[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/5] net/ixgbe: fix bitmask of supported Tx flags

Wu, Jingjing jingjing.wu at intel.com
Mon Feb 6 09:53:59 CET 2017



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ananyev, Konstantin
> Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2017 8:11 PM
> To: Ananyev, Konstantin <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>; Wu, Jingjing
> <jingjing.wu at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/5] net/ixgbe: fix bitmask of supported
> Tx flags
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Ananyev,
> > Konstantin
> > Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2017 11:59 AM
> > To: Wu, Jingjing <jingjing.wu at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/5] net/ixgbe: fix bitmask of
> > supported Tx flags
> >
> > Hi Jingjing,
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Wu, Jingjing
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2017 3:36 AM
> > > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > > Cc: Wu, Jingjing <jingjing.wu at intel.com>; Ananyev, Konstantin
> > > <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>
> > > Subject: [PATCH v2 3/5] net/ixgbe: fix bitmask of supported Tx flags
> > >
> > > Add missed flags to bitmask of all supported packet Tx flags.
> > >
> > > CC: konstantin.ananyev at intel.com
> > > Fixes: 7829b8d52be0 ("net/ixgbe: add Tx preparation")
> > > Signed-off-by: Jingjing Wu <jingjing.wu at intel.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
> > >  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c
> > > b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c index 36f1c02..8454581 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c
> > > @@ -81,13 +81,28 @@
> > >  #include "ixgbe_rxtx.h"
> > >
> > >  /* Bit Mask to indicate what bits required for building TX context
> > > */
> > > +#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_IEEE1588
> > >  #define IXGBE_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK (			 \
> > >  		PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT |		 \
> > >  		PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM |		 \
> > > +		PKT_TX_IPV4 |			 \
> > >  		PKT_TX_L4_MASK |		 \
> > > +		PKT_TX_IEEE1588_TMST |		 \
> > >  		PKT_TX_TCP_SEG |		 \
> > >  		PKT_TX_MACSEC |			 \
> > > -		PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM)
> > > +		PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM |		 \
> > > +		PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV4)
> > > +#else
> > > +#define IXGBE_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK (			 \
> > > +		PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT |		 \
> > > +		PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM |		 \
> > > +		PKT_TX_IPV4 |			 \
> >
> > Wonder why ixgbe doesn't have PKT_TX_IPV6?
> 
> Same question for e1000 and fm10k.
> Also if you decided to go that way, you'll probably need to update
> TX_OFFLOAD_MASK for enic and vmxnet3.
> That's why I still think it would be much less hassle not to include these flags
> (PKT_TX_IPV4 and PKT_TX_IPV6)  into TX_OFFLOAD_MASK at all.
> Konstantin
> 
>
Thanks for pointing that. PKT_TX_IPV6 is missed.
About whether include these flags (PKT_TX_IPV4 and PKT_TX_IPV6)  into TX_OFFLOAD_MASK, I think they should be
Included. Think about one NIC may support IPV4 L4 checksum offload, but not support IPV6? Even I don't know who it is.

Thanks
Jingjing



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