display()' &
>>>>>>> 'nic_stats_display()', and obtain queue stats by xstats.
>>>>>>> Since the record structures are removed, 'nic_stats_mapping_display()'
>>>>>>> can be deleted.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fixes: 4dccdc789bf4b ("app/testpmd: simplify handling of stats mappings
>>>>>>> error")
>>>>>>> Fixes: 013af9b6b64f6 ("app/testpmd: various updates")
>>>>>>> Fixes: ed30d9b691b21 ("app/testpmd: add stats per queue")
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong@huawei.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Overall looks good to me.
>>>>>> I did a quick test didn't see anything unexpected. 'xstats' or
>>>>>> 'dpdk-proc-info'
>>>>>> app still can be used to get queue stats and "set stat_qmap ..." is
>>>>>> working as
>>>>>> expected.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But it is a little late for this release cycle, would you be OK to get
>>>>>> this at
>>>>>> the beginning of next release?
>>>>>
>>>>> Could we plan to deprecate queue stats mapping in future when xstats work
>>>>> is done?
>>>>
>>>> Even queue stats moved to xstats, a few PMDs still need this configuration
>>>> and API.
>>>> And this patch already cleans the queue stats mapping noise from testpmd.
>>>>
>>>> What is the benefit/motivation to deprecate the queue stats mapping API?
>>>
>>> Mostly because so few drivers implement it, that any application using it
>>> is going to be non-portable.
>>>
>>
>> 'rte_eth_dev_set_.*_queue_stats_mapping()' APIs return '-ENOTSUP' if
>> underlying PMD doesn't support it, applications can check this for portable code.
>> .
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-02 10:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-20 8:26 [dpdk-dev] [RFC V2 0/2] fix queue stats mapping Min Hu (Connor)
2020-10-20 8:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC V2 1/2] app/testpmd: fix queue stats mapping configuration Min Hu (Connor)
2020-10-30 20:54 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-11-03 6:30 ` Min Hu (Connor)
2020-11-12 2:28 ` Min Hu (Connor)
2020-11-12 9:52 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-11-18 3:39 ` Min Hu (Connor)
2020-11-20 11:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC V4] " Min Hu (Connor)
2020-11-20 17:26 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-11-20 23:21 ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-11-20 23:33 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-11-21 4:29 ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-11-23 7:22 ` Min Hu (Connor)
2020-11-23 9:51 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-11-30 8:29 ` Min Hu (Connor)
2020-12-02 10:44 ` Ferruh Yigit [this message]
2020-12-02 12:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH V1] " Min Hu (Connor)
2020-12-08 15:48 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-12-07 1:28 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC V4] " Min Hu (Connor)
2020-10-20 8:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC V2 2/2] app/testpmd: fix starting failed with queue-stats-mapping Min Hu (Connor)
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