[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 0/3]: Add LRO support to ixgbe PMD

[Thomas Monjalon]

> > This series adds the missing flow for enabling the LRO in the ethdev and
> > adds a support for this feature in the ixgbe PMD. There is a big hope that this
> > initiative is going to be picked up by some Intel developer that would add the LRO support
> > to other Intel PMDs.
> > 
> > The series starts with some cleanup work in the code the final patch (the actual adding of
> > the LRO support) is going to touch/use/change. There are still quite a few issues in the ixgbe
> > PMD code left but they have to be a matter of a different series and I've left a few "TODO"
> > remarks in the code.
> > 
> > The LRO ("RSC" in Intel's context) PMD completion handling code follows the same design as the
> > corresponding Linux and FreeBSD implementation: pass the aggregation's cluster HEAD buffer to
> > the NEXTP entry of the software ring till EOP is met.
> > 
> > HW configuration follows the corresponding specs: this feature is supported only by x540 and
> > 82599 PF devices.
> > 
> > The feature has been tested with seastar TCP stack with the following configuration on Tx side:
> >    - MTU: 400B
> >    - 100 concurrent TCP connections.
> > 
> > The results were:
> >    - Without LRO: total throughput: 0.12Gbps, coefficient of variance: 1.41%
> >    - With LRO:    total throughput: 8.21Gbps, coefficient of variance: 0.59%
> > 
> > This is an almost factor 80 improvement.
> > 
> > New in v9:
> >    - Move newly added IXGBE_XXX macros to ixgbe_ethdev.h.
> > 
> > New in v8:
> >    - Fixed the structs naming: igb_xxx -> ixgbe_xxx (some leftovers in PATCH2).
> >    - Took the RSC configuration code from ixgbe_dev_rx_init() into a separate
> >      function - ixgbe_set_rsc().
> >    - Added some missing macros for HW configuration.
> >    - Styling adjustments:
> >       - Functions names.
> >       - Functions descriptions.
> >    - Reworked the ixgbe_free_rsc_cluster() code to make it more readable.
> >    - Kill the HEADER_SPLIT flow in ixgbe_set_rsc() since it's not supported by
> >      ixgbe PMD.
> > 
> > New in v7:
> >    - Free not-yet-completed RSC aggregations in rte_eth_dev_stop() flow.
> >    - Fixed rx_bulk_alloc_allowed and rx_vec_allowed initialization:
> >       - Don't set them to FALSE in rte_eth_dev_stop() flow - the following
> >         rte_eth_dev_start() will need them.
> >       - Reset them to TRUE in rte_eth_dev_configure() and not in a probe() flow.
> >         This will ensure the proper behaviour if port is re-configured.
> >    - Reset the sw_ring[].mbuf entry in a bulk allocation case.
> >      This is needed for ixgbe_rx_queue_release_mbufs().
> >    - _recv_pkts_lro(): added the missing memory barrier before RDT update in a
> >      non-bulk allocation case.
> >    - Don't allow RSC when device is configured in an SR-IOV mode.
> > 
> > New in v6:
> >    - Fix of the typo in the "bug fixes" series that broke the compilation caused a
> >      minor change in this follow-up series.
> > 
> > New in v5:
> >    - Split the series into "bug fixes" and "all the rest" so that the former could be
> >      integrated into a 2.0 release.
> >    - Put the RTE_ETHDEV_HAS_LRO_SUPPORT definition at the beginning of rte_ethdev.h.
> >    - Removed the "TODO: Remove me" comment near RTE_ETHDEV_HAS_LRO_SUPPORT.
> > 
> > New in v4:
> >    - Remove CONFIG_RTE_ETHDEV_LRO_SUPPORT from config/common_linuxapp.
> >    - Define RTE_ETHDEV_HAS_LRO_SUPPORT in rte_ethdev.h.
> >    - As a result of "ixgbe: check rxd number to avoid mbuf leak" (352078e8e) Vector Rx
> >      had to get the same treatment as Rx Bulk Alloc (see PATCH4 for more details).
> > 
> > New in v3:
> >    - ixgbe_rx_alloc_bufs(): Always reset refcnt of the buffers to 1. Otherwise rte_pktmbuf_free()
> >      won't free them.
> > 
> > New in v2:
> >    - Removed rte_eth_dev_data.lro_bulk_alloc and added ixgbe_hw.rx_bulk_alloc_allowed
> >      instead.
> >    - Unified the rx_pkt_bulk callback setting (a separate new patch).
> >    - Fixed a few styling and spelling issues.
> > 
> > Vlad Zolotarov (3):
> >   ixgbe: Cleanups
> >   ixgbe: Code refactoring
> >   ixgbe: Add LRO support
> > 
> >  lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h       |   9 +-
> >  lib/librte_net/rte_ip.h             |   3 +
> >  lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c |  11 +
> >  lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.h |  13 +
> >  lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c   | 765 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >  lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.h   |   6 +
> >  6 files changed, 738 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)
> 
> Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com> for 2.1 release.

Applied, thanks