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From: Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>
To: Timothy McDaniel <timothy.mcdaniel@intel.com>
Cc: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>,
	Harry van Haaren <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>,
	 Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>,
	Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>,
	 Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
	Radu Nicolau <radu.nicolau@intel.com>,
	 Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal@nxp.com>,
	Tomasz Kantecki <tomasz.kantecki@intel.com>,
	Sunil Kumar Kori <skori@marvell.com>,
	Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>,
	dpdk-dev <dev@dpdk.org>,
	 Erik Gabriel Carrillo <erik.g.carrillo@intel.com>,
	Gage Eads <gage.eads@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] eventdev: update app and examples for new eventdev ABI
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 01:31:45 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALBAE1PAP_CC0vs9=KRCxayZyQOg2EfnoxOo8gGxZWTCR=8XTg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1602696786-13740-1-git-send-email-timothy.mcdaniel@intel.com>

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 11:01 PM Timothy McDaniel
<timothy.mcdaniel@intel.com> wrote:
>
> Several data structures and constants changed, or were added,
> in the previous patch.  This commit updates the dependent
> apps and examples to use the new ABI.
>
> Signed-off-by: Timothy McDaniel <timothy.mcdaniel@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
> Acked-by: Harry van Haaren <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>

Please send both spec and this patches as series. Not this
http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/80782/ alone.
Reason: The spec patch[1] still has apply issue[2]. Please rebase both
patches on top of next-evendev and send a series.

I am changing the patchwork status for the following patches as
"Changes requested"
http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/79715/
http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/79716/
http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/80782/

[1]
http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/79715/
[2]
[for-main]dell[dpdk-next-eventdev] $ date &&
/home/jerin/config/scripts/build_each_patch.sh /tmp/r/ && date
Thu Oct 15 01:23:43 AM IST 2020
HEAD is now at 1d41eebe8 event/sw: performance improvements
meson build test
Applying: eventdev: eventdev: express DLB/DLB2 PMD constraints
Using index info to reconstruct a base tree...
M       drivers/event/dpaa2/dpaa2_eventdev.c
M       drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_evdev.c
M       drivers/event/octeontx2/otx2_evdev.c
M       drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.c
M       lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_tx_adapter.c
M       lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.c
Falling back to patching base and 3-way merge...
Auto-merging lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.c
Auto-merging lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_tx_adapter.c
Auto-merging drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.c
Auto-merging drivers/event/octeontx2/otx2_evdev.c
Auto-merging drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_evdev.c
Auto-merging drivers/event/dpaa2/dpaa2_eventdev.c
Recorded preimage for 'lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.c'
error: Failed to merge in the changes.
Patch failed at 0001 eventdev: eventdev: express DLB/DLB2 PMD constraints
hint: Use 'git am --show-current-patch=diff' to see the failed patch
When you have resolved this problem, run "git am --continue".
If you prefer to skip this patch, run "git am --skip" instead.
To restore the original branch and stop patching, run "git am --abort".
git am failed /tmp/r//v2-1-2-eventdev-eventdev-express-DLB-DLB2-PMD-constraints
HEAD is now at 1d41eebe8 event/sw: performance improvements
Thu Oct 15 01:23:43 AM IST 2020






> ---
>  app/test-eventdev/evt_common.h                     | 11 ++++++++
>  app/test-eventdev/test_order_atq.c                 | 28 +++++++++++++++------
>  app/test-eventdev/test_order_common.c              |  1 +
>  app/test-eventdev/test_order_queue.c               | 29 ++++++++++++++++------
>  app/test/test_eventdev.c                           |  4 +--
>  .../eventdev_pipeline/pipeline_worker_generic.c    |  6 +++--
>  examples/eventdev_pipeline/pipeline_worker_tx.c    |  1 +
>  examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_generic.c         |  7 ++++--
>  examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_internal_port.c   |  6 +++--
>  examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_event_generic.c               |  7 ++++--
>  examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_event_internal_port.c         |  6 +++--
>  11 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/evt_common.h b/app/test-eventdev/evt_common.h
> index f9d7378..a1da1cf 100644
> --- a/app/test-eventdev/evt_common.h
> +++ b/app/test-eventdev/evt_common.h
> @@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ evt_has_all_types_queue(uint8_t dev_id)
>                         true : false;
>  }
>
> +static inline bool
> +evt_has_flow_id(uint8_t dev_id)
> +{
> +       struct rte_event_dev_info dev_info;
> +
> +       rte_event_dev_info_get(dev_id, &dev_info);
> +       return (dev_info.event_dev_cap & RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_CARRY_FLOW_ID) ?
> +                       true : false;
> +}
> +
>  static inline int
>  evt_service_setup(uint32_t service_id)
>  {
> @@ -169,6 +179,7 @@ evt_configure_eventdev(struct evt_options *opt, uint8_t nb_queues,
>                         .dequeue_timeout_ns = opt->deq_tmo_nsec,
>                         .nb_event_queues = nb_queues,
>                         .nb_event_ports = nb_ports,
> +                       .nb_single_link_event_port_queues = 0,
>                         .nb_events_limit  = info.max_num_events,
>                         .nb_event_queue_flows = opt->nb_flows,
>                         .nb_event_port_dequeue_depth =
> diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/test_order_atq.c b/app/test-eventdev/test_order_atq.c
> index 3366cfc..cfcb1dc 100644
> --- a/app/test-eventdev/test_order_atq.c
> +++ b/app/test-eventdev/test_order_atq.c
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ order_atq_process_stage_0(struct rte_event *const ev)
>  }
>
>  static int
> -order_atq_worker(void *arg)
> +order_atq_worker(void *arg, const bool flow_id_cap)
>  {
>         ORDER_WORKER_INIT;
>         struct rte_event ev;
> @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ order_atq_worker(void *arg)
>                         continue;
>                 }
>
> +               if (!flow_id_cap)
> +                       ev.flow_id = ev.mbuf->udata64;
> +
>                 if (ev.sub_event_type == 0) { /* stage 0 from producer */
>                         order_atq_process_stage_0(&ev);
>                         while (rte_event_enqueue_burst(dev_id, port, &ev, 1)
> @@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ order_atq_worker(void *arg)
>  }
>
>  static int
> -order_atq_worker_burst(void *arg)
> +order_atq_worker_burst(void *arg, const bool flow_id_cap)
>  {
>         ORDER_WORKER_INIT;
>         struct rte_event ev[BURST_SIZE];
> @@ -68,6 +71,9 @@ order_atq_worker_burst(void *arg)
>                 }
>
>                 for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
> +                       if (!flow_id_cap)
> +                               ev[i].flow_id = ev[i].mbuf->udata64;
> +
>                         if (ev[i].sub_event_type == 0) { /*stage 0 */
>                                 order_atq_process_stage_0(&ev[i]);
>                         } else if (ev[i].sub_event_type == 1) { /* stage 1 */
> @@ -95,11 +101,19 @@ worker_wrapper(void *arg)
>  {
>         struct worker_data *w  = arg;
>         const bool burst = evt_has_burst_mode(w->dev_id);
> -
> -       if (burst)
> -               return order_atq_worker_burst(arg);
> -       else
> -               return order_atq_worker(arg);
> +       const bool flow_id_cap = evt_has_flow_id(w->dev_id);
> +
> +       if (burst) {
> +               if (flow_id_cap)
> +                       return order_atq_worker_burst(arg, true);
> +               else
> +                       return order_atq_worker_burst(arg, false);
> +       } else {
> +               if (flow_id_cap)
> +                       return order_atq_worker(arg, true);
> +               else
> +                       return order_atq_worker(arg, false);
> +       }
>  }
>
>  static int
> diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/test_order_common.c b/app/test-eventdev/test_order_common.c
> index 4190f9a..7942390 100644
> --- a/app/test-eventdev/test_order_common.c
> +++ b/app/test-eventdev/test_order_common.c
> @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ order_producer(void *arg)
>                 const uint32_t flow = (uintptr_t)m % nb_flows;
>                 /* Maintain seq number per flow */
>                 m->seqn = producer_flow_seq[flow]++;
> +               m->udata64 = flow;
>
>                 ev.flow_id = flow;
>                 ev.mbuf = m;
> diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/test_order_queue.c b/app/test-eventdev/test_order_queue.c
> index 495efd9..1511c00 100644
> --- a/app/test-eventdev/test_order_queue.c
> +++ b/app/test-eventdev/test_order_queue.c
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ order_queue_process_stage_0(struct rte_event *const ev)
>  }
>
>  static int
> -order_queue_worker(void *arg)
> +order_queue_worker(void *arg, const bool flow_id_cap)
>  {
>         ORDER_WORKER_INIT;
>         struct rte_event ev;
> @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ order_queue_worker(void *arg)
>                         continue;
>                 }
>
> +               if (!flow_id_cap)
> +                       ev.flow_id = ev.mbuf->udata64;
> +
>                 if (ev.queue_id == 0) { /* from ordered queue */
>                         order_queue_process_stage_0(&ev);
>                         while (rte_event_enqueue_burst(dev_id, port, &ev, 1)
> @@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ order_queue_worker(void *arg)
>  }
>
>  static int
> -order_queue_worker_burst(void *arg)
> +order_queue_worker_burst(void *arg, const bool flow_id_cap)
>  {
>         ORDER_WORKER_INIT;
>         struct rte_event ev[BURST_SIZE];
> @@ -68,6 +71,10 @@ order_queue_worker_burst(void *arg)
>                 }
>
>                 for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
> +
> +                       if (!flow_id_cap)
> +                               ev[i].flow_id = ev[i].mbuf->udata64;
> +
>                         if (ev[i].queue_id == 0) { /* from ordered queue */
>                                 order_queue_process_stage_0(&ev[i]);
>                         } else if (ev[i].queue_id == 1) {/* from atomic queue */
> @@ -95,11 +102,19 @@ worker_wrapper(void *arg)
>  {
>         struct worker_data *w  = arg;
>         const bool burst = evt_has_burst_mode(w->dev_id);
> -
> -       if (burst)
> -               return order_queue_worker_burst(arg);
> -       else
> -               return order_queue_worker(arg);
> +       const bool flow_id_cap = evt_has_flow_id(w->dev_id);
> +
> +       if (burst) {
> +               if (flow_id_cap)
> +                       return order_queue_worker_burst(arg, true);
> +               else
> +                       return order_queue_worker_burst(arg, false);
> +       } else {
> +               if (flow_id_cap)
> +                       return order_queue_worker(arg, true);
> +               else
> +                       return order_queue_worker(arg, false);
> +       }
>  }
>
>  static int
> diff --git a/app/test/test_eventdev.c b/app/test/test_eventdev.c
> index 43ccb1c..62019c1 100644
> --- a/app/test/test_eventdev.c
> +++ b/app/test/test_eventdev.c
> @@ -559,10 +559,10 @@ test_eventdev_port_setup(void)
>         if (!(info.event_dev_cap &
>               RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_IMPLICIT_RELEASE_DISABLE)) {
>                 pconf.enqueue_depth = info.max_event_port_enqueue_depth;
> -               pconf.disable_implicit_release = 1;
> +               pconf.event_port_cfg = RTE_EVENT_PORT_CFG_DISABLE_IMPL_REL;
>                 ret = rte_event_port_setup(TEST_DEV_ID, 0, &pconf);
>                 TEST_ASSERT(ret == -EINVAL, "Expected -EINVAL, %d", ret);
> -               pconf.disable_implicit_release = 0;
> +               pconf.event_port_cfg = 0;
>         }
>
>         ret = rte_event_port_setup(TEST_DEV_ID, info.max_event_ports,
> diff --git a/examples/eventdev_pipeline/pipeline_worker_generic.c b/examples/eventdev_pipeline/pipeline_worker_generic.c
> index 42ff4ee..f70ab0c 100644
> --- a/examples/eventdev_pipeline/pipeline_worker_generic.c
> +++ b/examples/eventdev_pipeline/pipeline_worker_generic.c
> @@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ setup_eventdev_generic(struct worker_data *worker_data)
>         struct rte_event_dev_config config = {
>                         .nb_event_queues = nb_queues,
>                         .nb_event_ports = nb_ports,
> +                       .nb_single_link_event_port_queues = 1,
>                         .nb_events_limit  = 4096,
>                         .nb_event_queue_flows = 1024,
>                         .nb_event_port_dequeue_depth = 128,
> @@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ setup_eventdev_generic(struct worker_data *worker_data)
>                         .schedule_type = cdata.queue_type,
>                         .priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
>                         .nb_atomic_flows = 1024,
> -               .nb_atomic_order_sequences = 1024,
> +                       .nb_atomic_order_sequences = 1024,
>         };
>         struct rte_event_queue_conf tx_q_conf = {
>                         .priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_HIGHEST,
> @@ -167,7 +168,8 @@ setup_eventdev_generic(struct worker_data *worker_data)
>         disable_implicit_release = (dev_info.event_dev_cap &
>                         RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_IMPLICIT_RELEASE_DISABLE);
>
> -       wkr_p_conf.disable_implicit_release = disable_implicit_release;
> +       wkr_p_conf.event_port_cfg = disable_implicit_release ?
> +               RTE_EVENT_PORT_CFG_DISABLE_IMPL_REL : 0;
>
>         if (dev_info.max_num_events < config.nb_events_limit)
>                 config.nb_events_limit = dev_info.max_num_events;
> diff --git a/examples/eventdev_pipeline/pipeline_worker_tx.c b/examples/eventdev_pipeline/pipeline_worker_tx.c
> index 55bb2f7..ca6cd20 100644
> --- a/examples/eventdev_pipeline/pipeline_worker_tx.c
> +++ b/examples/eventdev_pipeline/pipeline_worker_tx.c
> @@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ setup_eventdev_worker_tx_enq(struct worker_data *worker_data)
>         struct rte_event_dev_config config = {
>                         .nb_event_queues = nb_queues,
>                         .nb_event_ports = nb_ports,
> +                       .nb_single_link_event_port_queues = 0,
>                         .nb_events_limit  = 4096,
>                         .nb_event_queue_flows = 1024,
>                         .nb_event_port_dequeue_depth = 128,
> diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_generic.c b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_generic.c
> index 2dc95e5..9a3167c 100644
> --- a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_generic.c
> +++ b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_generic.c
> @@ -126,8 +126,11 @@ l2fwd_event_port_setup_generic(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
>         if (def_p_conf.enqueue_depth < event_p_conf.enqueue_depth)
>                 event_p_conf.enqueue_depth = def_p_conf.enqueue_depth;
>
> -       event_p_conf.disable_implicit_release =
> -               evt_rsrc->disable_implicit_release;
> +       event_p_conf.event_port_cfg = 0;
> +       if (evt_rsrc->disable_implicit_release)
> +               event_p_conf.event_port_cfg |=
> +                       RTE_EVENT_PORT_CFG_DISABLE_IMPL_REL;
> +
>         evt_rsrc->deq_depth = def_p_conf.dequeue_depth;
>
>         for (event_p_id = 0; event_p_id < evt_rsrc->evp.nb_ports;
> diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_internal_port.c b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_internal_port.c
> index 63d57b4..203a14c 100644
> --- a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_internal_port.c
> +++ b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_internal_port.c
> @@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ l2fwd_event_port_setup_internal_port(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
>         if (def_p_conf.enqueue_depth < event_p_conf.enqueue_depth)
>                 event_p_conf.enqueue_depth = def_p_conf.enqueue_depth;
>
> -       event_p_conf.disable_implicit_release =
> -               evt_rsrc->disable_implicit_release;
> +       event_p_conf.event_port_cfg = 0;
> +       if (evt_rsrc->disable_implicit_release)
> +               event_p_conf.event_port_cfg |=
> +                       RTE_EVENT_PORT_CFG_DISABLE_IMPL_REL;
>
>         for (event_p_id = 0; event_p_id < evt_rsrc->evp.nb_ports;
>                                                                 event_p_id++) {
> diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_event_generic.c b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_event_generic.c
> index f8c9843..c80573f 100644
> --- a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_event_generic.c
> +++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_event_generic.c
> @@ -115,8 +115,11 @@ l3fwd_event_port_setup_generic(void)
>         if (def_p_conf.enqueue_depth < event_p_conf.enqueue_depth)
>                 event_p_conf.enqueue_depth = def_p_conf.enqueue_depth;
>
> -       event_p_conf.disable_implicit_release =
> -               evt_rsrc->disable_implicit_release;
> +       event_p_conf.event_port_cfg = 0;
> +       if (evt_rsrc->disable_implicit_release)
> +               event_p_conf.event_port_cfg |=
> +                       RTE_EVENT_PORT_CFG_DISABLE_IMPL_REL;
> +
>         evt_rsrc->deq_depth = def_p_conf.dequeue_depth;
>
>         for (event_p_id = 0; event_p_id < evt_rsrc->evp.nb_ports;
> diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_event_internal_port.c b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_event_internal_port.c
> index 03ac581..9916a7f 100644
> --- a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_event_internal_port.c
> +++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_event_internal_port.c
> @@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ l3fwd_event_port_setup_internal_port(void)
>         if (def_p_conf.enqueue_depth < event_p_conf.enqueue_depth)
>                 event_p_conf.enqueue_depth = def_p_conf.enqueue_depth;
>
> -       event_p_conf.disable_implicit_release =
> -               evt_rsrc->disable_implicit_release;
> +       event_p_conf.event_port_cfg = 0;
> +       if (evt_rsrc->disable_implicit_release)
> +               event_p_conf.event_port_cfg |=
> +                       RTE_EVENT_PORT_CFG_DISABLE_IMPL_REL;
>
>         for (event_p_id = 0; event_p_id < evt_rsrc->evp.nb_ports;
>                                                                 event_p_id++) {
> --
> 2.6.4
>

      reply	other threads:[~2020-10-14 20:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-11 16:58 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Eventdev ABI changes Timothy McDaniel
2020-09-11 16:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] eventdev: implement ABI change Timothy McDaniel
2020-09-24  9:55   ` Sunil Kumar Kori
2020-09-28  5:53     ` Jerin Jacob
2020-09-30  7:48       ` Kinsella, Ray
2020-10-14 21:36   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Eventdev ABI changes for DLB/DLB2 Timothy McDaniel
2020-10-14 21:36     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] eventdev: eventdev: express DLB/DLB2 PMD constraints Timothy McDaniel
2020-10-14 21:36     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] eventdev: update app and examples for new eventdev ABI Timothy McDaniel
2020-10-15 14:26     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Eventdev ABI changes for DLB/DLB2 Jerin Jacob
2020-10-15 14:38       ` McDaniel, Timothy
2020-10-15 17:31   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] " Timothy McDaniel
2020-10-15 17:31     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] eventdev: eventdev: express DLB/DLB2 PMD constraints Timothy McDaniel
2020-10-15 17:31     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] doc: remove eventdev ABI change announcement Timothy McDaniel
2020-10-15 17:31     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] doc: announce new eventdev ABI changes Timothy McDaniel
2020-10-15 18:07   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] Eventdev ABI changes for DLB/DLB2 Timothy McDaniel
2020-10-15 18:07     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] eventdev: eventdev: express DLB/DLB2 PMD constraints Timothy McDaniel
2020-10-15 18:07     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] doc: remove eventdev ABI change announcement Timothy McDaniel
2020-10-15 18:27       ` Jerin Jacob
2020-10-15 18:07     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] doc: announce new eventdev ABI changes Timothy McDaniel
2020-09-11 16:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] eventdev: update app and examples for new eventdev ABI Timothy McDaniel
2020-09-28  5:59   ` Jerin Jacob
2020-10-14 17:33   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] " Timothy McDaniel
2020-10-14 20:01     ` Jerin Jacob [this message]

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