[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] i40e: enable internal switch of pf

Wu, Jingjing jingjing.wu at intel.com
Thu Jan 29 05:57:12 CET 2015


Hi, Michael

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Qiu, Michael
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:56 AM
> To: Wu, Jingjing; dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] i40e: enable internal switch of pf
> 
> On 1/29/2015 9:42 AM, Jingjing Wu wrote:
> > This patch enables PF's internal switch by setting ALLOWLOOPBACK flag
> > when VEB is created. With this patch, traffic from PF can be switched
> > on the VEB.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jingjing Wu <jingjing.wu at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 36
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
> > b/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
> > index fe758c2..94fd36c 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
> > +++ b/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
> > @@ -2854,6 +2854,40 @@ i40e_vsi_dump_bw_config(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >
> > +/*
> > + * i40e_enable_pf_lb
> > + * @pf: pointer to the pf structure
> > + *
> > + * allow loopback on pf
> > + */
> > +static inline void
> > +i40e_enable_pf_lb(struct i40e_pf *pf) {
> > +	struct i40e_hw *hw = I40E_PF_TO_HW(pf);
> > +	struct i40e_vsi_context ctxt;
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	memset(&ctxt, 0, sizeof(ctxt));
> > +	ctxt.seid = pf->main_vsi_seid;
> > +	ctxt.pf_num = hw->pf_id;
> > +	ret = i40e_aq_get_vsi_params(hw, &ctxt, NULL);
> > +	if (ret) {
> > +		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "couldn't get pf vsi config, err %d,
> aq_err %d",
> > +			ret, hw->aq.asq_last_status);
> > +		return;
> > +	}
> > +	ctxt.flags = I40E_AQ_VSI_TYPE_PF;
> > +	ctxt.info.valid_sections =
> > +		rte_cpu_to_le_16(I40E_AQ_VSI_PROP_SWITCH_VALID);
> 
> Here does it need to be "|=" ? As ctxt.infowill be filled in
> i40e_aq_get_vsi_params(), I don't know if it has other issue for override this
> filled by "=".
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael

You can look at the following lines. What we called is i40e_aq_update_vsi_params.
So we need only set the flag we want to update.

Thanks
Jingjing

> > +	ctxt.info.switch_id |=
> > +		rte_cpu_to_le_16(I40E_AQ_VSI_SW_ID_FLAG_ALLOW_LB);
> > +
> > +	ret = i40e_aq_update_vsi_params(hw, &ctxt, NULL);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "update vsi switch failed,
> aq_err=%d\n",
> > +			hw->aq.asq_last_status);
> > +}
> > +
> >  /* Setup a VSI */
> >  struct i40e_vsi *
> >  i40e_vsi_setup(struct i40e_pf *pf,
> > @@ -2889,6 +2923,8 @@ i40e_vsi_setup(struct i40e_pf *pf,
> >  			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "VEB setup failed");
> >  			return NULL;
> >  		}
> > +		/* set ALLOWLOOPBACk on pf, when veb is created */
> > +		i40e_enable_pf_lb(pf);
> >  	}
> >
> >  	vsi = rte_zmalloc("i40e_vsi", sizeof(struct i40e_vsi), 0);



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