From: Olivier MATZ <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
To: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>,
Yong Wang <yongwang@vmware.com>,
"Liu, Jijiang" <jijiang.liu@intel.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 10/10] app/testpmd:test VxLAN Tx checksum offload
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:56:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54637521.9000709@6wind.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB977258213A40EB@IRSMSX105.ger.corp.intel.com>
Hi Konstantin,
On 11/12/2014 03:39 PM, Ananyev, Konstantin wrote:
>> I'm not sure having get_ipv4_udptcp_checksum() in librte_net would
>> help. The value we have to set in the TCP checksum field depends on the
>> PMD (altought only ixgbe is supported now). So, it would require
>> another parameter <portid> and a new PMD eth_ops... which looks very
>> similar to dev_prep_tx() (except that dev_prep_tx() can be bulked).
>> I think a stack will not be able to call get_udptcp_checksum(m ,port)
>> because it does not know the physical port at the time the packet is
>> built. Moreover, calling a function through a pointer is more efficient
>> when bulked. So I think the dev_prep_tx() you initially describe is
>> a better answer to the problem.
>
> Yes I understand that it might not be applicable for non-Intel NICs.
> Though I thought it is ok as a temporary measure as right now we
> support these offloads for Intel NICs only.
> Basically my thought was what you proposed as option 3 below.
> Why common function in librte_net?
> So people don't need to write their own each time.
> Plus as I remember all 3 Intel NIC types (ixgbe/igb/i40e) we support have similar
> requirements for what need to be set/calculated for these TX offloads.
> So my thought was that having a common function might help to avoid code duplication in future,
> If/when will implement dev_prep_tx().
OK, now I understand better what you suggest. I'll try to implement
the option 3 (below) with a common checksum function in librte_net
in the next version of the TSO patchset.
Regards,
Olivier
>
>>
>> I don't know what is the exact timeframe for 1.8, maybe Thomas can help
>> on this? Depending on it, we have several options:
>>
>> - implement dev_prep_tx() for 1.8 in the TSO series: this implies that
>> the community agrees on this new API. We need to check that it will
>> be faster in a pipeline model (I think this is obvious) but also that
>> it does not penalize the run-to-completion model: introducing another
>> function dev_prep_tx() can result in duplicated tests in the driver
>> (ex: test the offload flag values).
>>
>> - postpone dev_prep_tx() or similar to next version and push the current
>> TSO patchset (including the comments done on the list). It does not
>> modify the current offload API, it provides the TSO feature on ixgbe
>> based on a similar API concept (set the TCP phdr cksum). The drawback
>> is a potential performance loss when using a pipeline model.
>>
>> - another option that you may prefer is to bind the API behavior to
>> ixgbe (for 1.8): we can ask the application to set the pseudo-header
>> checksum without the IP len when doing TSO, as required by the ixgbe
>> driver. Then, for next release, we can think about dev_prep_tx(). The
>> drawback of this solution is that we may go back on this choice if the
>> dev_prep_tx() approach is not validated by the community.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-12 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-27 2:13 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 00/10] Support VxLAN on Fortville Jijiang Liu
2014-10-27 2:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 01/10] librte_mbuf:the rte_mbuf structure changes Jijiang Liu
2014-10-27 2:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 02/10] librte_ether:add the basic data structures of VxLAN Jijiang Liu
2014-10-27 2:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 03/10] librte_ether:add VxLAN packet identification API Jijiang Liu
2014-10-27 2:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 04/10] i40e:support VxLAN packet identification in i40e Jijiang Liu
2014-10-27 2:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 05/10] app/test-pmd:test VxLAN packet identification Jijiang Liu
2014-10-27 2:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 06/10] librte_ether:add data structures of VxLAN filter Jijiang Liu
2014-10-27 2:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 07/10] i40e:implement the API of VxLAN filter in librte_pmd_i40e Jijiang Liu
2014-10-27 2:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 08/10] app/testpmd:test VxLAN packet filter Jijiang Liu
2014-10-27 2:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 09/10] i40e:support VxLAN Tx checksum offload Jijiang Liu
2014-10-27 2:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 10/10] app/testpmd:test " Jijiang Liu
2014-11-04 8:19 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-11-05 6:02 ` Liu, Jijiang
2014-11-05 10:28 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-11-06 11:24 ` Liu, Jijiang
2014-11-06 13:08 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-11-06 14:27 ` Liu, Jijiang
2014-11-07 0:43 ` Yong Wang
2014-11-07 17:16 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-11-10 11:39 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2014-11-10 15:57 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-11-12 9:55 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2014-11-12 13:05 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-11-12 13:40 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-11-12 23:14 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2014-11-12 14:39 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2014-11-12 14:56 ` Olivier MATZ [this message]
[not found] ` <D0868B54.24DBB%yongwang@vmware.com>
2014-11-11 0:07 ` [dpdk-dev] FW: " Yong Wang
2014-11-10 6:03 ` [dpdk-dev] " Liu, Jijiang
2014-11-10 16:17 ` Olivier MATZ
[not found] ` <1ED644BD7E0A5F4091CF203DAFB8E4CC01D8F7A7@SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com>
2014-11-12 17:26 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-11-13 5:35 ` Liu, Jijiang
2014-11-13 5:39 ` Liu, Jijiang
2014-11-13 6:51 ` Liu, Jijiang
2014-11-13 9:10 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-11-14 8:15 ` Liu, Jijiang
2014-11-14 9:09 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-11-17 6:52 ` Liu, Jijiang
2014-11-17 11:21 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-11-20 7:28 ` Liu, Jijiang
2014-11-20 16:36 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-11-21 5:40 ` Liu, Jijiang
2014-10-27 2:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 00/10] Support VxLAN on Fortville Liu, Yong
2014-10-27 2:41 ` Zhang, Helin
2014-10-27 13:46 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-10-27 14:34 ` Liu, Jijiang
2014-10-27 15:15 ` Thomas Monjalon
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