[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/6] ixgbe: Get VF queue number

[Ouyang, Changchun]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wodkowski, PawelX
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 5:14 PM
> To: Ouyang, Changchun; dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon; Vlad Zolotarov
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/6] ixgbe: Get VF queue number
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Ouyang
> Changchun
> > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 6:59 AM
> > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/6] ixgbe: Get VF queue number
> >
> > Get the available Rx and Tx queue number when receiving
> > IXGBE_VF_GET_QUEUES message from VF.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Changchun Ouyang <changchun.ouyang at intel.com>
> >
> > changes in v5
> >   - Add some 'FIX ME' comments for IXGBE_VF_TRANS_VLAN.
> >
> > ---
> >  lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c | 40
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
> > b/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c index 495aff5..dbda9b5 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
> > +++ b/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
> > @@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
> >  #include "ixgbe_ethdev.h"
> >
> >  #define IXGBE_MAX_VFTA     (128)
> > +#define IXGBE_VF_MSG_SIZE_DEFAULT 1
> > +#define IXGBE_VF_GET_QUEUE_MSG_SIZE 5
> >
> >  static inline uint16_t
> >  dev_num_vf(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev) @@ -491,9 +493,41 @@
> > ixgbe_negotiate_vf_api(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t vf, uint32_t
> > *msgbuf)  }
> >
> >  static int
> > +ixgbe_get_vf_queues(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t vf, uint32_t
> > +*msgbuf) {
> > +	struct ixgbe_vf_info *vfinfo =
> > +		*IXGBE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_P_VFDATA(dev->data-
> >dev_private);
> > +	uint32_t default_q = vf * RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool;
> > +
> > +	/* Verify if the PF supports the mbox APIs version or not */
> > +	switch (vfinfo[vf].api_version) {
> > +	case ixgbe_mbox_api_20:
> > +	case ixgbe_mbox_api_11:
> > +		break;
> > +	default:
> > +		return -1;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	/* Notify VF of Rx and Tx queue number */
> > +	msgbuf[IXGBE_VF_RX_QUEUES] =
> RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool;
> > +	msgbuf[IXGBE_VF_TX_QUEUES] =
> RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool;
> 
> Are you sure this is good approach to pass nb_q_per_pool to VF as the
> number of available queues? What if PF does not use RSS nor DCB? Are thos
> queues always available in that case?
> 

In that case(neither rss nor dcb), nb_q_per_pool is 1, so it also works, I have validated it.
Thanks
Changchun