From: "Mattias Rönnblom" <hofors@lysator.liu.se>
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>, jerinj@marvell.com
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com,
abdullah.sevincer@intel.com, sachin.saxena@oss.nxp.com,
hemant.agrawal@nxp.com, pbhagavatula@marvell.com,
pravin.pathak@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 11/11] eventdev: RFC clarify docs on event object fields
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2024 10:45:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <edcf7fc4-37ef-4320-88f9-a71953e88789@lysator.liu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZbvOtAEpzja0gu7b@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com>
On 2024-02-01 18:02, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 12:34:50PM +0100, Mattias Rönnblom wrote:
>> On 2024-01-19 18:43, Bruce Richardson wrote:
>>> Clarify the meaning of the NEW, FORWARD and RELEASE event types.
>>> For the fields in "rte_event" struct, enhance the comments on each to
>>> clarify the field's use, and whether it is preserved between enqueue and
>>> dequeue, and it's role, if any, in scheduling.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> As with the previous patch, please review this patch to ensure that the
>>> expected semantics of the various event types and event fields have not
>>> changed in an unexpected way.
>>> ---
>>> lib/eventdev/rte_eventdev.h | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>>> 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/lib/eventdev/rte_eventdev.h b/lib/eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
>>> index cb13602ffb..4eff1c4958 100644
>>> --- a/lib/eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
>>> +++ b/lib/eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
> <snip>
>
>>> /**
>>> @@ -1473,53 +1475,100 @@ struct rte_event {
>>> /**< Targeted flow identifier for the enqueue and
>>> * dequeue operation.
>>> * The value must be in the range of
>>> - * [0, nb_event_queue_flows - 1] which
>>> + * [0, @ref rte_event_dev_config.nb_event_queue_flows - 1] which
>>
>> The same comment as I had before about ranges for unsigned types.
>>
> Actually, is this correct, does a range actually apply here?
>
> I thought that the number of queue flows supported was a guide as to how
> internal HW resources were to be allocated, and that the flow_id was always
> a 20-bit value, where it was up to the scheduler to work out how to map
> that to internal atomic locks (when combined with queue ids etc.). It
> should not be up to the app to have to do the range limiting itself!
>
Indeed, I also operated under this belief, which is reflected in DSW,
which just takes the flow_id and (pseudo-)hash+mask it into the
appropriate range.
Leaving it to the app allows app-level attempts to avoid collisions
between large flows, I guess. Not sure I think apps will (or even
should) really do this.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-02 9:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 123+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-18 13:45 [PATCH v1 0/7] improve eventdev API specification/documentation Bruce Richardson
2024-01-18 13:45 ` [PATCH v1 1/7] eventdev: improve doxygen introduction text Bruce Richardson
2024-01-18 13:45 ` [PATCH v1 2/7] eventdev: move text on driver internals to proper section Bruce Richardson
2024-01-18 13:45 ` [PATCH v1 3/7] eventdev: update documentation on device capability flags Bruce Richardson
2024-01-18 13:45 ` [PATCH v1 4/7] eventdev: cleanup doxygen comments on info structure Bruce Richardson
2024-01-18 13:49 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-01-18 13:45 ` [PATCH v1 5/7] eventdev: improve function documentation for query fns Bruce Richardson
2024-01-18 13:45 ` [PATCH v1 6/7] eventdev: improve doxygen comments on configure struct Bruce Richardson
2024-01-18 13:45 ` [PATCH v1 7/7] eventdev: fix documentation for counting single-link ports Bruce Richardson
2024-01-19 17:43 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] improve eventdev API specification/documentation Bruce Richardson
2024-01-19 17:43 ` [PATCH v2 01/11] eventdev: improve doxygen introduction text Bruce Richardson
2024-01-23 8:57 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-01-23 9:06 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-01-24 11:37 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-01-31 13:45 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-01-19 17:43 ` [PATCH v2 02/11] eventdev: move text on driver internals to proper section Bruce Richardson
2024-01-19 17:43 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] eventdev: update documentation on device capability flags Bruce Richardson
2024-01-23 9:18 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-01-23 9:34 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-01-31 14:09 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 8:58 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-02-02 11:20 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-01-19 17:43 ` [PATCH v2 04/11] eventdev: cleanup doxygen comments on info structure Bruce Richardson
2024-01-23 9:35 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-01-23 9:43 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-01-24 11:51 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-01-31 14:37 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 9:24 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-02-02 10:30 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-01-19 17:43 ` [PATCH v2 05/11] eventdev: improve function documentation for query fns Bruce Richardson
2024-01-23 9:40 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-01-19 17:43 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] eventdev: improve doxygen comments on configure struct Bruce Richardson
2024-01-23 9:46 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-01-31 16:15 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-01-19 17:43 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] eventdev: fix documentation for counting single-link ports Bruce Richardson
2024-01-23 9:48 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-01-23 9:56 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-01-31 16:18 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-01-19 17:43 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] eventdev: improve doxygen comments on config fns Bruce Richardson
2024-01-23 10:00 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-01-23 10:07 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-01-19 17:43 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] eventdev: improve doxygen comments for control APIs Bruce Richardson
2024-01-23 10:10 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-01-19 17:43 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] eventdev: RFC clarify comments on scheduling types Bruce Richardson
2024-01-23 16:19 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-01-24 11:21 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-01-31 17:54 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-01-19 17:43 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] eventdev: RFC clarify docs on event object fields Bruce Richardson
2024-01-24 11:34 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-02-01 16:59 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 9:38 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-02-02 11:33 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 12:02 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-01 17:02 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 9:14 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 9:22 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-02-02 9:36 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 9:45 ` Mattias Rönnblom [this message]
2024-02-02 10:32 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-01 9:35 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-01 15:00 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-02-01 15:24 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-01 16:20 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-02-02 12:39 ` [PATCH v3 00/11] improve eventdev API specification/documentation Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 12:39 ` [PATCH v3 01/11] eventdev: improve doxygen introduction text Bruce Richardson
2024-02-07 10:14 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-02-08 9:50 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-02-09 8:43 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-02-10 7:24 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-02-20 16:28 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-20 16:33 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 12:39 ` [PATCH v3 02/11] eventdev: move text on driver internals to proper section Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 12:39 ` [PATCH v3 03/11] eventdev: update documentation on device capability flags Bruce Richardson
2024-02-07 10:30 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-02-20 16:42 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 12:39 ` [PATCH v3 04/11] eventdev: cleanup doxygen comments on info structure Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 12:39 ` [PATCH v3 05/11] eventdev: improve function documentation for query fns Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 12:39 ` [PATCH v3 06/11] eventdev: improve doxygen comments on configure struct Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 12:39 ` [PATCH v3 07/11] eventdev: improve doxygen comments on config fns Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 12:39 ` [PATCH v3 08/11] eventdev: improve doxygen comments for control APIs Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 12:39 ` [PATCH v3 09/11] eventdev: improve comments on scheduling types Bruce Richardson
2024-02-08 9:18 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-02-08 10:04 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-02-20 17:23 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 12:39 ` [PATCH v3 10/11] eventdev: clarify docs on event object fields and op types Bruce Richardson
2024-02-09 9:14 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-02-20 17:39 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-21 9:31 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-02-21 10:28 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-20 17:50 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-20 18:03 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-02 12:39 ` [PATCH v3 11/11] eventdev: drop comment for anon union from doxygen Bruce Richardson
2024-02-21 10:32 ` [PATCH v4 00/12] improve eventdev API specification/documentation Bruce Richardson
2024-02-21 10:32 ` [PATCH v4 01/12] eventdev: improve doxygen introduction text Bruce Richardson
2024-02-26 4:51 ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-26 9:59 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-29 16:13 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-02-21 10:32 ` [PATCH v4 02/12] eventdev: move text on driver internals to proper section Bruce Richardson
2024-02-26 5:01 ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-21 10:32 ` [PATCH v4 03/12] eventdev: update documentation on device capability flags Bruce Richardson
2024-02-26 5:07 ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-21 10:32 ` [PATCH v4 04/12] eventdev: cleanup doxygen comments on info structure Bruce Richardson
2024-02-26 5:18 ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-21 10:32 ` [PATCH v4 05/12] eventdev: improve function documentation for query fns Bruce Richardson
2024-02-26 5:18 ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-21 10:32 ` [PATCH v4 06/12] eventdev: improve doxygen comments on configure struct Bruce Richardson
2024-02-26 6:36 ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-21 10:32 ` [PATCH v4 07/12] eventdev: improve doxygen comments on config fns Bruce Richardson
2024-02-26 6:43 ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-26 6:44 ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-21 10:32 ` [PATCH v4 08/12] eventdev: improve doxygen comments for control APIs Bruce Richardson
2024-02-26 6:44 ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-21 10:32 ` [PATCH v4 09/12] eventdev: improve comments on scheduling types Bruce Richardson
2024-02-26 6:49 ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-21 10:32 ` [PATCH v4 10/12] eventdev: clarify docs on event object fields and op types Bruce Richardson
2024-02-26 6:52 ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-21 10:32 ` [PATCH v4 11/12] eventdev: drop comment for anon union from doxygen Bruce Richardson
2024-02-26 6:52 ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-21 10:32 ` [PATCH v4 12/12] eventdev: fix doxygen processing of event vector struct Bruce Richardson
2024-02-26 6:53 ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-03-04 15:35 ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-03-04 15:49 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-02-23 12:36 ` [PATCH v4 00/12] improve eventdev API specification/documentation Jerin Jacob
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