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From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
To: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@trustnetic.com>,
	'David Marchand' <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
	'Thomas Monjalon' <thomas@monjalon.net>
Cc: 'Jian Wang' <jianwang@trustnetic.com>, 'dev' <dev@dpdk.org>,
	'Bruce Richardson' <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
	'Olivier Matz' <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
	'Andrew Rybchenko' <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>,
	'Akhil Goyal' <akhil.goyal@nxp.com>,
	'Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran' <jerinj@marvell.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 00/15] remove mbuf userdata
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 11:58:17 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b08d5904-8ccd-732c-258f-82ff2a8b4989@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9b514cef-9998-f9c1-7ebc-f7a0df4bf43e@intel.com>

On 11/2/2020 11:08 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 11/2/2020 9:11 AM, Jiawen Wu wrote:
>> On Sunday, November 1, 2020 6:26 PM, David Marchand wrote:
>>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2020 at 10:15 AM Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> The new txgbe driver in the next-net is also using ‘udata64’, that
>>>>> also needs to be updated. cc'ed txgbe maintainer.
>>>>
>>>> That's a pity it did not take into account the deprecation notice.
>>>> What kind of hack is it used for?
>>>> Can it be simply removed to allow quick merging of the PMD?
>>>
>>> +1 for removing.
>>>
>>> It seems to be a provision for future features, as this field is simply 
>>> passed to
>>> an internal function that does not use it.
>>>
>>> $ git grep -C 2 udata drivers/net/txgbe/
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c-
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c-
>>> txgbe_set_xmit_ctx(txq, ctx_txd, tx_ol_req,
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c:
>>> tx_offload, &tx_pkt->udata64);
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c-
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c-                         txe->last_id =
>>> tx_last;
>>>
>>> $ git grep -C 2 txgbe_set_xmit_ctx drivers/net/txgbe/
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c-
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c-static inline void
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c:txgbe_set_xmit_ctx(struct txgbe_tx_queue
>>> *txq,
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c-         volatile struct
>>> txgbe_tx_ctx_desc *ctx_txd,
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c-         uint64_t ol_flags, union
>>> txgbe_tx_offload tx_offload,
>>> -- 
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c-                         }
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c-
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c:
>>> txgbe_set_xmit_ctx(txq, ctx_txd, tx_ol_req,
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c-
>>> tx_offload, &tx_pkt->udata64);
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c-
>>>
>>> $ git grep -w mdata drivers/net/txgbe/
>>> drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c:         __rte_unused uint64_t *mdata)
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> David Marchand
>>
>> Thanks for review.
>> It can be just simply removed in txgbe driver.
>>
> 
> OK, I will remove it in the next-net.
> 

Applied following:

  diff --git a/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c
  index b35b7de1cb..4d8b43423d 100644
  --- a/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c
  +++ b/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_rxtx.c
  @@ -281,8 +281,7 @@ txgbe_xmit_pkts_simple(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf 
**tx_pkts,
   static inline void
   txgbe_set_xmit_ctx(struct txgbe_tx_queue *txq,
                  volatile struct txgbe_tx_ctx_desc *ctx_txd,
  -               uint64_t ol_flags, union txgbe_tx_offload tx_offload,
  -               __rte_unused uint64_t *mdata)
  +               uint64_t ol_flags, union txgbe_tx_offload tx_offload)
   {
          union txgbe_tx_offload tx_offload_mask;
          uint32_t type_tucmd_mlhl;
  @@ -861,7 +860,7 @@ txgbe_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
                                  }

                                  txgbe_set_xmit_ctx(txq, ctx_txd, tx_ol_req,
  -                                       tx_offload, &tx_pkt->udata64);
  +                                       tx_offload);

                                  txe->last_id = tx_last;
                                  tx_id = txe->next_id;


      reply	other threads:[~2020-11-02 11:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 178+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-26  5:20 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26  5:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/15] examples: enclose DPDK includes with angle brackets Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 14:23   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-27 11:32   ` Bruce Richardson
2020-10-26  5:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/15] kni: move header file from EAL Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 14:25   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-27 11:33   ` Bruce Richardson
2020-10-26  5:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/15] mbuf: fix typo in dynamic field convention note Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 14:26   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-26  5:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 04/15] node: switch IPv4 metadata to dynamic mbuf field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 10:40   ` David Marchand
2020-10-26 14:29     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 14:34       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-26 14:39         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26  5:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 05/15] security: switch " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 10:41   ` David Marchand
2020-10-26 14:30     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 17:58     ` Akhil Goyal
2020-10-26 15:06   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-26 16:49     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 19:03       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26  5:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 06/15] event/sw: switch test counter " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 15:09   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-26  5:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/15] net/ark: ignore user data Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26  5:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 08/15] net/bnxt: switch CFA code to dynamic mbuf field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 10:42   ` David Marchand
2020-10-26 14:32     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26  5:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 09/15] net/vmxnet3: switch MSS hint " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 15:14   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-26 15:21     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-26 16:50       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 18:13         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26  5:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 10/15] test/distributor: switch sequence " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26  9:39   ` Lukasz Wojciechowski
2020-10-26  5:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 11/15] test/graph: switch user data " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26  5:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 12/15] app/eventdev: switch flow ID " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26  5:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 13/15] examples/bbdev: switch " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26  5:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 14/15] examples/rxtx_callbacks: " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 10:43   ` David Marchand
2020-10-26 14:33     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 14:53       ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-10-26 16:32         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26  5:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 15/15] mbuf: remove userdata field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/15] remove mbuf userdata Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:19   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/15] examples: enclose DPDK includes with angle brackets Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/15] kni: move header file from EAL Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/15] mbuf: fix typo in dynamic field convention note Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/15] node: switch IPv4 metadata to dynamic mbuf field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27  9:32     ` Olivier Matz
2020-10-27  9:34       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 14:23     ` Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-10-27 14:33       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 15:33         ` Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-10-27 15:57           ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 16:16             ` Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-10-27 16:26               ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28  9:30                 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] " Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-10-28 10:08                   ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:24                     ` Van Haaren, Harry
2020-10-28 10:42                       ` Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-10-28 10:43                         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 18:07                       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-29 10:17                         ` Van Haaren, Harry
2020-10-28 10:33                     ` Nithin Dabilpuram
2020-10-26 22:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/15] security: switch " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27  2:01     ` Wang, Haiyue
2020-10-27  8:52       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 13:12         ` Wang, Haiyue
2020-10-27 10:05     ` Olivier Matz
2020-10-27 16:10       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/15] event/sw: switch test counter " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 10:15     ` Olivier Matz
2020-10-27 16:14       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/15] net/ark: ignore user data Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 15:32     ` Ed Czeck
2020-10-27 15:55       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 16:05         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/15] net/bnxt: switch CFA code to dynamic mbuf field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27  4:44     ` Ajit Khaparde
2020-10-27 10:31     ` Olivier Matz
2020-10-27 16:22       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/15] net/vmxnet3: switch MSS hint " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 10:45     ` Olivier Matz
2020-10-27 16:25       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/15] test/distributor: switch sequence " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/15] test/graph: switch user data " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/15] app/eventdev: switch flow ID " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 13/15] examples/bbdev: switch " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 14/15] examples/rxtx_callbacks: " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-26 22:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 15/15] mbuf: remove userdata field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 10:53     ` Olivier Matz
2020-10-27 21:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/15] remove mbuf userdata Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 01/15] examples: enclose DPDK includes with angle brackets Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 02/15] kni: move header file from EAL Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 03/15] mbuf: fix typo in dynamic field convention note Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 04/15] node: switch IPv4 metadata to dynamic mbuf field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 05/15] security: switch " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 06/15] event/sw: switch test counter " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 07/15] net/ark: switch user data " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 22:30     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 08/15] net/bnxt: switch CFA code " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 09/15] net/vmxnet3: switch MSS hint " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 10/15] test/distributor: switch sequence " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 11/15] test/graph: switch user data " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 12/15] app/eventdev: switch flow ID " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28  4:54     ` Jerin Jacob
2020-10-28  7:43       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28  8:06         ` Jerin Jacob
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 13/15] examples/bbdev: switch " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 14/15] examples/rxtx_callbacks: " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-27 21:01   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 15/15] mbuf: remove userdata field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/15] remove mbuf userdata Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 01/15] examples: enclose DPDK includes with angle brackets Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 02/15] kni: move header file from EAL Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 03/15] mbuf: fix typo in dynamic field convention note Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 04/15] node: switch IPv4 metadata to dynamic mbuf field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 05/15] security: switch " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 06/15] event/sw: switch test counter " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 07/15] net/ark: switch user data to dynamic mbuf fields Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 08/15] net/bnxt: switch CFA code to dynamic mbuf field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 09/15] net/vmxnet3: switch MSS hint " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 10/15] test/distributor: switch sequence " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 11/15] test/graph: switch user data " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 12/15] app/eventdev: switch flow ID " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 13/15] examples/bbdev: switch " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 11:51     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-28 12:21       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 12:55         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 14/15] examples/rxtx_callbacks: " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-28 10:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 15/15] mbuf: remove userdata field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 00/15] remove mbuf userdata Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 01/15] eventdev: remove software Rx timestamp Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 02/15] mbuf: add Rx timestamp dynamic flag Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-01 20:03     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 03/15] ethdev: register mbuf field and flags for timestamp Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-01 20:10     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-11-01 22:54       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 04/15] latency: switch timestamp to dynamic mbuf field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 05/15] net/ark: " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 06/15] net/dpaa2: " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 07/15] net/mlx5: fix dynamic mbuf offset lookup check Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 08/15] net/mlx5: switch timestamp to dynamic mbuf field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 09/15] net/nfb: " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 10/15] net/octeontx2: " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 11/15] net/pcap: " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 12/15] app/testpmd: " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 13/15] examples/rxtx_callbacks: switch timestamp to dynamic field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 14/15] mbuf: remove deprecated timestamp field Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-01 20:13     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-30 17:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 15/15] mbuf: move pool pointer in hotter first half Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-01 20:23     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-10-30 17:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 00/15] remove mbuf userdata Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 01/15] examples: enclose DPDK includes with angle brackets Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 02/15] kni: move header file from EAL Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 03/15] mbuf: fix typo in dynamic field convention note Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 04/15] node: switch IPv4 metadata to dynamic mbuf field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 05/15] security: switch " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-31  8:56     ` David Marchand
2020-10-31  9:26       ` David Marchand
2020-10-31 14:38       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 06/15] event/sw: switch test counter " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 18:53     ` Van Haaren, Harry
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 07/15] net/ark: switch user data to dynamic mbuf fields Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 08/15] net/bnxt: switch CFA code to dynamic mbuf field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 09/15] net/vmxnet3: switch MSS hint " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 10/15] test/distributor: switch sequence " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 11/15] test/graph: switch user data " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 12/15] app/eventdev: switch flow ID " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 13/15] examples/bbdev: switch " Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 14/15] examples/rxtx_callbacks: switch TSC to dynamic field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-30 17:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 15/15] mbuf: remove userdata field Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-31 15:07   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 00/15] remove mbuf userdata Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-31 23:36     ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-11-01  9:15       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-01 10:26         ` David Marchand
2020-11-02  9:11           ` Jiawen Wu
2020-11-02 11:08             ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-11-02 11:58               ` Ferruh Yigit [this message]

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