[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] examples/ip_reassembly: add parse-ptype option

[Liu, Yong]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 4:36 PM
> To: Liu, Yong <yong.liu at intel.com>
> Cc: Tan, Jianfeng <jianfeng.tan at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] examples/ip_reassembly: add parse-
> ptype option
> 
> 2017-02-10 07:53, Liu, Yong:
> > From: Thomas Monjalon
> > > 2017-02-09 22:25, Marvin Liu:
> > > > Add new option parse-ptype in this sample in case of pmd driver
> > > > not provide packet type info. If this option enabled, packet type
> > > > will be analyzed in Rx callback function.
> > > [...]
> > > > +		if (parse_ptype) {
> > > > +			if (add_cb_parse_ptype(portid, queueid) < 0)
> > > > +				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
> > > > +					"Fail to add ptype cb\n");
> > > > +		} else if (!check_ptype(portid))
> > > > +			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
> > > > +				"PMD can not provide needed ptypes\n");
> > >
> > > Instead of adding a new option, why not adding the callback
> automatically
> > > if the packet type is not supported by the hardware?
> >
> > Thomas,
> > We want to let user choice which kind of method for packet type parsing.
> > If start application with parse-type option, is meaning user want to use
> software parsing otherwise will use hardware parsing.
> 
> I do not understand why this user choice matters.
> If it is available, hardware ptype is better, isn't it?
> It it is not available, we need to be aware of this specific issue,
> otherwise we have the error "PMD can not provide needed ptypes"
> (without suggesting to use the option).

Yes, hardware always has better performance than software. I think it matters in some performance measurement scenarios. 
Like l3fwd, we compared performance with software and hardware packet parsers and this option may not have much value in other samples.
I will rework this patch and fallback to software if hardware not support.	

BRs,
Marvin