Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] mbuf:add three TX offload flags and change three fields

[Olivier MATZ <olivier.matz@6wind.com>]

Hi Jijiang,

On 11/27/2014 06:03 PM, Jijiang Liu wrote:
>  /** Tell the NIC it's an IPv4 packet. Required for L4 checksum offload or TSO. */
>  #define PKT_TX_IPV4          PKT_RX_IPV4_HDR
>  
>  /** Tell the NIC it's an IPv6 packet. Required for L4 checksum offload or TSO. */
>  #define PKT_TX_IPV6          PKT_RX_IPV6_HDR

The description still does not match what we discussed. Either we
have PKT_TX_IPV4 meaning "packet is IPv4 without requiring IP cksum
offload", or  "packet is IPv4". I prefer the second one, but whatever
the choice is, the comments must be coherent.

> -#define PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT      (1ULL << 55) /**< TX packet is a 802.1q VLAN packet. */
> +/** Outer IP cksum of TX pkt. computed by NIC for tunneling packet */
> +#define PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM   (1ULL << 58)
> +
> +/** Tell the NIC it's an outer IPv6 packet for tunneling packet.*/
> +#define PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV6    (1ULL << 59)

I think we should have the same flags with the same meanings for
inner and outer:

- PKT_TX_IPV4, PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM, PKT_TX_IPV6
- PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV4, PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM, PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV6

In your patch there is no PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV4 flag.

Regards,
Olivier