[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/5] ethdev: increase port_id range

[Nélio Laranjeiro]

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 01:49:28PM +0200, Adrien Mazarguil wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 04:32:40PM +0800, Zhiyong Yang wrote:
> > Extend port_id definition from uint8_t to uint16_t in lib and drivers
> > data structures, specifically rte_eth_dev_data. Modify the APIs,
> > drivers and app using port_id at the same time.
> > 
> > Fix some checkpatch issues from the original code and remove some
> > unnecessary cast operations.
> > 
> > release_17_11 and deprecation have been updated in the patch.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Zhiyong Yang <zhiyong.yang at intel.com>
> > ---
> <snip>
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h
> > index 7de1d1086..238a64f43 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h
> > +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h
> > @@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ struct rxq {
> >  	unsigned int sges_n:2; /* Log 2 of SGEs (max buffers per packet). */
> >  	unsigned int cqe_n:4; /* Log 2 of CQ elements. */
> >  	unsigned int elts_n:4; /* Log 2 of Mbufs. */
> > -	unsigned int port_id:8;
> >  	unsigned int rss_hash:1; /* RSS hash result is enabled. */
> >  	unsigned int mark:1; /* Marked flow available on the queue. */
> >  	unsigned int pending_err:1; /* CQE error needs to be handled. */
> >  	unsigned int trim_elts:1; /* Whether elts needs clean-up. */
> > -	unsigned int :6; /* Remaining bits. */
> > +	unsigned int :14; /* Remaining bits. */
> >  	volatile uint32_t *rq_db;
> >  	volatile uint32_t *cq_db;
> > +	uint16_t port_id;
> >  	uint16_t rq_ci;
> >  	uint16_t rq_pi;
> >  	uint16_t cq_ci;
> <snip>
> 
> Can't speak for the other PMDs, but it looks OK as far as mlx4/mlx5 are
> affected. This is my ack for this specific change:
> 
> Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>
> 
> -- 
> Adrien Mazarguil
> 6WIND

Ferruh, the patch applied on master-net does not match this version of
mlx5_rxtx.h causing a performance issue.

Regards,

-- 
Nélio Laranjeiro
6WIND