[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix inline data settings

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix inline data settings

[Viacheslav Ovsiienko]

If the minimal inline data are required the data inline feature
must be engaged. There were the incorrect settings enabling the
entire small packet inline (in size up to 82B) which may result
in sending rate declining if there is no enough cores. The same
problem was raised if inline was enabled to support VLAN tag
insertion by software.

Fixes: 38b4b397a57d ("net/mlx5: add Tx configuration and setup")

Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c | 37 +++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c
index fe3b4ec..a0e27bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c
@@ -784,13 +784,11 @@ struct mlx5_txq_ibv *
 	txq_ctrl->txq.vlan_en = config->hw_vlan_insert;
 	vlan_inline = (dev_txoff & DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_INSERT) &&
 		      !config->hw_vlan_insert;
-	if (vlan_inline)
-		inlen_send = RTE_MAX(inlen_send, MLX5_ESEG_MIN_INLINE_SIZE);
 	/*
 	 * If there are few Tx queues it is prioritized
 	 * to save CPU cycles and disable data inlining at all.
 	 */
-	if ((inlen_send && priv->txqs_n >= txqs_inline) || vlan_inline) {
+	if (inlen_send && priv->txqs_n >= txqs_inline) {
 		/*
 		 * The data sent with ordinal MLX5_OPCODE_SEND
 		 * may be inlined in Ethernet Segment, align the
@@ -825,32 +823,27 @@ struct mlx5_txq_ibv *
 				     MLX5_WQE_CSEG_SIZE -
 				     MLX5_WQE_ESEG_SIZE -
 				     MLX5_WQE_DSEG_SIZE * 2);
-		txq_ctrl->txq.inlen_send = inlen_send;
-		txq_ctrl->txq.inlen_mode = inlen_mode;
-		txq_ctrl->txq.inlen_empw = 0;
-	} else {
+	} else if (inlen_mode) {
 		/*
 		 * If minimal inlining is requested we must
 		 * enable inlining in general, despite the
-		 * number of configured queues.
+		 * number of configured queues. Ignore the
+		 * txq_inline_max devarg, this is not
+		 * full-featured inline.
 		 */
 		inlen_send = inlen_mode;
-		if (inlen_mode) {
-			/*
-			 * Extend space for inline data to allow
-			 * optional alignment of data buffer
-			 * start address, it may improve PCIe
-			 * performance.
-			 */
-			inlen_send = RTE_MIN(inlen_send + MLX5_WQE_SIZE,
-					     MLX5_SEND_MAX_INLINE_LEN);
-		}
-		txq_ctrl->txq.inlen_send = inlen_send;
-		txq_ctrl->txq.inlen_mode = inlen_mode;
-		txq_ctrl->txq.inlen_empw = 0;
-		inlen_send = 0;
 		inlen_empw = 0;
+	} else if (vlan_inline) {
+		/*
+		 * Hardware does not report offload for
+		 * VLAN insertion, we must enable data inline
+		 * to implement feature by software.
+		 */
+		inlen_send = MLX5_ESEG_MIN_INLINE_SIZE;
 	}
+	txq_ctrl->txq.inlen_send = inlen_send;
+	txq_ctrl->txq.inlen_mode = inlen_mode;
+	txq_ctrl->txq.inlen_empw = 0;
 	if (inlen_send && inlen_empw && priv->txqs_n >= txqs_inline) {
 		/*
 		 * The data sent with MLX5_OPCODE_ENHANCED_MPSW
-- 
1.8.3.1

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix inline data settings

[Matan Azrad]

From: Viacheslav Ovsiienko
> If the minimal inline data are required the data inline feature must be
> engaged. There were the incorrect settings enabling the entire small packet
> inline (in size up to 82B) which may result in sending rate declining if there is
> no enough cores. The same problem was raised if inline was enabled to
> support VLAN tag insertion by software.
> 
> Fixes: 38b4b397a57d ("net/mlx5: add Tx configuration and setup")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>