From: Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>
To: Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
Cc: dpdk-dev <dev@dpdk.org>,
NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>,
David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/6] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:57:30 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALBAE1MHs077qDT3FomyVjqNUEc1ddmxxh4QEW4=OUvNtr-O8w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MWHPR12MB1360EECBBCBF64E432D89807DF020@MWHPR12MB1360.namprd12.prod.outlook.com>
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 1:13 PM Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, Jerin
Hi Slava,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 21:57
> > To: Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
> > Cc: dpdk-dev <dev@dpdk.org>; NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon
> > <thomas@monjalon.net>; Stephen Hemminger
> > <stephen@networkplumber.org>; Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>;
> > Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>; Maxime Coquelin
> > <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>; David Marchand
> > <david.marchand@redhat.com>; Andrew Rybchenko
> > <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/6] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 11:42 PM Viacheslav Ovsiienko
> > <viacheslavo@nvidia.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > The DPDK datapath in the transmit direction is very flexible.
> > > An application can build the multi-segment packet and manages almost
> > > all data aspects - the memory pools where segments are allocated from,
> > > the segment lengths, the memory attributes like external buffers,
> > > registered for DMA, etc.
> > >
>
> [..snip..]
>
> > > For example, let's suppose we configured the Rx queue with the
> > > following segments:
> > > seg0 - pool0, len0=14B, off0=2
> > > seg1 - pool1, len1=20B, off1=128B
> > > seg2 - pool2, len2=20B, off2=0B
> > > seg3 - pool3, len3=512B, off3=0B
> >
> >
> > Sorry for chime in late. This API lookout looks good to me.
> > But, I am wondering how the application can know the capability or "limits" of
> > struct rte_eth_rxseg structure for the specific PMD. The other descriptor limit,
> > it's being exposed with struct rte_eth_dev_info::rx_desc_lim; If PMD can
> > support a specific pattern rather than returning the blanket error, the
> > application should know the limit.
> > IMO, it is better to add
> > struct rte_eth_rxseg *rxsegs;
> > unint16_t nb_max_rxsegs
> > in rte_eth_dev_info structure to express the capablity.
> > Where the en and offset can define the max offset.
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> Moreover, there might be implied a lot of various limitations - offsets might be not supported at all or
> have some requirements for alignment, the similar requirements might be applied to segment size
> (say, ask for some granularity). Currently it is not obvious how to report all nuances, and it is supposed
> the limitations of this kind must be documented in PMD chapter. As for mlx5 - it has no special
> limitations besides common requirements to the regular segments.
Reporting the limitation in the documentation will not help for the
generic applications.
>
> One more point - the split feature might be considered as just one of possible cases of using
> these segment descriptions, other features might impose other (unknown for now) limitations.
> If we see some of the features of such kind or other PMDs adopts the split feature - we'll try to find
> the common root and consider the way how to report it.
My only concern with that approach will be ABI break again if
something needs to exposed over rte_eth_dev_info().
IMO, if we featured needs to completed only when its capabilities are
exposed in a programmatic manner.
As of mlx5, if there not limitation then info
rte_eth_dev_info::rxsegs[x].len, offset etc as UINT16_MAX so
that application is aware of the state.
>
> With best regards, Slava
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-15 9:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 172+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-08-17 17:49 [dpdk-dev] [RFC] " Slava Ovsiienko
2020-09-17 16:55 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-01 8:54 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 8:45 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-12 9:56 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 15:14 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-12 15:28 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-10-12 15:34 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 15:56 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-10-12 15:59 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 16:52 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-12 16:03 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-12 16:10 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-13 21:59 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-14 7:17 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-14 7:37 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-05 6:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-05 6:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-05 6:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/5] app/testpmd: add multiple pools per core creation Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-05 6:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/5] app/testpmd: add buffer split offload configuration Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-05 6:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/5] app/testpmd: add rxpkts commands and parameters Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-05 6:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/5] app/testpmd: add extended Rx queue setup Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-07 15:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/9] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-07 15:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/9] " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-11 22:17 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-12 9:40 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 10:09 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-07 15:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/9] app/testpmd: add multiple pools per core creation Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-07 15:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/9] app/testpmd: add buffer split offload configuration Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-07 15:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/9] app/testpmd: add rxpkts commands and parameters Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-07 15:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/9] app/testpmd: add extended Rx queue setup Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-07 15:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/9] net/mlx5: add extended Rx queue setup routine Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-07 15:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/9] net/mlx5: configure Rx queue to support split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-07 15:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 8/9] net/mlx5: register multiple pool for Rx queue Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-07 15:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 9/9] net/mlx5: update Rx datapath to support split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/9] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/9] " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 16:38 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-12 17:03 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-12 17:11 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-12 20:22 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 17:11 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/9] app/testpmd: add multiple pools per core creation Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/9] app/testpmd: add buffer split offload configuration Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/9] app/testpmd: add rxpkts commands and parameters Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/9] app/testpmd: add extended Rx queue setup Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/9] net/mlx5: add extended Rx queue setup routine Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/9] net/mlx5: configure Rx queue to support split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 8/9] net/mlx5: register multiple pool for Rx queue Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 9/9] net/mlx5: update Rx datapath to support split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 20:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/9] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 20:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/9] " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 20:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/9] app/testpmd: add multiple pools per core creation Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 20:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/9] app/testpmd: add buffer split offload configuration Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 20:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/9] app/testpmd: add rxpkts commands and parameters Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 20:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/9] app/testpmd: add extended Rx queue setup Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 20:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/9] net/mlx5: add extended Rx queue setup routine Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 20:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/9] net/mlx5: configure Rx queue to support split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 20:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 8/9] net/mlx5: register multiple pool for Rx queue Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-12 20:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 9/9] net/mlx5: update Rx datapath to support split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-13 19:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/6] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-13 19:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/6] " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-13 22:34 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-14 13:31 ` Olivier Matz
2020-10-14 14:42 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-13 19:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/6] app/testpmd: add multiple pools per core creation Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-13 19:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/6] app/testpmd: add buffer split offload configuration Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-13 19:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/6] app/testpmd: add rxpkts commands and parameters Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-13 19:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/6] app/testpmd: add rxoffs " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-13 19:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/6] app/testpmd: add extended Rx queue setup Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-14 18:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/6] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-14 18:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/6] " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-14 18:57 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-10-15 7:43 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-15 9:27 ` Jerin Jacob [this message]
2020-10-15 10:27 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-10-15 10:51 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-15 11:26 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-10-15 11:36 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-15 11:49 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-15 12:49 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-15 13:07 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-15 13:57 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-15 20:22 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-15 9:49 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-15 10:34 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-15 11:09 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-15 14:39 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-14 22:13 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-14 22:50 ` Ajit Khaparde
2020-10-15 10:11 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-15 10:19 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-14 18:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/6] app/testpmd: add multiple pools per core creation Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-14 18:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/6] app/testpmd: add buffer split offload configuration Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-14 18:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/6] app/testpmd: add rxpkts commands and parameters Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-14 18:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 5/6] app/testpmd: add rxoffs " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-14 18:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 6/6] app/testpmd: add extended Rx queue setup Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-15 0:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] eal/rte_malloc: add alloc_size() attribute to allocation functions Stephen Hemminger
2020-10-19 14:13 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-19 14:22 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-15 20:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/6] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-15 20:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/6] " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-15 20:30 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-10-15 20:33 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-15 22:01 ` Ajit Khaparde
2020-10-15 20:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/6] app/testpmd: add multiple pools per core creation Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-15 20:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/6] app/testpmd: add buffer split offload configuration Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-15 20:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/6] app/testpmd: add rxpkts commands and parameters Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-15 20:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 5/6] app/testpmd: add rxoffs " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-15 20:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 6/6] app/testpmd: add extended Rx queue setup Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 7:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/6] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 7:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/6] " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 8:51 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-16 8:58 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-16 9:15 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 9:27 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-16 9:34 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 9:37 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-16 9:38 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 9:19 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16 9:21 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-16 9:22 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 7:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/6] app/testpmd: add multiple pools per core creation Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 7:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/6] app/testpmd: add buffer split offload configuration Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 7:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 4/6] app/testpmd: add rxpkts commands and parameters Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 7:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 5/6] app/testpmd: add rxoffs " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 7:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 6/6] app/testpmd: add extended Rx queue setup Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 10:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 0/6] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 10:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 1/6] " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 11:21 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16 13:08 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 10:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 2/6] app/testpmd: add multiple pools per core creation Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 10:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 3/6] app/testpmd: add buffer split offload configuration Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 10:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 4/6] app/testpmd: add rxpkts commands and parameters Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 10:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 5/6] app/testpmd: add rxoffs " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 10:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 6/6] app/testpmd: add extended Rx queue setup Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 12:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 0/6] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 12:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 1/6] " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 12:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 2/6] app/testpmd: add multiple pools per core creation Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 12:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 3/6] app/testpmd: add buffer split offload configuration Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 12:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 4/6] app/testpmd: add rxpkts commands and parameters Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 12:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 5/6] app/testpmd: add rxoffs " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 12:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 6/6] app/testpmd: add extended Rx queue setup Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 13:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 0/6] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 13:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 1/6] " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 15:14 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-16 16:18 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 15:47 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16 16:05 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-16 16:06 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16 13:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 2/6] app/testpmd: add multiple pools per core creation Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 15:05 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16 15:38 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16 15:48 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 15:52 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16 15:55 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 15:57 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16 13:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 3/6] app/testpmd: add buffer split offload configuration Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 13:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 4/6] app/testpmd: add rxpkts commands and parameters Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 13:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 5/6] app/testpmd: add rxoffs " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 13:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 6/6] app/testpmd: add extended Rx queue setup Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 16:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 0/6] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 16:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 1/6] " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 19:22 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16 21:36 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16 16:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 2/6] app/testpmd: add multiple pools per core creation Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 16:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 3/6] app/testpmd: add buffer split offload configuration Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 16:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 4/6] app/testpmd: add rxpkts commands and parameters Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 16:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 5/6] app/testpmd: add rxoffs " Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 16:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 6/6] app/testpmd: add extended Rx queue setup Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-10-16 17:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 0/6] ethdev: introduce Rx buffer split Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-16 17:07 ` Slava Ovsiienko
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